There is a letter in this week's RL Express which reflects these comments

Allegedly not but sometimes you do wonder...

I can take or leave the commentators, after all there is a mute button (although Clarkey with his stats is getting very annoying and dincreasingly dull) but what I find most irritating of all is the endless close ups of the coaches even when the game is going on - we know what they look like do we really need to see them every few minutes. Apparently Sky think so.

I have often thought the same thing, I would imagine the people on the disciplinary panel watch the SKY games and are surely influenced by an incident being highlighted over and over again by the commentators.



p.s. the video refs do not get the commentary.

it was said a few years ago they do. pretty sure it was on an nrl game they made a big deal of how their video ref is totally independent unlike the sl one. make of that what you will.

I believe they don't, but who knows whats actually true these days !!!

Used to work with a chap who was involved with the rfl, its not just the fans who think they are idiots