Sarah Jones is an Australian television presenter and sports broadcaster on

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. Jones is currently a host with

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's AFL coverage and

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's BBL coverage, after appearing on Fox Sports News as a reporter and host.

Personal life and education

Sarah Jones grew up in

Echuca Echuca ( ) is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative cen ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

, as one of five siblings to parents father Tony and mother Chris. In 1990, Chris was killed in a car crash; Sarah was the only child not in the car at the time, while her siblings survived and escaped.

Career

At the age of 17, Jones undertook work experience at

Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...

working a project job during the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

; she studied at journalism at

RMIT The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia., section 4(b) Established in 1887 by Francis Ormond, it is the seventh-o ...

before joining the then

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in 2002 as a reporter. She became a presenter and reporter at Fox Sports News, focusing on AFL and cricket while she was also involved in Foxtel's Olympics coverage at the

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

and

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Jones was later a reporter during Fox Sports coverage of the Big Bash. In 2016, Jones presented '' AFL Tonight'' on Fox Sports News and later become a boundary rider in

's AFL coverage. In June of that year, Jones filled in as studio host of Fox Thursday Night coverage after

Eddie McGuire Edward Joseph McGuire (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian television and radio presenter, journalist, Australian Football League commentator and former TV executive. He is also an occasional ''Herald Sun'' newspaper columnist. He hosted C ...

stepped down from the after he made sexist comments on radio earlier that week; Jones filled the hosting role on Thursdays for the remainder of the season. Her roles expanded in 2018, when she hosted ''On The Mark'' with fellow female broadcasters

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and

Neroli Meadows Neroli Meadows is an Australian television presenter, sports journalist and sports commentator. Meadows has been a boundary rider for Triple M's Australian Football League (AFL) coverage and was a presenter and commentator across the Fox Sport ...

. Jones subsequently hosted Fox Footy's match-day coverage, mainly on Thursdays and Saturdays, and also during the

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while she was host during Fox Footy's

Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ...

Day preview. Jones also emceed awards multiple award ceremonies, including the All-Australian awards, the AFLPA MVP, and the

Australian Football Hall of Fame The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the 1996 AFL season, centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media pe ...

. In 2018, Jones joined

as a host and boundary reporter during its BBL coverage after the network regained cricket rights in Australia.

Personal life

Jones is a mother of two girls with husband Leigh Carlson, a producer at Fox Footy. Jones supports the

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCrac ...

, her grandfather Jack Jones having been a premiership player at the Bombers and a tour guide at the club's former headquarters at

Windy Hill Windy Hill or Windy Hills may refer to: Places * Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area * Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia * Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on t ...

References

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