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Name
  
Tulsen Tollett

Role
  
Rugby player


Height
  
1.78 m

Weight
  
85 kg

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Football pundit tulsen tollett wishing vioo fans merry christmas


Tulsen Paul Tollett (born 6 May 1973 in Hastings, England) is former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and 2000s who currently works as a TV presenter for BBC World. A Great Britain international representative utility back, he played in Australia for Sydney's Penrith Panthers and Parramatta Eels clubs, before moving to England and playing for the London Broncos club.

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Football pundit and chelsea expert tulsen tollett wishes you all a merry christmas from london


Background

Tollett was born in Hastings, Sussex in the United Kingdom, but he moved with his family to Australia as a youngster.

Rugby league career

Tollett played at the Panthers and the Eels before joining the Broncos for the inaugural season of Super League in 1996. He played his junior football for Emu Plains.

After a successful first season in England, he was selected for the Great Britain squad to tour Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand.

Tollett's finest moments with the Broncos include:

  • Playing in the side that beat top Australian side Canberra Raiders in Super League's World Club Championship series in 1997 (London chalked up a rare win by a European Super League side against their Australasian Super League counterparts in that year's competition)
  • Being part of the first London side to reach a Rugby League Challenge Cup final, in 1999 against Leeds Rhinos at Wembley
  • Being in the highest finishing London side (second, Super League 1997) in the club's (Fulham, London Crusaders, Broncos) history to date

    • Rugby union career

    Tollett also had spells in rugby union with English Premiership side Harlequins during 1997/98, as well as London Welsh in 1999/2000 during the Rugby League close season.

    Media work

    Tollett was forced to give up playing in 2001 due to a persistent shoulder injury. He then moved into the media and now presents sport on BBC World News. Previous to this he worked for ABC News 24 and ABC NewsRadio in Sydney and has also worked for BBC Radio 5 Live, Sky Sports, Eurosport and Setanta Sports amongst others as a presenter, reporter or commentator, and worked as a pitchside reporter for TVH, the host broadcaster, at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.

    Personal life

    Tollett also holds a Bachelor of Physical Education Teaching degree, as well as a First Dan Karate Black Belt.

    References

    Tulsen Tollett Wikipedia
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