Rugby League porn: excellent description kots!
I don't think the doc demonstrated convincingly that Waring was instrumental alone in having rugby league on the BBC in those years. It looked to me that the sports producer interviewed really saw RL's value. It did show how important Waring felt the game was (despite his interest in baseball and tractor racing). And I'm sure that Waring didn't want to people to poke fun at the game, but he did, I think, end up as a conduit for ridicule from the rah-rahs and others. He made it easier for them to laugh at the game by laughing at him.
It's sad, but I've probably seen that clip of Don Fox more times than I've seen any other bit of recorded rugby (apart from the cup game where we beat Wigan ten years ago which I have on a well used video). I wish the beeb would leave it alone now.
But what the hell is steak diane?
