Well, the pitchside camera was pointed straight at us for several seconds as some Glasgow points were celebrated on Friday, but we'll need Irish spies to tell me if it was actually used, since the games aren't being shown live anywhere else. Don't get me started on rugby coverage in Scotland. Actually, do get me started, what's the point in having a blog if you don't get to rant about your obsessions, I'll probably return to this one regularly. The BBC are a particular disgrace at present, their Friday night radio programme aside.
But at least we have a new STV Rugby programme on Sunday to show the highlights of this and all the other Magners game. And having at last watched my video, it isn't bad at all. Especially compared to STV's last rugby show a couple of years back which seemed to depend on fans sending in their home videos to fill the allocated half hour. The new show is an hour of proper action and comment and doesn't try to do 'rugby for beginners'. Andy Nicol as presenter needs work, but looks like he'll improve, and Scott Hastings as resident pundit is relaxed and fluent, and never yelled "Try time" (catchphrase from his commentating days) once. All commentary on the Magners games was the Welsh and Irish versions, but it's nice to get the external view and to marvel at how spectacularly biased Jonathon Davies is. On the negative side, highlights that show kicks at goal but no evidence of why the penalties were awarded is unusual. And asking Mike Blair to comment on how well Chris Cusiter played for Glasgow was a bit insensitive!
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