Just been reported on SkySports that Eddie Hemmings will retire on the 19th April after the Saints-Wigan derby.

Bit of a strange one if you ask me, retiring a quater of the way through the season? You'd do it at the end.

Good luck to him, i wonder how the team will go now?

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Back of the net!

bye lol

He wants to see his glorious Saints out beating the Pies.

Just hope its not health related...I've given him a bit of stick in the past but just hope he's retiring to play more golf and not a visit to quacks

Careful what you wish for. Everyone wanted Stevo gone, saying he was past his sell by date. I'd listen to Stevo all day over the so called 'pundits' on there now. In skys early days it was just Eddie and stevo and it worked well, these days it's like The Waltons house in that commentary box.

I had wondered if it was health related due to his timing. Does Eddie still live in Westbrook/Old Hall?

Shame we cant give Andrew Voss a tonne of money to be the new face of RL over here.

I had wondered if it was health related due to his timing. Does Eddie still live in Westbrook/Old Hall?

Shame we cant give Andrew Voss a tonne of money to be the new face of RL over here.

I think the whole Sky presentation needs a shake up. It is tired and so is Eddie. Enjoyed the early years with Stevo but now need to move on. Hope he takes Cummings with him as he offers nothing.

Good luck to him. Thanks for the memories ...Wide to West

Please Sky, get Clive Tyldesley in!

I have a feeling it's golf related. Eddie has a very busy year ahead, as he's just got the Captaincy of Warrington, and it's a pretty "full on" calendar.

I'm in agreement with Railwaymen's comments. Sky's gone very stale over the last few years. Clive Tyldesley was a good shout, MPN. He took to it very well, 30 years ago.

He's a good bloke, is Eddie. Hates us, but let's not hold that against him.

Well i cant stand the fella. Xmas has come early in my eyes

Jon Champion is good, too.

Respect to Eddie, he dedicated his life to League and good luck in the future.

O’Connor and McDermott are just clowns and offer no insight into the game, time now is right for a complete fresh overhaul.

No Australians for me, ta very much.
Why do they have to SHOUT every time a try's scored.
Whenever I've watched NRL, there's a two yard, fall over the line try, and the commentator makes it sound like he's seen Jesus, Marilyn Monroe, Mahatma Ghandi and Einstein in The Marquis, having a game of cribbage, while Princess Diana, John Lennon, JFK and Bobby Davro are playing killer pool in the back room.

I don't about The Marquis? That line up would go down well in the The Longford

That was a cracking night at The Marquis, well it was until the fight broke out over the shove ha'penny.

Who was the commentator who commentated on the Salford vs Warrington match in the challenge cup in 2000.
He sounded familiar. A bbc football commentator. Maybe it was clive tildsley or jon champion.

Is the Marco still open

It’s a left field call but I’d like Adam Hills to be the ‘presenter’, with a reduction of voices in the box, and send that waste of space Cummings packing while we’re at it.

**Yes I know it won’t happen because he’s a busy man most Friday nights and he’s got too much of a Wire affiliation (doesn’t Wells work for Cas though? Could swear someone pointed out his use of ‘us’ a few times last year).**

A few years too long for me, he was good overall but I think he should have gone with stevo.

Brian Carney is doing all Eddie's rolls other than commentator now anyway....plus he's a Wire.

Great game for Eddie to bow out(not). Top vs Bottom.

Great game to for Catalan to showcase at Neu Camp(not)....unless they want to back out and we'll go in their place to make a game of it.

Clive Tyldesley is a good shout. Last time I heard him commentate on a RL game it was us v Oldham is the Lancs cup final! I doubt he would give up his football gig.
George Riley is good (big RL fan)...but he isn't a commentator....more a front man.
I hope they remove the biased presence of the Castleford Director of Rugby if they have a shake up. Ridiculous that he is a commentator.
Some fresh, dynamic, younger talent with energy is needed....what we'll get is Bill Arthur.

I used to moan about Stevo all the time but as soon as he went i missed his commentry, and i miss the Eddie/Stevo chemistry. But yeah i agree with what's being said in the fact we need a new commentry team. Just bring no excitement for me and Jon Wells is so annoying to listen to i wish he'd bugger off.