The BBC is woeful

Ray French [size=59dirty widnes sc-m[/size doesn't even know how to pronounce the names correctly and generates no excitement at all

Compare that to SKY

stevo talks rubbish but he makes it sound exciting

last thought, does anyone think scully sounds like sam the eagle off the muppet show ?

Let's not tar Dave Woods with the same brush, eh.

He's a pretty good play-by-play guy and he has a good color man in John Kear.

Compared to Ray French and Jonathan Davies, Woods/Kear are like Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler.

And French favours St Helens, not Widnes.

anyone catch the cameraman put on his arris with the try saving tackle?

Indeed, soon got up however.

spot on pal, woods/Kear should take over from French/Davies now!! and while we're at it sack Stevo and replace him with Barrie Mac

Ray French is the biggest stains fan there is . He frequents the stains website for 50 flicks more than the average bloke on youporn!!!

Actually, I was pretty impressed with the BBC today. The fact that they are prepared to go to the South of France is a bonus, and the presentation was pretty good, with Balding, Morgan and Sculthorpe presenting the show well, and Kear doing a good job in the commentary box.

French and Davies are crap, but I think we all knew that before today.

And Lee Penny goes over in the corner!

Karl Hicks is running with the ball

Hahahaha!

Must admit Ray French is pretty woeful, though, let's be honest, he always has been.

Dave Woods however, is pretty decent....he shows the right amount of enthusiasm, without going over the top, and unlike the pillock on Sky, doesn't spend half his time oooohing and aaahing about the most trivial things that go on.

Claire Balding too, continues to impress, with her obvious enjoyment of an obvious alien sport to her.....her pointed reference to Harlequins RL's defeat betrayed her undoubted Union upbringing...

Technically, the BBC never went to Perpignan. The feed was taken from French television.

It was only French and Davies that were there doing commentary.

The bizzare thing with French, is that he is a cracking after dinner speaker.