Dwayne Russell

Dwayne John Russell (born 4 March 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer and currently a commentator of the sport. He played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL, before crossing over to VFL club Geelong in 1987. He played 50 games for 51 goals until he left the club in 1991.

Sports journalism

He became a full-time sports journalist with The Age newspaper in 1997. Covering the major sporting events of Melbourne, Russell, built up a serviceable record as the number four sports writer at the number three sports paper in Melbourne. Following this success he was moved full-time to the papers coverage of the AFL in 1999, including a stint as the writer for the Pssst section of The Sunday Age Sport section in the mid-2000s.

Football commentary

By 1999 his writing on AFL had become so well-known that, beginning in 2000 Channel 9 gave him the job of the main callers role for Sunday Afternoon matches. In the seven seasons, Russell, called AFL he was promoted to the networks calling team for the coverage Friday Night matches in 2006.

His other main occupation is as co-host of 3AW's top-rating drive-time sports show, "Sports Today" with Gerard Healy.

After leaving the Nine Network, Russell received a contract with Fox Sports to call two weekly AFL matches for the Pay-TV provider for the 2007 season and beyond, under the new AFL TV Rights Deal, of which Fox Sports has four matches weekly during the Home and Away season to cover.

Basketball commentary

Russell expanded his work with Fox Sports when he signed on to be a basketball commentator in their coverage of the 2009/10 NBL season.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Resuscitating basketball coverage". theage.com.au. October 8, 2009. http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/resuscitating-basketball-coverage/2009/10/07/1254701051269.html. Retrieved 2009-10-28. 

External links

• Dwayne Russell's statistics from AFL Tables
• Profile at 3AW

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