come on now, be fair, it was john kear who kept referring to the former leeds, bradford and donny winger, not dave woods

I'm going to put a positive spin on this.

It could be scrapped by the BBC and there would be no coverage, so think on.

Theres Rays problem, and its all too aparent in his commentary.

I agree, Cat.
He shouldn't (and shouldn't have been, for a long time) be commentating.

Commentary (now) is a young mans game (in fast moving sports).

You can get away with it in say, golf and cricket. In fact, in those two sports, we've had the two finest sports commentators of all time, in Peter Alliss and Richie Benaud. Yet in our game (and probably ever other ball in motion game), you "can't get away with it". It probably is time Ray French puts down his mike, and takes the plaudits. He's recently been given an MBE (richly deserved). Time to go now, Ray.

They let Eddie Waring carry on too well past his prime.

Some might suggest its a deliberate ploy to undermine the sport by damaging its credibilty through farcial commentary, with senior BBC ex-public school execs guffawing every mistake, before hitting the random number generator to determine the broadcast time/date of the next SL Show.

I disagree with that, Ray "Rabbits" Warren is a legend in the NRL. If you listen to an NRL game without his commentary it just aint the same.