0/5

FOX Sports signs Matty Johns

Former NRL player Matthew Johns has been signed to spearhead Foxtel's coverage of NRL football.

Former NRL player Matthew Johns has been signed by FOX Sports to spearhead its coverage of NRL football.

Johns, who last appeared regularly in his own show on Seven, will chair the Monday Night Football show and will co-host Wednesday night’s NRL On Fox.

‘They’re looking for a rugby league show that’s heavy on opinion, the type of opinion that will make people tune in to watch,” he told the Sunday Telegraph.

“Rugby league people will love it, but even non-rugby league people or fringe rugby league people will watch because it will be entertaining.”

Johns will also develop separate projects for the Comedy Channel.

He was recently in discussion with Nine for the NRL Footy Show, but an agreement could not be reached.

Johns will headline – and be the face of – the exclusive coverage of Monday Night Football on FOX Sports. Kicking off on March 12, 2012, he will also provide expert analysis and commentary of the game across FOX Sports and FOX Sports News.

Additionally, he will co-host the signature program NRL on FOX on Wednesdays with Warren
Smith.

FOX Sports Chief Executive, Patrick Delany, said: “This new role for Matthew sees him return to what he truly knows and loves. His expansive knowledge of rugby league and passion for the game will provide both an insightful look and light-hearted perspective to the FOX Sports team.

“The addition of Matthew bolsters our already strong team, and along with the five live games per week, FOX Sports will provide our viewers with the most extensive and in-depth analysis of rugby league available.

“Matthews’s long term relationship with new Head of FOX Sports Channels Gary Burns,
along with the recent appointment of Ben Jones as Executive Producer means we can expect a fresh approach, as well as a willingness to explore new ideas in the way we produce NRL games and programming on FOX Sports.”

10 Responses

  1. We have watched five minutes of this crap tonight, we are switching off, and will never watch this drivel again.
    Matthew Johns is the crappiest host/commentator ever. Lousy on 9, lousy with his own show, and now lousy on Fox.
    What ever entered your minds? – Fox.(does anybody have one?)
    Surely Ryan, Brandy, Wendell and of course the Wizz, must feel bitter!
    And Now!!!! A Joeymeter. What the F**** has this show become?
    This crap cannot last!!!

  2. Where the F*** is Ryan Phelan Fox Sports.
    You guys are Idiots!!!! Ryan Phelan should be the Host of all the Shows his the Best!!!! and Matty Johns should just be the 2nd/or back-up Host of those Shows!!! man you guys are idiots, Where’s Ryan Phelan he better be there when the NRL Season Starts or else im not watching your coverage Again!!! That’s why Channel 9’s always been the better Channel!!!!!

  3. does this mean the end of Wendell Sailor on NRL on Fox? If so, I might start watching again. Or even better, is this the end of Warren Smith? We can only hope.

Leave a Reply