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Full name | Tulsen Paul Tollett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hastings, Sussex, England | 6 May 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tulsen Paul Tollett (born 6 May 1973) is a television presenter and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative utility back, he played in Australia for Sydney's Penrith Panthers and the Parramatta Eels clubs, before moving to England and playing for the London Broncos.
Tollett was born in Hastings, Sussex in the United Kingdom, but moved with his family to Australia as a youngster. His junior career was with Emu Plains JRLC prior to being signed by Penrith. [2]
Tollett played at the Penrith Panthers and the Parramatta Eels [2] before joining the Broncos for the 1996 inaugural season of Super League I. [3] He played his junior football for Emu Plains.
After a successful first season in England, he was selected for the Great Britain squad to tour Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand. [3]
Tollett's highlights with the Broncos include:
Tollett also had spells in rugby union with English Premiership side Harlequins during 1997/98, [4] as well as London Welsh in 1999/2000 during the Rugby League close season. [5]
Tollett was forced to give up playing in 2001 due to a persistent shoulder injury. [6] [7] He then moved into the media and now presents sport on BBC News in the UK and internationally. Previous to this he worked for ABC News and ABC NewsRadio in Sydney and has also worked for BBC Radio 5 Live, [2] Sky Sports, Eurosport and Setanta Sports amongst others as a presenter, reporter or commentator, and worked as a pitchside reporter for TVH, the host broadcaster at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.
In 2021, Tollett was a commentator for Channel 4's coverage of the 2020 Paralympics.
Tollett holds a Bachelor of Physical Education teaching degree, as well as a first dan karate black belt.
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