Gramsy23 wrote:
they are the only decent ones
And they were the ones who Fatty used to call games with. Gould, in particular, was recruited to replace Vautin. Harragon and Johns joined the commentary team after 2000 and 2003 respectively.
Vautin was the first commentator of League to openly display his bias and it went down well with fans (particularly Qld ones). Whinging about it now it's entrenched is one of my bugbears. I don't like it (from either side), but it's hardly NSW's fault that Qld can't throw up enough retired talent who can string more than two words together

, expecially as one of their own launched the 'style'.