Neroli Meadows

Neroli Meadows
Meadows in March 2017
Born Neroli Meadows
16 September (unknown year)
Collie, Western Australia
Residence Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality Australian
Other names Nez
Alma mater West Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation
Employer
Relatives Ian Meadows (brother)

Neroli Meadows (born 16 September) is an Australian sports journalist and commentator. Meadows hosts the Fox Sports program Game Day Live and the Fox Footy programs AFL Today, AFL Tonight and On the Mark. She is also a boundary rider for Fox Footy's AFL Women's (AFLW) coverage, Triple M's Australian Football League (AFL) and cricket coverages and Fox Sports' National Basketball League (NBL) coverage.

Early life and education

Meadows was born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, and supports the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1] She has two older brothers: Ross, who played hockey for Australia,[2] and Ian, an actor best known for his role on Home and Away.[3] Meadows studied journalism at Curtin University and completed a diploma in broadcasting at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She also studied in the United States at the University of Tennessee on a student exchange program.[1]

Career

Meadows began her career as the weekend sports producer at Perth radio station 6PR in 2006 before spending four years at the Seven Network as a sports reporter on Today Tonight.[1] She was a panel member on the Network Ten program Before the Game, alongside Andrew Maher, Mick Molloy, Dave Hughes and Anthony Lehmann, in the program's final year in 2013, and has also appeared on the association football-themed comedy show Santo, Sam and Ed’s Total Football and the game show Have You Been Paying Attention?.[2]

In January 2016, Meadows recorded an interview on the ABC program 7.30 regarding inappropriate comments made by Jamaican cricketer Chris Gayle towards her and fellow sports reporter Mel McLaughlin (who worked for Network Ten at the time).[4] In March 2017, Meadows spoke out against Herald Sun chief football writer and fellow Fox Footy journalist Mark Robinson about an article he wrote describing Adelaide premiership co-captain Erin Phillips kissing her wife at that year's AFL Women's awards ceremony as "a touch sensual for a number of men".[5]

In 2017, she joined Fox Footy's inaugural AFL Women's (AFLW) commentary team,[6] and also joined Triple M for its coverages of AFL[7] and cricket,[8] as well as Fox Sports for its National Basketball League (NBL) coverage for the 2017–18 NBL season.[9] Meadows currently hosts the Fox Sports program Game Day Live, where she speaks to Australian sportspeople from a variety of sports,[1] and the Fox Footy programs AFL Today and AFL Tonight, where she speaks to players and other personalities involved in the AFL.[10] In 2018, she also began co-hosting the Fox Footy program On the Mark, alongside Sarah Jones and Kelli Underwood.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Neroli Meadows". Fox Sports Australia. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Vickery, Colin (16 July 2013). "The Big Ask with Neroli Meadows". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Molloy, Shannon (3 July 2016). "The Wrong Girl star Ian Meadows says sister Neroli comes out on top in talented clan". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Sean (5 January 2016). "Why sports reporter Neroli Meadows wants people to stop laughing at inappropriate remarks from Chris Gayle". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Neroli Meadows Hits Back At Mark Robinson Over Recent Herald Sun Article". Triple M. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Fox Footy's expert AFLW commentary team to be led by Kelli Underwood, Neroli Meadows with footy stars". Herald Sun. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Black, Kelly (23 March 2017). "The most listened-to AFL call in Oz is ready to rock footy for another year". Southern Cross Austereo. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Sharwood, Anthony (16 December 2016). "There's A New Way To Listen To Cricket, And It's Not Half Bad". HuffPost. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "TV coverage of NBL set to expand in 2017/18". nbl.com.au.
  10. ↑ Epstein, Jackie (9 June 2017). "Women are making their mark in footy broadcasting with special comments and boundary roles". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Rapana, Jessica (7 March 2018). "There Is A New AFL Show Hosted By All Women, And It's About Time". Whimn. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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