Sarah Jones (born 24 June 1982) is an Australian television presenter and sportscaster on

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. Jones is currently a host with

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’s AFL coverage and

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‘s

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coverage after appearing on Fox Sports News as a reporter and host.

Personal life and education

Jones grew up in

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, as one of five siblings to parents father Tony and mother Chris. In 1990, Chris was killed in a car crash; Sarah was the only child not in the car at the time, while her siblings survived and escaped. Jones is a mother of two girls, Mila (b. 2015) and Halle (b. 2017), with husband Leigh Carlson, a producer at Fox Footy. Jones supports the

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...

, her grandfather Jack Jones having been a premiership player at the Bombers and a tour guide at the club's former headquarters at Windy Hill.

Career

At the age of 17, Jones undertook work experience at

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working a project job during the

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; she studied at journalism at

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before joining the then

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in 2002 as a reporter. She became a presenter and reporter at Fox Sports News, focusing on AFL and cricket while she was also involved in Foxtel's Olympics coverage at the

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and

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Jones was later a reporter during Fox Sports coverage of the Big Bash. In 2016, Jones presented ''

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'' on Fox Sports News and later become a boundary rider in

’s AFL coverage. In June of that year, Jones filled in as studio host of Fox Thursday Night coverage after

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stepped down from the after he made sexist comments on radio earlier that week; Jones filled the hosting role on Thursdays for the remainder of the season. Her roles expanded in 2018, when she hosted ''On The Mark'' with fellow female broadcasters

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and

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. Jones subsequently hosted Fox Footy's match-day coverage, mainly on Thursdays and Saturdays, and also during the

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while she was host during Fox Footy's

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Day preview. Jones also MC’d awards multiple award ceremonies, including the All-Australian awards, the AFLPA MVP, and the

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. In 2018, Jones joined

as a host and boundary reporter during its

coverage after the network regained cricket rights in Australia.

References

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