Paul Kent (journalist)

Paul Kent is an Australian journalist and former rugby league footballer.

This article is about the Australian journalist. For other persons of the same name, see Paul Kent.

Paul Kent
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989 Parramatta Eels 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

In 1989, he played in one first grade match for Parramatta at halfback, becoming the 481st player for the club.[2]

Since retiring, he has become a journalist and now works for The Daily Telegraph and is currently co-host of NRL 360 on Fox Sports alongside former player Braith Anasta.

He has written two books; Sonny Ball and Johnny Lewis: The Biography — about Sonny Bill Williams and Johnny Lewis, respectively.[3] Sonny Ball was chosen as one of the best sports books of 2015 by Australian newspaper The New Daily.[4] Kent is a weekly panel member for Triple M's Sunday NRL Show.

Kent's opinions of Melbourne coach, Craig Bellamy, brought forth a response from the coach who claimed the accusations were disrespectful and out of line.[5]

In May 2022, Kent left his position from radio station Triple M after he claimed to have a differing view to an on air incident with fellow presenter Anthony Maroon. Kent was asked to apologise over the incident in which Kent along with James Hooper bullied Maroon live on air. Kent refused to apologise to the station which resulted in him handing in his resignation.[6]

References
  1. Paul Kent rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. "Official Player Numbers". Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. "The Telegraph's sport team". The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. "The New Daily's best sports books of 2015". THE NEW DAILY. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. "'It got personal': Craig Bellamy lashes out at 'disrespectful' accusations". 7News. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. "Paul Kent quits Triple M after on-air blow-up with Anthony Maroon". www.news.com.au.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.