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Commentary future undecided, but Ray Warren sticks with Nine

Voice of Rugby League to remain on promos & podcasts, but Rabs is unsure how long he will commentate.

“The voice of Rugby League” Ray ‘Rabs’ Warren is sticking with Nine until the end of the current rugby league rights deal in 2022 -but is undecided how long he will commentate games for.

The new five year deal will feature Warren’s voice on promos and production, and he will feature in Wide World of Sports columns and podcasts.

Warren has previously indicated his intent to retire at the end of 2016.

Nine’s Director of Sport, Tom Malone, said: “Ray Warren is an icon of sports broadcasting. He has brought us some of the greatest moments in sport for more than 50 years, and his contribution to the profile of rugby league and swimming in Australia cannot be overstated.

“While Rabs is yet to decide for how long he will continue to commentate, this new deal is recognition of his special place at Channel Nine and Wide World of Sports,” Malone said. “At a network that invented the star system Rabs is one of our greatest, and sits alongside people like Ken Sutcliffe and Richie Benaud as someone who is synonymous with WWOS and Nine.”

Warren said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for me remain a part of Nine even though I am undecided about the calling aspect. It was always my dream to work for Nine. I called greyhounds for them back in the 70s and then came the swimming for a decade or more, but it was rugby league where they gave me a second chance to cover the sport I love so much.

“I have been part of that coverage since 1989 and they have been good to me. For them to want me to remain a part of WWOS for another five years is very humbling.”

Nine said in typical understated Rabs style the new contract “was sealed over a sausage sanga this week.”

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  1. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and third on Rex Mossop’s Controversy Corner Sunday mornings varied from meat hampers, carton of beef sausages to a tray of suspect looking seafood dredged up from the bottom of Sydney harbour.
    Beat that Rabs.

  2. I was watching a game that Rabs was commentating. He confused Jack De Belin and Tyson Frizzell. Jack De Belin is white and blonde, Tyson Frizzell is Tongan (therefore very dark). Might be time for him to hand over to someone else. That said, if it was Phil Gould I’d never watch a match again – his biased commentary has me so grateful for Foxtel Go…

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