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Commentator Cliches

mongoose

Coach
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Blocker has been saying the Raiders have "big forwards" all year. We actually have one of the smaller packs this season.
 

yobbo84

First Grade
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9,646
Drinking game - take a swig any time these commentators say one of the following:

Warren Smith: "room service bounce!"
Brenton Speed: "touch pass"
Corey Parker: "eyes up footy"
Dan Ginnane: "hello!" / "goodbye!"
Phil Gould: "that's not a penalty"
Ray Warren: "if memory serves me correctly [states interesting fact handed to him by statistician on a piece of paper]"
Peter Sterling: [during a video referral] "what are we checking for?"
Brad Fittler/Andrew Johns: [blank stare] "Ahh sdgsnn iyseb ahana!"
 

myrrh ken

First Grade
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9,817
I hate it when commentators say a team has "totally ambushed" the opposition.

Like what, they didn't expect the other team to play hard and score points?
 

YoHadrian

Juniors
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1,294
Blocker has been saying the Raiders have "big forwards" all year. We actually have one of the smaller packs this season.

Blocker has no other point of reference for anything in Rugby League or for anything that occurs anywhere on planet Earth. It's all about forwards.
 

axl rose

Bench
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4,936
Drinking game - take a swig any time these commentators say one of the following:

Warren Smith: "room service bounce!"
Brenton Speed: "touch pass"
Corey Parker: "eyes up footy"
Dan Ginnane: "hello!" / "goodbye!"
Phil Gould: "that's not a penalty"
Ray Warren: "if memory serves me correctly [states interesting fact handed to him by statistician on a piece of paper]"
Peter Sterling: [during a video referral] "what are we checking for?"
Brad Fittler/Andrew Johns: [blank stare] "Ahh sdgsnn iyseb ahana!"

Laurie Daley: "they jam in" (thank god he's been banished to god knows where)
 

typicalfan

Coach
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15,430
Speedy always letting us know his ability to multiply by 6 suggesting a late first half field goal. Always.
 

TonyT6

Bench
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4,984
Anasta when a team is down by 20 with 5 to go - “its really important they are next to score”
Everyone - “its not his go”
 

roofromoz

First Grade
Messages
7,580
Drinking game - take a swig any time these commentators say one of the following:

Warren Smith: "room service bounce!"
Brenton Speed: "touch pass"
Corey Parker: "eyes up footy"
Dan Ginnane: "hello!" / "goodbye!"
Phil Gould: "that's not a penalty"
Ray Warren: "if memory serves me correctly [states interesting fact handed to him by statistician on a piece of paper]"
Peter Sterling: [during a video referral] "what are we checking for?"
Brad Fittler/Andrew Johns: [blank stare] "Ahh sdgsnn iyseb ahana!"

Brenton Speed: "IF YOU DON'T MIND"
 

titoelcolombiano

First Grade
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5,277
''Shut the gate''
''Put down the glasses''
''They won't catch him''
''Dead set, in the fair dinkum department''

Classic Rabs (actually the last one is classic Billy Birmingham)
 
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8,480
I miss the good old days of commentary cliches... when they were good. Sadly you don’t here gems like this anymore..

On the burst
A big “don’t argue”
jinking run
Face massage (although it has had an innocuous recent resurgence)
Copybook tackle
Bell-ringer
Biffo
Turn of speed
Squirrel grip
 

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