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« RFU enters the 21st Century | | Rugby digs deep for Samoa » October 7, 2009 Posted on 10/07/2009 Get rid of Mark Robson?
Sky Sports' award-winning coverage is for the most part an attractive mix of in-depth analysis and bar-room banter that only rarely drifts into smugness. And with a feast of top-class rugby to convey the broadcasters must expand their commentary team from the usual faces/voices of Miles Harrison and Stuart Barnes. As much as I respect the professional standards of Harrison & Barnes it is with delight I hail the return of Mark Robson (pictured) to my television. I presume the Northern Irishman is slated to be on the microphone at some point this weekend be it at a most-likely cold and wet Ravenhill on Friday night, an equally bracing Firhill on Saturday or perhaps Welford Road on Sunday - that is unless he has fallen victim to a hate campaign I stumbled across. It appears the not-so-dulcet tones and funny turn-of-phrase of Robson, who was a class mate of the equally loquacious golf analyst David Feherty, is to everyone's liking. +++ NOTE - He produced these two laugh-out-loud soundbites during his coverage of last season's competition and he features regularly in our Quote Unquote archive: "Justin Harrison is not a patient man. I think he struggles to untangle the Christmas lights without losing it." "That's the sort of pass you give to someone who's just eaten your last Rolo." +++ An online petition calling for his head can be found on the web without too much trouble - thankfully it is a couple of years out of date but the 50 or so signatures should be ashamed of themselves! OK, he may be liable to the odd mistake or misplaced comment but this cannot detract from the colour he brings to some of the, shall we say, lesser battles in the quest for the Heineken Cup crown. Robson, who can also boast that former Tennis-babe Ana Kournikova once wallked out on him in the middle of an interview, will be no stranger to most who will have no doubt witnessed his work on the BBC, Eurosport or Sky and it is a safe bet that he has many more fans than detractors. Long may he add colour to the Heineken Cup. Comments
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