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Eddie Waring will of course be remembered for his catchphrases and jokey style, but he was by no means a bad commentator, and had a great love for the game. He and the BBC brought RL up into the national consciousness, and to blame the whole 'cloth cap and whippet' image thing on Waring is frankly nuts. Having got a golden opportunity of national terrestrial (and very popular in terms of viewers) coverage, it was up to the RFL to capitalise on it.
In a similar era, the Beeb also popularised an obscure sport called wrestling. Somebody picked up that opportunity and ran with it. Can't stand it myself but with a lot of spadework it became huge on both sides of the pond.
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Eddie Waring will of course be remembered for his catchphrases and jokey style, but he was by no means a bad commentator, and had a great love for the game. He and the BBC brought RL up into the national consciousness, and to blame the whole 'cloth cap and whippet' image thing on Waring is frankly nuts. Having got a golden opportunity of national terrestrial (and very popular in terms of viewers) coverage, it was up to the RFL to capitalise on it.
In a similar era, the Beeb also popularised an obscure sport called wrestling. Somebody picked up that opportunity and ran with it. Can't stand it myself but with a lot of spadework it became huge on both sides of the pond.'"
When I hear some of the whingeing on here about how Red Hall are contriving to get our sport ignored, it's obvious they had no experience of, or received education in, "How Rugby League Was Run Under Bill Fallowfield" |
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Sadly most people remember Eddie Waring as a senile caricature of himself. He was much more than that and in his younger days was quite an innovator and asset to RL. Will this come out in the program? His commentary on Don Fox's miss at Wembley is still a classic piece.
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| Quote: Erik the not red "Sadly most people remember Eddie Waring as a senile caricature of himself. He was much more than that and in his younger days was quite an innovator and asset to RL. Will this come out in the program? His commentary on Don Fox's miss at Wembley is still a classic piece.'"
Yeah, if you watch some of the Waring stuff from the late 60s / early 70s (about the time when most homes finally got a telly of some sort) he was streets ahead of the garbage the Ray French churned out for years. |
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More chance of that than finding Virgin in Wigin |
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| Quote: chissitt "Be patient cock, rumour has it that you will be getting Sky in Wigin very soon.'"
I was 18 years ahead when I got it then in 1992 then. I must be special!  |
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| Quote: Erik the not red "Sadly most people remember Eddie Waring as a senile caricature of himself. He was much more than that and in his younger days was quite an innovator and asset to RL. Will this come out in the program? His commentary on Don Fox's miss at Wembley is still a classic piece.'"
Dewsbury Black Knights anyone? Still the best name for an RL team that I've come across. |
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Got to agree there pal, virgin is not a name associated with Wigin  |
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I must confess to being massively critical of Waring when I was a you man... being one of the progressive young northerners from the 1970s I was convinced that Eddie's style was a blight on the game and should be removed... at the time I waould have happily seen him dragged throuogh the streets of Wakefield behind some dray horses...
maturity now tells me I was wrong, and he didn't do anything but good for our sport... indeed my wife (who was also young and innocent then) was one of his nurses in his final days....
I hope this doco comes to Australia soon as I look forward to seeing it!
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| Quote: underground "I must confess to being massively critical of Waring when I was a you man... being one of the progressive young northerners from the 1970s I was convinced that Eddie's style was a blight on the game and should be removed... at the time I waould have happily seen him dragged throuogh the streets of Wakefield behind some dray horses...
maturity now tells me I was wrong, and he didn't do anything but good for our sport... indeed my wife (who was also young and innocent then) was one of his nurses in his final days....
I hope this doco comes to Australia soon as I look forward to seeing it!'"
You will be able to get it on iPlayer |
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| Quote: DAIHAPPY "Dewsbury Black Knights anyone? Still the best name for an RL team that I've come across.'"
Hull Kingston Rovers, best club name in world sport.
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