11-11-2022, 08:48 AM
Yeah the appearance of the (old) Premier graphics was an odd one, after the previous week I’d expected the Nations Cup graphics again, although their appearance was itself an oddity because these non-Test matches are not centrally sold afaik. VM are rarely required to call on their own graphics for match coverage; the limited amount of host broadcaster duties they do normally entail using standard tournament graphics. Some do exist and are as you say used primarily for pre-match coverage of rugby games. The end cap was the one for an in-house production, no indication of it being an indie at all which isn’t to say the actual match coverage wasn’t subcontracted out, like most broadcasters these days VM doesn’t do end credits for sport.