I like Clarkey but he's every bit as bad as Stevo and Eddie. The other week he was fizzing at the bunghole when the latest score showed the Rhinos losing in Perpignan. He said something like it would be a great result and then after a pregnant pause added 'for Super League'.
Anyway it was good watching him squirm in the 2nd half versus 'Quins after he said no one would put 50 on them again.

oh get on your own board !

Nobody is disputing that. What we're saying is that when you're employed as THE voice of rugby league you have a duty to appear impartial, and you should not let your feelings influence what you are saying.

Eddie Hemmings arguably has this responsibility even more than Stevo, Clarke and the rest of them due to him being the presenter and commentator. He is not paid to give opinions, he's paid to call the match.

If Eddie Hemmings has bias it is toward Widnes, the club he has followed for years. He cares about St. Helens as much as he cares about Wigan, or any other club that isn't Widnes.

Dear oh dear.

The discussion isn't about who he supports but him letting his perceived dislike of a team he doesn't support boil over into his job.

Dave

In fairness to Eddie, the fact that the conventional wisdom of TV commentary is that commentators should adopt a neutral stance is not a guarantee that those are the terms he was hired under. It's possible that Sky are perfectly happy for their commentators to show a little bias or preference. It's certainly true that Eddie rarely praises Wigan even when they earn it but at least Stevo, for all his faults, will praise good play (as he sees it) no matter where it comes from. Personally, I like Eddie and Stevo because they have the balls to have opinions and express them, which is more than you get from most of the commentators in this country.

I dont think it is the fact people dislike you for the dominance you once had. I was at wembley for your cup final wins in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 as well as 2002. That didnt make me dislike you and each time me and the group I was with stayed to watch you lift the cup and applauded what was a truely special side.

What does make me dislike you is the fact you think the game is weaker just because your once mighty club dosent rule the game anymore.

When Wigan do well, RL does well is an old saying and one with a ring of truth in it. Wigan is one of the best supported sides and SL is better with Wigan in it and the league was worse off when Wigan were in the 2nd division. So yes, the game was weaker then than it is with us in the top flight.

I don't know who you support but whoever it is your club will welcome the large away support Wigan bring which is one of, if not the best in the league. Take that away and it won't be replaced by equal income from any other side you care to name.

Dave

Which is sad when you consider it. Because what you think doesn't matter to us, just as what we think shouldn't matter to you.

Your own club should be the main thing. But the very fact that people like you sit around trying to think up reasons for why you dislike Wigan suggests otherwise. Sorry.

He barely gets the names of the players correct and I cringe at some of the 'off-topic' conversations he has with his co-commentators and that's not even mentioning his alleged bias.

I have always said in order to take our game further it's not just down to what we produce at the clubs and on the pitch but how we convey ourselves to the nation and Eddie Hemmings just makes us look like thick, northern folk -- and I won't even get started on Barrie McDermott.

What was it he said on Sunday? He wanted to be a "rocket surgeon"

Forget the bias accusations. What annoys me is the general ramblings of Stevo and Eddie instead of actually commentating on the match itself.

You compare them two to the Aussie commentators and you will notice the difference.

Obviously it does though.

Where has he said that his team is not more important that his dislike of Wigan? He just states that he dislikes Wigan.

You dislike Saints, there are many reasons why fans of clubs dislike other clubs.