I see she is going to Channel 4 to head up the racing.

Anyone know if that means she has left the beeb all together? Obviously she won't be doing the racing, but as RL on the been is usually on a Sat i take it she won't be leading the RL any more?

Nice article about her in Saturday's Independent regarding her rise as a "national treasure" in terms of sports presenting, albeit no mention of her RL involvement.

Gutting if she is. She deserves recognition for what she has done for RL, even if Steve Rider et al set a low bar for her to hop over.

The Guardian website suggests that she is exclusive to Ch4, until 2016,in terms of presenting racing coverage but is free to present other things on other channels.

I hope she can still do the RL coverage for the BeeB personally i think she`s done a very good job .
From knowing very little about RL She now seems to be quite Knowledgeable and sings the praises of the Game.

She's a freelancer, rather than a BBC employee, so presumably able to do stuff for more than one channel ....

I think you are all missing the main thing here. Channel 4's big day is Saturday so there is no way she will be doing RL for the beeb on a Saturday, freelance or not.

I've asked her on Twitter - we'll see if she replies ..

no need to ask, i really cant see C4 poaching her from BBC for the racing only to say, "sure you go do the RL on a saturday love"

Don't see that her doing racing coverage on Saturdays would affect anything. The BBC will probably just televise games on Sundays to suit themselves best if they really wanted to retain Ms Balding.

However they could just 'promote' Tanya Arnold to fill in.

Or we could ask her and see what she says (yes, I know speculation and assumption is preferred on the VT -but what harm can it do? Especially as C4 spokeswoman says number of days (out of 90 race days) Ms Balding will work is still to be decided)

For me BBC should bring in gabby yorath as the new presenter.

I hope we don't see them employ a Northerner. The television broadcast needs to be mixed up!

Gabby LOGAN is very much a Union girl, although she too is a Northerner.

Balding's contract with C4 is non-exclusive, so in theory she could present RL for the BBC. Will be interested to see whether she presents CC Final coverage, given she'll be the main presenter of the Paralympics for C4 starting a few days later.

She is brilliant for our sport, I hope she is allowed to continue presenting it. Her BBC Radio 4 documentary on the 1895 schism earlier in the year was brilliant, if it ever finds it's way onto the internet be sure to give it a listen. Only a 15 minute thing but she tells the whole thing perfectly, focusing on the impact the northern union had on individuals who were treated terribly by the Rugby Union.