From Emlyn Williams, Gloucestershire The classic comment was Wales against the All Blacks when Gareth Thomas was called to the referee over an incident involving Gareth Llewellyn.
Alfie's only comment was when referring to GL: "... but he's 35!"
From Julie, Edinburgh During a Scotland v USA World Cup match, into the final quarter of the game, Scotland going quite well.
Nigel Starmer-Smith: "Well there's one thing you can be sure of, the Americans are not going to take this lying down."
Camera pans round to an injured American... lying down!
From Leigh Prickett, California Back in the '70s Cliff Morgan saying at the end of a Wales v England match:
"There goes Peter Dixon - moustached but happy!"
From Paul Murphy, Dublin "If we meet France five times, they'll beat us nine times out of 10," George Hook, Irish TV pundit.
From Richard, Wateringbury The commentator came out with this classic during an Australia v Argentina game: "Gregan... Rogers.. Sailor!"
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