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UPDATED: Ray Warren's understudy was branded a "moron" and a "grub" for mocking a statue honouring the Channel 9 sports caller.
And a raging Ray Hadley kept up his attack on Sunday Roast host Andrew Voss today over the Nine caller's comments questioning the likeness of the sculpture unveiled in Warren's home town of Junee on Saturday.
``Anyone who wants to rain on Ray Warren's parade after such a wonderful weekend has no judgement,'' Hadley said on his 2GB show this morning.
``And as I said yesterday, and I will repeat it again today in relation to this fellow, the gulf between Ray Warren and Andrew Voss as broadcasters is immeasurable. The gap between them as men is even wider.''
Voss appeared on Triple M's Grill Team this morning to respond to the attack.
'I’m staggered by, sorry to take the wind out of the story but I spoke to Rabs yesterday afternoon ... and Rabs didn’t have a problem with what we said, so if Ray Warren doesn’t have a problem with what was said ... why is there this drama,'' Voss told the show's Matty Johns, Mark Geyer and Gus Worland.
``On the Channel Nine football team we’ve got a strong mateship, and part of that mateship is taking the mickey out of each other on a regular basis, you only have to listen to our commentary and the footy show, and what was said on the Sunday Roast yesterday, in relation to Rabs statue, it was delivered in a fun context, questioning the likeness of the statue to Rabs...as indeed he had done previously himself.''
Voss continued: "What was said on the Sunday Roast in relation to Ray Warren’s statue was delivered in a fun context questioning the likeness of the statue to Rabs, as indeed he had done previously himself.
"Personally I consider it a privilege to work with Ray Warren, a man that has taught me more about broadcasting than anyone else in my 25 years in the media.
"To be honoured with the statue in his hometown is something we are all proud about here, as was stated in the first segment of the show, as a fitting tribute to a talented commentator."
Yesterday, Nine spokesman David Hurley said: "Andrew's judgment has failed him, after all this was a celebration of Ray Warren and everything he has done for league."
But the person least impressed by Voss's comments is said to be Nine boss David Gyngell, who was in Junee for the unveiling.