Quote ="Hasbag"What I liked about the commentary in world club challenge was that I remember there been a penalty given for a ball steal that was actually a knock on. They said once it looked like a knock on, then that was it. They carried on commentating on the game.
On sky we show a ton of replays and Eddie and Stevo constantly bang on about how it was the wrong call rather than forgetting about t and calling the game as it is happening. Then if a try is scored Stevo will so "and this all goes back to the cheap penalty...". They draw too much attention to the negatives going on.'"
I watch a fair bit of NRL on Premier Sports and that's one of the first differences I've noticed with the Aussie commentary teams. Now and again Phil Gould - the closest there is to an Australian Stevo - might bang on about a refereeing mistake but he usually ends up getting ridiculed by Peter Sterling or another member of the team.
In other news, I like the involvement of Stuart Cummins. Usually provides a calm and reasoned explanation as to why a ref has made a decision. He's obviously reluctant to disagree with a ref's decision but will say if he saw it differently, though can understand why the ref gave the decision.
