Amateurish.

Richard "Wokington" Bacon

Could not get over the feeling they were going to make a mess of it.

Imagine what the pro union hacks would have made of that.

Was a disgrace. Very poor. Bacon was clueless and condescending.

This.

Couldn't believe what I was listening to!

I am just chuffed that our great game got nationwide coverage on the BBC.

Couldn't agree more, was a shambles, only Rugby League this would happen

"Billy did you win the Challenge Cup"

Billy B should have answered "How the feck do you think I became a Challenge Cup legend"? and then smacked him in the mouth.

I know they say there is no such thing as bad publicity but it really was awful and just re-enforced all the usual stereotypes. Bacon apologised to bored listeners then rushed back to an interview about sewing. You couldn't make it up! We are the second most watched sport on SKY with 35% of viewers down south, we shouldn't have to feel honoured that 5Live dedicates five minutes to one of British sport's most famous and historic competitions.

what an insult to rl!!!!!!!!! and he actually said after the draw was made that he apologises to all those listeners who dont like rl for the interuption to the program schedule!! you couldnt make it up!!! disgrace

You would have thought (hoped) that Bacon would have had the decency to do a little research into what he was presenting and his special guest.

Did anybody honestly expect anything else/better?

Due to the unique way in which the BBC is funded, when they're good they're very very good, but when it's RL they're worse than useless.

For those that didn't hear it (me) what happened that was so bad as to have caused such indignation or this just the usual moaning?

well right at start they said number 2 three times before someone realised you need to also name the team,then billy boston called out number 9,there was no number 9,and then bacon called workington wokington.

That it, really? let it go, it makes Bacon look amateur not us.

.....and pigs might fly

Was listening to the draw at work + it was that bad we ended up laughing.Calling out the wrong teams was bad enough but not being able to distinguish the difference between the numbered balls was unforgivable + that's putting it kindly.Once again with hundreds of thousands of listeners RL becomes a laughing stock.Would not have happened with wendy ball i bet.Well done the BBC

Typical Wigan Brigantes violence.

There was the confusion pulling the names out, he asked Boston if he had ever lifted the cup, couldn't say Workington, made a sarcastic comment along the lines of "oh I can't go and watch what a shame" and apologised to listeners for boring them- the draw was held in the middle of an interview about sewing!

www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ Complain I have, won't matter but you never know...

www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ Complain I have, won't matter but you never know...

Your right RG, one of the greats of our game & Bacon didn't know anything about him. Probably not fully Bacons fault because he has researchers to do the leg work, but I would have expected a presenter on the BBC's highest rating afternoon radio show to have taken more time to understand why Mr Boston was chosen to make the draw.

Well I don't know anything about Richard Bacon and I haven't done any research on him, but when I listened to that farce this afternoon I realised what a complete condescending toss pot he is. He also treated one of the all time sporting greats with utter contempt.

Richard Bacon is what he is, he's always like that.

Is a cup draw boring... Well i didn't tune in and i knew about it and have a team in the draw.
In context it's people saying a number and then someone telling us who the number is followed by someone else saying a number etc etc.

It is boring, why should Richard Bacon research every single person he has to talk to, he doesn't follow the game, that's his prerogative.

Seriously people are taking the time to complain? FFS get a grip, we're playing Salford at home that's all that matters.

People don't have to like our game just because we do, i'm sure if i was doing a draw for British Basketball i wouldn't have had a clue about anyone or anything, no history and to be frank wouldn't give a monkeys.
I'd find it boring and if anyone complained about me i'd just look at the complaints and think 'get a f'kin life'

All the wrongs with the world, all the injustice and the only time you put pen to paper or fingers to a keyboard to complain is when someone bumbles through a cup draw and one person doesn't know the other.

Bacon has gone on record saying that he has no time for team sports so its not that surprising he sounded as though he didn't give a toss but while I wouldn't personally complain about the issue surely our great sport deserves a little more respect than the shambles that went on today.

They just cant help themselves.