It's a mixed bag on SKY for me, I think Genna is great always lively and having an Australian lady on screen breaks up the old British men vibe.

Brian Carney still has things to learn as a presenter but an Irish voice again adds something a bit different to the coverage.

I respect JJB for his career but he just can't speak clearly enough and needs to go.

Barry and Terry are now from another era, it's not far off 20 years since they played and they reneforce a northern game for northern people stereotype.

Overall my biggest annoyance is they try and overhype every game or issue, I know for obvious reasons they can't be honest and say about 3 teams have a chance of winning SL and the rest are making the numbers up...but theres a middle ground between that and making the battle for 6th sound like the Super Bowl.

Agreed. I can't stomach the build up to the game. I just switch on at the beginning to get a news update from Jenna, then switch off until kick off. During the game, Mark Wilson has been good at commentating, but the rest are dreadful.

If Sky and C4 showed the same game I know which coverage id be watching, and it isnt Sky

People wanting Eddie and stevo out was one of the biggest Careful what you wish for I've ever seen

Since they left the commentary is awful and seen more exciting voices in a graveyard than the lot who took over

Quote ="Durham Giant"I read today that Sky and channel 4 are both showing the same game at the same time https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/channel- ... le-vlU&amp Maybe I misread it after too many shandy’s !'" Hwjm0duNDeSHO0pNuNmqS3Tf According to this you are right is on both

Quote ="Durham Giant"I read today that Sky and channel 4 are both showing the same game at the same time https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/channel- ... le-vlU&amp Maybe I misread it after too many shandy’s !'" Hwjm0duNDeSHO0pNuNmqS3Tf According to this you are right is on both

I think people are forgetting what it was like before Sky. Pushing them out is the last thing we need.
My only real problem is that they linger on referee decisions too long. C4 don't do that. It happened, they comment and then move on.

I'm not keen on the new commentary but I'm happy with the team in the box.
Personally I'd lose O'connor but I would keep McDermott. I like his comments. He's funny and comments on links to things outside the immediate game like youth systems etc.
Carney is the jewel to me. Needs to stay in his role.

I really like C4.....but why does it need to be replacing things on Sky. Two companies competing is great for RL. We need to back c4 by watching all the matches no matter who is on.

Quote ="The Ghost of '99"I don't think you misread it. I think your mistake was in reading anything on SARL. According to RLonTV Sky have first choice (Friday) games, C4 the second choice (Sunday) games. https://www.rugbyleagueontv.com/contracts There's no indication there will be any simulcasting.'" So it appears that Sky will simulcast the Huddersfield play off game after all. Can't see much reason for watching them over C4 tbh.

Quote ="The Ghost of '99"I don't think you misread it. I think your mistake was in reading anything on SARL. According to RLonTV Sky have first choice (Friday) games, C4 the second choice (Sunday) games. https://www.rugbyleagueontv.com/contracts There's no indication there will be any simulcasting.'" So it appears that Sky will simulcast the Huddersfield play off game after all. Can't see much reason for watching them over C4 tbh.

Terrible tonight 80 minutes just reminding us it's the Catalan youth team

Binned sky after 20 odd years admittedly the cost of living had some say but I could no longer stand listening to the cast especially, the scarecrow (wells) bungling bill (Arthur) can't understand a word (Pyke) boring (O'connor) No Minerals (w ank*r Wilkin) oh and the sky sports table that wobbles everytime Carney leans on it, I just want to put a beer mat under it, 10 pence production !

Channel 4 it is.

There is an urgent need to sort out the Sky coverage, I hope IMG can encourage them in the right direction:

Bill Arthur: no, just not good enough to be the lead commentator, sorry. Can anyone recall one memorable piece of commentary from him?
Terry & Barrie: tried, and failed, to be Stevo replacements. But they've got to go.

These are the biggest problems. Clarke can go for me too but he's at least coherent.

Most of the rest are ok: Carney is fine as presenter, Wells is the best of the bunch, Brooks is good for sideline stuff, Wilkin is ok I suppose (but should be kept away from St Helens games).

Who invited Mr Bean to commentate? Sooner we get rid of Sky the f#####g better.

Can't argue really

I too have binned off sky. The only thing I watched on sky sports was the rugby- and I can’t justify the cost to listen to that biased clueless bunch of pr*cks any longer.
Sick of seeing the same teams, and listening to the same sycophantic drivel.
I go to watch my own team play- and if I want to watch the game back can access it via my club for an annual fee a fraction of the cost of what I was paying sky.
Anything else I’m really not interested in any longer. Well done RFL /superleague you’ve downgraded the game to that level.
Channel 4 have done a much better job all round. All they need to do now is get a regular weekly slot and they’ve cracked it!

Scrap that I'll be at Huddersfield so not actually watching it on the box at all. Although I hope I want to watch it on catchup later on !

Not all the fault of Sky. The RFL pandering to the clubs with zero ambition that just want a share of the cash without doing any of the work hasn't helped.

sorry but no. teams with ambition have tried to grow crowds, they've put plenty of work into marketing a family game on a sunday or a friday night out and sold season tickets on the back of fixture lists that come out in November only for sky to come along and undo all the hard work and leave them with an unworkable mess.
we dont know whether we are playing thursday friday saturday or sunday, the odd monday or wednesday thrown in for good measure, and suddenly a season ticket might not be a great value idea if theres 4 or 5 games you might not be able to make in a season.
would they buy tickets to a gig or the theatre without knowing when the performance was? - no but they expect us to!

I think the Sky presentation team, apart from Carney, need a complete overhaul. As said by others, JJB is a real enthusiast for our game and very knowledgeable but you can barely understand a word he is saying. Super dull Bill is just appalling and Tez is worse than that. Wells, Clarkey and Barry are just about bearable but a major refresh is desperately needed.

Agree with Jools, the fixture date movement doesn't help and Thursday night games are a real crowd killer especially when it is two teams from different sides of the pennines.

We need SKY to get European football back off BT as the Europa League and Conference would keep them busy on Thursday's. Sadly the Premier League muscled in on our Saturday teatime slot that used to work well in my eyes, enjoyed going to a game then having a Saturday night out for afters.

Doesn't seem to matter with football crowds. You don't see Anfield all of a sudden half empty because the game is moved to 12.30 or to a Monday night.

Thursday nights are terrible say RL fans. Other sports still fill their grounds though.

Just noticed via a targeted ad on social media that rugby union have "premiership rugby TV" £6.99 to watch all 3 games that aren't on BT sport this weekend. We need to negotiate something similar for our next TV deal...either every game is on sky/bt or the rest are available via streaming

Good idea, but sadly that will just see crowds drop at matches.

This! I got 3 games out of my ST this season! A spate of Thursday night games early doors I couldn't attend and then when I had Thursday and Friday available due to my rolling shifts the games were played on a Sunday then a Saturday! £100 a game! BTW I binned off Sky too and got WatchNRL for £130 a year and Premier Sports for £9 a month for my RL fix. WatchNRL is top notch. Every game every weekend available when you want to watch it, Origin games and a range of NRL-related shows. I've enjoyed seeing the Championship games on a Monday too.

I haven't missed a home game personally.

Wanna do my shifts?

I briefly flicked over to sky this afternoon and you could really tell the difference in quality between them and channel 4.