https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... -channel-4

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... -channel-4

I have only watched the first 5 minutes of the programme and it has done more for RL tan SKY have in the last 30 years.

Two presenters who are personable intelligent and professional and two pundits who you can understand what they say as well as being controversial and informed.

Leon Pryce in his second sentence says , “it is a much better faster game than RU”.

That one sentence made more sense than anything JJB said in the last two nights.

Channel 4 seem to want RL and SKY want to marginalise it.

Kinda strange you excluded the BBC and there promotion of rugby league. Also let's see how much C4 want rugby league when someone has the balls to reveal what was paid for the 10 games.

I know you are excited about the C4 coverage but saying it has done more for the sport than Sky has for 30 years is way OTT.

30 years ago RL was a pretty big sport.
Sky pumped money in but then messed it around in terms of when games were played which massively undermined some clubs .
It presented the game in flat ,parochial manner and never invested in presentation or selling the Game ( there were odd highlights with some of the adverts ie with Bradley Wiggins)
( all of that was compounded by the ridiculous RFL, super league chairmen, IRLF, and probably made worse by the clubs themselves) in the last 15 years RL has gone backwards year on year, crowds publicity money everything.

Tell me how having JJB does anything for presenting RL to new people or opening up to casual fans .

SKY want to get RL as cheap as possible and it really feels like they are happy to run it down to help with that

I take your point about the BBC

So far so good, for me.

Kyle Amor has had some serious media training, hasn't he?! He sounds like an accomplished commentator.

Getting Adam Hills involved was a master stroke. An entertainer first and foremost but with a solid interest and knowledge of the game.

I'd got a bit tired of watching the games on Sky and have only really tuned in for a couple of Wakefield games a season in recent years. Channel 4's coverage has reinvigorated my TV viewing.

Impressive so far - helped by an incident packed first half.

Mark Wilson is a good commentator and Kyle Amor has been great as a summarisor. Much better than Baz and Tez.

Oh Leon!

What did he say? I heard the apology but I'd just walked back in from the kitchen so missed what he was apologising for.

Nice t have someone who talks as he sees it. I quite like Leon want professional but don’t want to be too sanitised and cliched so we can forgive him

I have watched sky since they got rugby league but got to say at the moment this is far better I hope they keep it up