I'm obviously the only person on here who listens to the 'Today' program on Radio 4.
The sneering tone of Rob Bonnet didn't surprise me, but Nigel Wood was just terrible. For a start he sounded petrified like he'd never been interviewed before.

Rob Bonnet described the series as a "3-0 whitewash to the Australians", and Wood clearly didn't have a clue what the winning margins were in the first two games and stumbled over his words. And while eulogising Souths he singularly failed to mention the British players in their ranks, or casually name drop Russel Crow and Sam Burgess being there. And this straight after an item on the Oscars and a quip about Bath RU club. This is schoolboy stuff.

Is it any wonder we can't promote the game to a wider audience if we can't find someone who actually has some media training for an interview on national radio?

we'll never move on in terms of profile while he's in charge. the loss of richard lewis was a huge blow

Spot on.

the loss of Richard Lewis was a huge blow - to tennis. Wood might be say some daft stuff but he's an amateur compared to that spanner.

Wood was hopeless. It's not like RL gets that much national exposure, and yet every time it gets a few minutes in the spotlight they put up some idiot who misses an open goal.

Blake Solly always seems to come across well in the media. At least he isn't the stereotypical northern rugby league bloke that everyone else is.

We can be grateful that Big Nige was only on the radio and not the TV.

the guy that i would like to see get a chance has just been over here last weekend with souths, and i don't mean russel crowe

What was it Russell Crowe said about people being in these jobs for ages but nothing improving??

Samuel L. Jackson?

Brilliant.

Matt King? But he'd have to get his hair cut!

Wood is a liability - he is Hetherington's proxy. He doesn't have the skills or the presence to drive the game forward. It is his job to make sure the game is properly funded, participation levels are high and media exposure is correct. He has failed on all counts.

Your a major corporate sponsor who has been to the gym at crack of dawn before starting work and in rolls 25 stone Nigel asking where are the cakes!! It isn't going to happen - his physical presence is an embarrassment at any event he attends representing the game. We are a sport which demands extreme levels of physical fitness - pity the CEO doesn't practise what he preaches.

I think there are still some people without widescreen TV's so putting Nige on the telly will never work.

Yet Richardson is lamented as the man to grow the nrl and world rl, he is hardly mr fitness lol.

Rfl does need some fresh leadership but a bit chicken and egg. It isn't high profile or rich enough to attract serious business talent.