Plenty of RL supports condone on field violence.

Many a dull game and a quiet crowd has been jumped into life by a fracas.

It's not all clean play out there!!!

But I would suggest that by your name you already know that.

There's a difference between getting excited at a blow-up in the way that Stevo would and actively condoning someone being punched in the face. Especially in modern sport with the issues surrounding concussions, in fact the NRL have banned punching completely yet here we have commentators egging players on, commending them for "standing their ground" and including potentially dangerous acts of foul play on their highlight reels. RL in this country really is still in the dark ages in a lot of ways.

Couldn't agree more - and now it's got to the point that when there is foul play, Eddie jokes with them about the fact that they'll celebrate it in their 'big hits' reel later in the week.

I like Barrie Mac in some contexts - if Sky had bothered with any kind of magazine show to complement the SL games, he'd fit right in as comic relief; but the other fella is cringeworthy; it's baffling that Wells is consigned to standing in front of a big telly in his overcoat, whilst O'Connor continues to get a commentating gig.

He's bad but not quite as bad as Robbie Savage, or Mark Lawernson or Garth Crooks.

I mute the TV every time Phil Clarke opens his mouth, he seems to start speaking with no idea where his sentence will end and just keep talking. He can't make a succinct simple point about the game without making it into some incredible defining fact.

'In my opinion Warrington will have to score the next try to have any chance of winning this game and I think the next team to score will definitely win the game and go on to win the match because of their ability to score the next try of the game which could be a season defining moment for them and see them go all the way to the grand final and transform the club into a global superpower of Rugby League, or either code of rugby for eternity and maybe the whole universe. Possibly. Over to you Eddie.'

Terry O'Connor is the Michael Owen of rugby league.

"It's about turning up for one another"
"Big guy isolating the little man"
"Running harder than your opponents"
"Putting in the big shot to lift your side"
"Making the hard yards up the middle"
"Trying to kid the referee"
"Taking the juice out the tank"
"Insert x coach - will be saying we need to be better in the second half to win this match"
"Muscling up in defense"
"About saying to the opposition, you are going to have to run harder than us to win this match"

He's not wrong though.

Mac is being primed to be the new Stevo. He will be "chipping over the top" "going for the one pointer" "playing the next stanza" and telling us all "the coach won't be happy with that" before you know it

Jools, surely the coach would have to be "furious"?

Wells is perfect for the analysis that has to be his role, he does it well and i look forward to his segments.

Carney is the strongest of the lot, he needs one of the main jobs and should partner Hemmings until he retires.

Clarke should be given his own show that isn't the live games or partner Wells instead of Carney with the analysis. Clarke to his credit considering the grief we give him is very good at seeing the minutiae we all miss.

Baz and Terry should be on a programme like Rugby AM, ex pro's that think more like the fans and are allowed to share their non pc views of the sport as well as the more comedic element of sport.

Cummins...pointless get rid.

Bill Arthur does the pitch side stuff very well and he should keep that role.

Hemmings should be made to do the home Catalans games too, it's not hard to do from a studio surely?

Headhunter writes . they have no insight or knowledge of the game er they were both internationals and have worked in several areas of the game since retirement .

on another note Wells and Carney for me forget the rest

Carney and Wells to go forward with another "Pure Commentator" like what Eddie is supposedly employed to do. (He used to be good at it too). Then keep one of Barry Mac or Clarke to do touchline, the second game they show side by side now and the Catalan game. Get shut of the rest.

I would just like a commentator that is impartial and refrains from sharing their opinion. Not much to ask, surely?