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at 10.00am Sunday mornings. The show is hosted by journalist Roz Kelly, with a roster of rotating panelists including former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor, Australian netball player

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and journalist Sean Maloney. The weekly show features discussions and debates on the previous week's sporting news and events, along with guest interviews and other sporting highlights from both Australia and internationally.

History

The show aired its debut episode on 5 March 2017, and was a replacement for the long running Wide World of Sports program after host Ken Sutcliffe's retirement in 2016. The debut season was hosted by television presenter Emma Freedman. It was announced on 8 February 2018 that host Emma Freedman had left the Nine Network to take up a position at the NRL-based channel

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. James Bracey replaced Freedman as host from 2018. Journalist Roz Kelly took over the hosting role from Bracey in May 2022, following his appointment to sports presenter of Sydney's nightly ''

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'' bulletin. Nick McArdle is the primary fill in host whenever Roz Kelly is unavailable.

Current regular panelists

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* Richard Freedman *

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* Sean Maloney * Mark Taylor *

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Former hosts and panelists

* Emma Freedman (host, 2017) *

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(regular panelist, 2017-2021) * Neil Breen (regular panelist, 2017-2020) *

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(regular panelist, 2017-2018) * James Bracey (host, 2018-2022)

References

External links

* {{Nine Network programming Nine's Wide World of Sport 2017 Australian television series debuts English-language television shows Australian sports television series

History

Current regular panelists

Former hosts and panelists

See also

References

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