Broadcasting Style
Waring's commentaries polarised opinion over the next decades - for some viewers he would be "Uncle Eddie" the warm and friendly voice of the north but others believed that his voice simply conformed and promoted stereotypes.
During the 1960s, his eccentric mode of speech (rugby league was pronounced /rəɡˈbiː ˈliːɡɑː/), Hull Kingston Rovers as "Hulking Stan Rovers", and northern accent, began to be widely impersonated, largely due to the influence of Mike Yarwood. Students formed the Eddie Waring Society in his honour.
One of his most notable commentaries came in the 1968 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley, a rain-affected game in which he described Wakefield Trinity player Don Fox with the line "He's a poor lad" after he missed a last minute kick from in front of the posts against Leeds - the miss handed the cup to his opponents.
Many of his commentary lines would become catchphrases connected to the game including, "It's an up and under" (a rugby tactic consisting of kicking the ball in a high arc, while the rest of the team rushes toward the landing point, hoping to gain possession and field position) and "He's goin' for an early bath." (frequently heard during a game when a player was sent off the field for a serious foul). The Times newspaper in March 2006 published a list of 25 favourite sporting quotes and one of Waring's appeared there.
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