Cracking bloke is jamie, quite nervous like you said though.

There was one of the F1 races that switched from BBC1-2 half way through last year so at least its not just us that have to put up with it.

Lets see what they make of the next round

Wakefield v Cas on the Saturday
Bradford v Wigan on the Sunday

They only other thing know at the moment is Saints and Widnes will be playing on different days...lol

I met Ray French in Perpignan last year and he still (rightly) has the respect of everyone in the game.
It would be so easy for the BBC to retire him but I for one am glad they haven't. He's RL through and through and yes he misses things, yes he makes a few mistakes but I'd rather have Ray with the mike than anyone else. Still a great ambassador for our sport. I've no problem with the Beeb's live coverage of games. We all know it isn't in the same class as Sky but at least we do get some national coverage this way. The SL show though is awful. I usually end up fast forwarding through Harry 'when are Leeds on' Gration to watch the game highlights then switching off. That show does nothing to promote RL to the masses imo.

Presume Widnes will play Friday night and Saints can have the leftovers on a saturday/sunday

Thinking about it, its possible that Widnes, Saints and Warrington will play on different days. Depends what the viewpoint of Cheshire constabulary is I suppose.

It's allways made me shudder, people's attitudes to French.
He's forgotten more about our sport, than most of us will ever know. Yet we still get dimwits on here spouting the usual garbage, saying "he knows nowt". NO. HE'S EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE....he just makes a few mistakes.
Despite him being a Wire legend, I can't bear Davies. To me, he sounds like he doesn't want to be there.
Dave Woods, I'm not overly impressed with, he does just about OK.

Yes, let the Beeb replace French (for commentaries), but still use him for both weekend games and the red button bit after the match (and the SL show). He is a fountain of knowledge.

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.