It's only a joke no need to get so precious about it his sidekick is from leeds and a rhinos fan and Brian Moore is very complementary about rugby league

Agreed. Like him or hate him that's what he does take the mick he does it with every sport including his beloved football, we seem to be too over sensitive in RL. His producer is a Leeds fan which is where it stemmed from.

Yes Durham went to Hull Uni and started supporting Hull FC then. I'm sure I've heard before that his first real job in radio was doing the sports bulletins for Viking FM. He often gives Hull and the sport a mention.

Vaughan is a talentless, unfunny pr!ck. But people do need to stop being so precious. He takes the mickey out of lots of things.

Do you really take life that seriously?

It's a problem when people comment on something second hand without hearing it themselves or knowing the context.

If the purpose of the show is to take the mickey, then regardless of whether he is good or not, that is the point.

brian moore is a fan of the game and is very knowledgeable, he could quite easily do his rugby show without mentioning league at all but always gets a guest on and covers the weeks events well

Does he do the same to RU ('good golly Samuel, that was a delightful try') or is it just open season on those simple old northerners like everywhere else in the media?

Nothing like a bit of good old fashioned paranoia, is there...

Everyone takes the mick out of a Northern accent. It's not just in certain unsophisticated media tropes, but in everyday life when you encounter someone south of Crewe.

Even my house mate, from Peterborough has started to do the "eee, lad, by gum..." nonsense at me. I have no idea why this is, really. I really can't fathom the desire or motivation behind it. But hey, life is too short to get worked-up about it.

Even with my adopted Southern softie accent I take the out of 'Londoners', though really that should be the whole of the South East and/or anyone else that lives in a detached 'hoise'..lol

If you are really posh down here you live in a "Hice"

I'm far more offended by the fact that the only regular RL feature is a small subsection in the middle of the weekly RU programme.

Brian Moore might think he's doing us a big favour, but I'd rather have nothing than be treated like a smaller, less important cousin of RU.