- Rhodri Williams
Rhodri Williams, born Rhodri Ogwen Williams, is a Welsh
sports journalist fromBarry, Vale of Glamorgan ,Wales .He was born on10 May ,1968 .He was a mainanchor for Sky channelSky Sports News and was one of Sky's main rugby presenters - hosting theHeineken Cup andSouthern Hemisphere rugby including theTri-Nations , the NPC inNew Zealand and theCurrie Cup inSouth Africa . He presentedAnimal Hospital withRolf Harris and was the first presenter onL!VE TV (Britain's first 24 hourcable channel ). He has presented numerous programmes forWelsh language channelS4C .In 1997 Rhodri was the quizmaster on the now defunct
L!VE TV 's football quiz "A Game of Two Scarves" featuring fans and glamour models. He also hosted the station's talent show,Spanish Archer .The Welsh anchorman’s clean-cut image was tarnished in 2005 and his contract with Sky Sports was ‘terminated with immediate effect’ after a Sunday newspaper claimed it had footage of him and the disgraced former
Blue Peter presenter John Leslie romping with a naked woman.In the past he has been a presenter on national radio sports station
talkSPORT , presenting the "Kick-off" programme on Thursday from 7.00 to 10.00 pm and The Sunday Session. He is also the main rugby anchor forSetanta Sports . The Sunday Session has now been axed and "Kick-Off" is now presented every day byDanny Kelly , withStan Collymore as an assistant onMonday s,Wednesday s, andFriday s. Away from the media he owns 3 successful businesses inCardiff . He hosts various shows onSetanta Sports News in his spare time.Rhodri presented both
talkSPORT 's and ITV Wales' coverage of theRugby World Cup 2007.He is also the son of famed Welsh TV (S4C) presenter/weather girl Jenny Ogwen
External links
* [http://www.rhodri.co.uk/ Rhodri Williams Official site]
* [http://www1.talksport.net/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=99983 Rhodri's talkSPORT profile]
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