Megan Barnard is a sports presenter for Fox Sports News Australia. She was previously a sports presenter for

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. Barnard studied at the

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in Brisbane, completing a Bachelor of Mass Communication, majoring in journalism, before joining

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on the

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as a sports reporter. She joined Australia's subscription news channel Sky News Australia in 2007. Barnard hosts NRL Tonight on Fox Sports News on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights as well as appearing on Fox League's Thursday Night Football presenting NRL news. In 2020, Barnard was part of

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hosting the

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coverage as part of the collaboration between

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and the

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due to the

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limiting the availability of presenters. Barnard publicly came out as a lesbian in May 2022, saying “I knew I was gay since age 12.”

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Megan Barnard at Sky News Australia
Australian women television presenters Australian LGBT broadcasters 1984 births Living people Queensland University of Technology alumni Fox Sports (Australian TV network) people Lesbian journalists Australian lesbian writers Australian LGBT journalists {{Australia-tv-bio-stub