Lift your game fellas!

Watching the game on Fox between England and Australia on Saturday night left the impression that the Wallabies aren't the only ones that need to lift their game.

The Fox commentators were not at their best and given the way the men in gold were playing it might have had something to do with it.

Phil Kearns in particular, calling the French referee, Mr Romain Poite, “POITE!” over and over was the icing on the cake. It may have been funny the first time but not throughout the whole game.

Going a bit deep here but we are living in times where people are becoming more sensitive (rightly or wrongly) to these types of things and everyone has to adjust accordingly. In other words, if you are not willing to move with the times, you may be left high and dry.

If you were having a chat down at the local club, then fair enough but you are commentating to a global audience and with that comes an added responsibility. At times, you guys don’t appear to have recognised this and/or made the necessary adjustments.

Personally, I don’t mind a bit of bias commentating and your team is quite humorous generally (at Super 14 level anyway) but at International level it probably requires a little more tact.

The referee actually had a good game and I'm not sure what your issue was Mr Kearns but Mr Poite made you look a bit foolish in the end. Let's hope you learn from it.