The "poor, poor lad" and "wide to west" are unforgettable, but others I remember are
1. Purdham going off at Quins with blood pouring down his face. Barry Mac to Bill Arthur: "not to worry, Bill. Chicks dig scars."
2. Barry Mac on Danny Tickle making a tackle from behind: "Mr Tickle has got very long arms."
3. Stevo on Shaun Briscoe's nose: "London via Norwich."
4. GB-Aus Test at Wigan a few years back. Aussie passes the ball to Senior, who sprints away for the game-sealing try. Eddie, as Senior gets near the line: "A gift of a pass, wrapped up in a green and gold ribbon."

Here's one I like ('Benji Marshall Magic Top Quality' on that site) :-

Now they're going to go a little wider. Prince ball back for Marshall. The footwork! The footwork! Benji Marshall! Now the speed! The footwork again! Away from Peachey! Passes without looking! Away for Richards! Back to Fitzhenry! That is as good as you will see, on a Sunday afternoon, anywhere, in the National Rugby League! Benji Marshall has sent the Tigers fans into a frenzy!

castleford v hull kr this season there commentator was funny calling lovegrove lynda love lace

can just hear him saying that

i was at that game live so i missed the commentry

sorry

origin again -

ray warren after queensland score a last second try going through 10 + sets of hands

thats not a try, its a miracle.

"What's happening? Somebody's been sent off! Sid Hynes has been sent off!"

"Bradford Northern player" - that whole commentary from Darrell Eastlake is a poem, especially with Jack Gibson as his co-commentator and Ray French on the sideline.

Also Ray French's 'Mal Meninga this 15 stone Brisbane policeman' is genius. Any variant that involves a players weight, height, occupation or amateur club deserves an honourable mention as well.

"Look at him go.Hes got more toe than a Roman sandal"

On that theme it was drummed into me from an early age (a bit like the times tables) that John Holdsworth was from Kippax in West Yorkshire!

"The former Blackbrook amateur....."

Something along the lines of:

'The trickle of Saints fans leaving this ground has swelled into a river'.
Ray French, radio 5.

unless you're a saints fan, you're unlikely to remember this one, but it is my earliest memory of commentary from a match involving my team:

"Tony Burke!...he took everybody by surprise, I think including himself"

prize for anyone who can name the game and who scored the match winning try moments later

Definitely one of Waring's most memorable commentaries is his excitement at GB/Hull KR wing Young scoring that try against us Aussies in the 1967 1st Test at Headingley.

"Bill Holliday...watch the interceptions...oh he's got...can Young go past, can Young go, can Young beat Johns, can Young beat Johns...Ah he goes around the posts...for a bashing* try." (the last bit nearly one word)

Gets your blood up even as an Aussie...a truly great commentator despite, or perhaps because of, the attacks on him.

* still don't know what this means or whether it was "smashing"?

Not rugby,but Julian Ryder commentating during a motorcycle race."Most riders have chosen a medium or soft rear tyre, but Corsa is riding with a hard on."

From the same game
EW excitedly "HE'S IN, HE'S IN" then almost crying in to his mic "in touch" as another Leeds attack fails.

not rl but there was a good one from the world of cricket in the 80's.

brian johnson was commentating.

the batsmans holding the bowlers willey

They'll all be watching him, in the clubhouse...

A few from Raymondo....

"Every time we come to Headingley there is a dog on the pitch. Why oh why people bring dogs to Rugby games, I'll never know"


"And there we see the sad sight of Martin Offiah limping off with a broken finger."


"Well Joe, in today's game it's all about pasta and enzymes, when I played we only had a segment of orange".

Peter Williams?

One that's not been mentioned from the '88 tour, "Brick wall stuff there from Andy Platt!"

Aussie commentator... "He's like Banjo Paterson's dog, this fella" If I remember correctly they were on about Andy Leatham.

Up there with "the batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willy"

Qld Cup "He needs a quickie"

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I like "Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand."
(Ted Lowe)

or

"Ah! Isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew"
(Harry Carpenter

Nothing and i mean nothing can beat the commentary from Mick Morgan on Dean Widders 80m interception try against Bradford last year... absolutely class

"He dunt go that far on his holidays"

Ray French commenting on a referees performance 'if he thinks that is 10 yards, I wouldn't like to carpet his living room'