Quote: rossonwire "I detested Eddy Waring.
For years he made a good living by ridiculing our game and the players he wasn't fit to tie the boots of.
He set progress in our game back years and really found his true media niche whe "Its A Knockout" started. A clown !!
The good old BBC, true to form, kept him on for years after his retirement, squeezing every last penny out of the name, a la Ray French and the motor racing commentator whose name escapes me.
The only commentator I hated equally was Bill McLaren the RU chap whose every other word was an over-exagerated statement of how wonderful or magnificent a pretty average kick was.
Eddy Warng was a buffoon who did our great game a massive and lasting dis-service. Good riddence !!!'"
As a commentator he became embarrassing towards the end, but to say that he was a buffoon is completely wrong. I suggest you get a copy of his recently re-issued book, 'Rugby League, the Great Ones,' and you will find that he had a tremendous knowledge and love of RL.