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Looking at the IPlayer website it looks like everything will be available on there, apart from the 78 rerun.
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Eddie Waring doc is really interesting. If only Dave Woods were as popular!
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Very Enjoyable
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It is sad to see how he ended up so to speak.
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The Eddie Waring documentary was excellent.
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Fantastic doc!!
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An eye opener. This second one seems to me to be a league bash by union types.
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| Good documentary, didn't realize there was the resentment towards Eddie in his later years though.
K9 was as funny now as it was then  |
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| Quote: ExiledWool "An eye opener. This second one seems to me to be a league bash by union types.'"
perhaps i need to see it again cos i thought it was a bit of a union bash by union types. |
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| Quote: j.c "perhaps i need to see it again cos i thought it was a bit of a union bash by union types.'"
Yeah it was you are bang on. Laurie Gant is God! |
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| Quote: j.c "perhaps i need to see it again cos i thought it was a bit of a union bash by union types.'"
Maybe I need to rewatch see if I misinterpreted it, not that it's important |
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| god bless Eddie Waring what a shame he died the way he did Alzheimer's is a nasty thing and i would never wish that on anyone did a fantastic amount of work for rugby league and realy got the game in britain famous just wish he was around now to get the game a bit of life again  |
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Why did no-one remove that dog from the pitch? Like, srsly.
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| Quote: RL13 "Why did no-one remove that dog from the pitch? Like, srsly.'"
Thats what I thought, even more so how the hell did a dog get into the ground in the first place.  |
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| Quote: steviewire "Good documentary, didn't realize there was the resentment towards Eddie in his later years though.
K9 was as funny now as it was then ![]()
Waring was universally popular, with television viewers that were only marginally interested in RL.
I suppose that if there had been a better appreciation of dementia issues then, and it had been known that he was suffering from dementia, there might have been greater sympathy for him. But the resentment amongst many RL fans was fairly intense. He started out as a decent enough commentator and his Challenge Cup Final commentaries, when he took the occasion seriously, were usually of a higher standard. His commentary at the end of the Don Fox final is quite rightly regarded as a classic.
But those saturday afternoon commentaries were mostly cringe worthy. He probably wasnt helped by the BBC's practice of only showing the 2nd half, which meant that many games were over as a contest before he came on air. But too often you find youself watching a very good game of rugby whilst he was prattling on in the background about completely irrelevant factors. He obviously believed his own publicity and ended up parodying himself and the game.
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