i think she does a good job, saying it is not the sport she is used to.

can remember one of the 1st times she did commentating for the CC, she was clueless and a bit out of her depth, but the following season she was more or less up to speed with the rules and made some good points, you could tell she put time and effort in to learn about this sport.

Twas time for a change - any chance that Jonathan "Christian Phelps" Davies - as Leyther_Matt called him - could stay away from the mike as well

Has anyone noticed how you dont see Clare Balding and Andy Hobson in the same room at the same timeicon_lol.gif

Cricket is one of her favourite sports

She likes batting for the other team and dont want to get stumped

she doesn't like willie....

Nice to see French only got 6 players names wrong in the game, must be a new record......

He's a bit of an embarrasment really, especially considering its screened across the UK.

If he's not already done so, it's only a matter of time before he refers to a player as 'yon mon'.

And why does he keep harping on about past players - I've been watching RL now for 40 odd years and those players where before my time!

lot better than ray french...about time he was put out to grass.

Ray French is the senile old Aunt who confusingly tries to slip you the tounge when saying goodbye at the end of a Christening.

He mentioned something about Hudds runaround and kick which lead to their try in the 2nd half, rattling on about 'in my day'. WTF is that about?

It just sounded very Northern and very backward.

Although, to be fair it is a year or two since I've heard him refer to players boots being akin to 'carpet slippers', rather than the big Joe Walsh clogs they used to wear 'in my day'.

I'm glad Dave Woods is taking over - I think he's a really good commentator - we just need to get rid of Mr Rugby Union now and we'll be fine.

Who was the other woman they had, she was doing the touchline interviews? (Or at least on saturday, I missed the Hudd/Saints game)

She sounded enthusiastic too.

Can't remember her name, but she's done the Super League Show a couple of times and I think has done RL stuff on Radio Leeds.

And how can anyone mention Ray French without a touch of "the former <insert Pennine League Division 46 side here> amateur..."

Tanya Arnold



Knowledgable.
Reasonably easy on the eye.
Voice that makes Barry White sound like a boy soprano!!