Fox Sports Head of TV Steve Crawley admits he ‘broke all the rules’ when he took a gamble on untried match caller Matt Nable 12 months ago.

Crawley loved Nable’s voiceover work on Fox and decided to take a punt despite the former lower grader having no previous experience.

“The thing that excited me is he a real rugby league guy and, when I heard his voice, he had that bit of Rex Mossop about him,” Crawley told The Repeat Set.

““You’ve either got it or you haven’t and I reckon he’s got it, but we haven’t seen how good he can be.”

Crawley believes Nable can develop into one of the great rugby league callers, but only if he’s willing to dedicate himself to the cause.

At the moment, Nable is juggling his movie commitments with calling games – and something will have to give.

“He’s on a movie at the moment and wanted to fly back and call the Sunday game (in round one), but that’s not how it works,” Crawley explained.

“For him to make the next step in calling, he’s got to dedicate more of himself to it. That’s the challenge.

“He’s got to commit a lot of hours each week to do it.

“He wants to do it so badly that I reckon he will.”