In this example I have written, are the commas needed before the two guy' s names: Scott Brown and Nir Bitton.
It's something that always puzzles me.
The talk before the match was about who would win the midfield battle. It wasn’t a battle; Halliday, Ball and Holt totally bossed it from the starting whistle, while the Scotland captain, Scott Brown and the Israeli international, Nir Bitton spent the day chasing shadows.