Was that when Clarke came up with the comment along the lines of "he's lost it" or something. Basically saying that the ref made the call because things were getting carried away, rather than make the call because there was a call to be made.

I think he said something like "oh he's panicked there". No Phil, McCarthy-Scarsbrook and Perry actually aren't the speed of Usain Bolt so they weren't back the 10.

Lovely how the Sky numpties kept bleating on and on and on and on (for 2 minutes afterwards) about Atkins 'crossing' that didn't actually stop Lomax getting to Waterhouse ..... but not a single peep or dickie about the incident in the first half when Myler broke away, and Atkins who was following up, was shoved from the field of play by the retreating Saints players to prevent him running in a quick play of the ball ........ or was that within the spirit of the game?

And I find it quite hilarious that fans of other teams seem to believe that Eddie Hemmings is a Warrington fan, when he obviously has St Helens bias. After what he was saying after the Leeds win about it "having to be a Saints v Leeds final", it just confirms it!

Oh Dearden and Hunt. Dreadful x2
They'll do ANYTHING, bar commentate on the game in front of him. Still, it's better than listening to that Lovett clown on Wire FM

The most entertaining radio commentary I've heard in quite some time was on Radio Humberside ... the Hull KR / St Helens time keeping controversy was quite something to listen to, one guy in particular was absolutely spitting chips about it and came within a gnat's whisker of accusing the time keepers of deliberately running the game on too long to allow saints the opportunity to nick the draw at the end. Priceless.

I gave up listening to Humberside because of that. Compared to them Jack and Trevor are a breath of fresh air.

I noticed at the time that it was all a bit downbeat considering the magnitude of the occasion.
I have just watched it again after reading the original post and it really is unbelievable. If the presenters' job is to sell the game and give an unbiased opinion then they are failing miserably. We all know it so why can't the powers that be see it and do something? Stevo looked like he just didn't want to be there and the only sign of genuine enthusiasm was from Phil Clarke when talking about how close/unlucky Saints were. Impartial? Yeah ok

They lost mate, just like Wigan, end of! Get over it.

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Rant over!

watched the beebs highlights on sunday and brian noble was totally different in his views on waterhouse try where eddie was sobbing like a baby for minutes after..also the offside against briers noble said we were hard done to again totally the opposite to those clowns on sky..get rid and get noble on sky..

Watching the NRL Grand final shows how unprofessional Eddie and Stevo have become.

The Aussie guy just concentrates on the game rather than trying to be funny, controversial or drone on about an incident for 10 minutes after it has happened.

Didnt Lomax actually have hands on Waterhouse after Atkins ran through so no obstruction. Not VR's fualt Lomax tackle like his Nan

There was a moment in the NRL final where a knock on was called and scrum given, yet the replay showed quite clearly the ball was deliberately knocked/stripped out by a tackler.

Eddie & Stevo would have ranted on and on about that for at least 2/3 minutes, the guys on the NRL commentary? "Well he's got a bit unlucky there" - and continued to call the action as it happened.

Totally, totally different approaches.

I'll go on record and say I'm not remotely moved one way or t'other by the Sky commentary. I am sure there must be more evils in our world to worry about.