Sean Sowerby (born 28 June 1983) is an Australian sports presenter and reporter.

Career

Sowerby's media career began at

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as a producer and reporter after graduating from Melbourne University and

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. He produced a number of programs at the station including ''Sports Today'', ''Glossing Over'' as well as majoring sporting events such as the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In 2006 Sowerby allowed an incorrect attribution of himself as a

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fan in a TV interview for

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, withholding that he was in fact a producer at 3AW at the time. He provided mobile phone video footage of fans singing as proof of "violence" in the crowd that he alleged. In December 2006, Sowerby moved to WIN TV where he held a number of positions on ''

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'' including head sports reporter, sports presenter and bureau chief. He also worked as host of the popular country football show ''Off The Bench'' alongside

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, Liam Pickering, Wayne Schwass,

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and Craig Hutchison. In July 2012, Sowerby resigned from WIN TV after 5 years with the station to move to Melbourne. He later joined

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in Melbourne to become a senior news reporter on ''

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''. In December 2012, Sowerby moved to the

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to join ''

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'' as a sports reporter. In February 2014, Sowerby was appointed weekend sports presenter on ''

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'' replacing

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. He remained in the position until September 2018, when he was replaced by Jacqueline Felgate. Sowerby remains a sport reporter and fill in sport presenter. It announced in the early 2021, that Andrew McCormack is going to take-over Sowerby’s space to present sport from the

. In May 2021, Sowerby resigned from the

after almost 9 years.

Personal life

In January 2012, Sowerby married Bianca Earle at St Peter's Anglican Church in Brighton.http://www.lauriston.vic.edu.au/documents/LauristonLifeApril2012/files/mobile/index.html#26 They have three children.

References

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