Warren Smith (broadcaster)
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Warren Smith is an Australia
n rugby league
commentator for Fox Sports Australia
's National Rugby League
(NRL) coverage. He was also previously the host of two programs aired on Fox Sports NRL weekend action and NRL on Fox, a Wednesday preview of rugby league
for the coming weekend.
Smith regularly duels wits with Greg Alexander
and Gary Freeman over every controversial aspect of rugby league
, from NRL rules to State of Origin
selections (an example of this is Smith controversially supporting Hazem El Masri
for the NSW
position of wing
). Smith also presents a weekly award known as the "Pumpkin" for the silliest player of the round.
Warren Smith, or "Wazza" as he is affectionately known to diehard rugby league
fans, also had a comical exchange with Melbourne Storm
coach Craig Bellamy when he was calling a game from Olympic Park
.
During the 2010-11 Cricket Season, Warren Smith commentated on the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
commentator for Fox Sports Australia
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...
's National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
(NRL) coverage. He was also previously the host of two programs aired on Fox Sports NRL weekend action and NRL on Fox, a Wednesday preview of rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
for the coming weekend.
Smith regularly duels wits with Greg Alexander
Greg Alexander
Gregory Peter Stephen "Greg" Alexander is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s who has since become a commentator. A goal-kicking half-back, in his career he played for and captained the Penrith Panthers and the Auckland Warriors clubs and also represented his country...
and Gary Freeman over every controversial aspect of rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
, from NRL rules to State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
selections (an example of this is Smith controversially supporting Hazem El Masri
Hazem El Masri
Hazem El Masri is a Lebanese-Australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australia and Lebanon international, and New South Wales State of Origin representative winger, he played his entire club football career with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs with...
for the NSW
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
position of wing
Wing
A wing is an appendage with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid...
). Smith also presents a weekly award known as the "Pumpkin" for the silliest player of the round.
Warren Smith, or "Wazza" as he is affectionately known to diehard rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
fans, also had a comical exchange with Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
coach Craig Bellamy when he was calling a game from Olympic Park
Olympic Park
An Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games. Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre. It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics complex in the case of the summer games, or the main...
.
During the 2010-11 Cricket Season, Warren Smith commentated on the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.