Was on Triple M today doing the the play-by-play for the Richmond v Brisbane game alongside Ewan Giles (a producer-turned-commentator).
He's occasionally been part of the team doing special comments. This is certainly the first time I can recall an active player also doing commentary within the same season.
He's obviously had some practice before because, for a first-timer, he was decent. Once or twice he got his words tied up a little bit but recovered well (ie. he stopped, took a beat and continued, as opposed to other callers who feel the need to use more words to (unsuccessfully) dig themselves out of the hole they created).
He calls in the Triple M style (casual, blokey Aussie). Generally it was pretty impressive for a debut.
I managed to record a few quarters of it and will look to upload here if people are interested.
He's occasionally been part of the team doing special comments. This is certainly the first time I can recall an active player also doing commentary within the same season.
He's obviously had some practice before because, for a first-timer, he was decent. Once or twice he got his words tied up a little bit but recovered well (ie. he stopped, took a beat and continued, as opposed to other callers who feel the need to use more words to (unsuccessfully) dig themselves out of the hole they created).
He calls in the Triple M style (casual, blokey Aussie). Generally it was pretty impressive for a debut.
I managed to record a few quarters of it and will look to upload here if people are interested.