 From the early 1970s till 1990 on Sydney channels Seven and then Ten he was the voice of rugby league and the pre-eminent TV match broadcast caller.His criticism of players and referees was blunt and uncompromising and his calling style was seen by opposing fans as parochially favouring Manly.His match commentaries and indeed his other forays into the public domain were often filled with tautological descriptors that in eastern state Australian vernacular became known as "Mossopisms"