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

Especially when the players 'spill the pill'

Just because they've played and been involved in the game doesn't give them an insight or knowledge of the game outside their own careers on the field. Neither does it make them good commentators.

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?

this would work!
too much courting controversy and offering opinions,that should be left to the studio, not the commentary box

Faux outrage and making comments about comebacks when 1 team finally score, they are 30 points down and less than 5 minutes

So what? They both retired 10 years ago and neither have ever offered any type of insight other than totally arbitrary comments that even the most oblivious of fans could make. I wouldn't mind if they injected some type of excitement like Stevo does but they don't even do that, in fact more often than not they take away from the excitement, O'Connor in particular is deadly boring and has a tendency to talk for 30-40 seconds at a time about some long-winded and irrelevant point while ignoring whatever is happening on the field, which is inevitably more interesting and exciting than whatever he's talking about.

Bottom line is they just aren't intelligent or articulate enough to commentate on serious matches. I agree with the earlier poster that Barrie can have some use in a minor (non-commentary) role as comic relief and adding a 'non PC' opinion. Terry is completely useless and has no place speaking on television.