Tulsen Tollett
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| Full name | Tulsen Paul Tollett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 1973 Hastings, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half, Stand-off, Centre, Wing, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tulsen Paul Tollett (born 6 May 1973) is a TV presenter and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative utility back, he played in Australia for Sydney's Penrith Panthers (Heritage № 320) and the Parramatta Eels (Heritage № 513) clubs, before moving to England and playing for the London Broncos (Heritage № 301).
Background[]
Tollett was born in Hastings, Sussex in the United Kingdom, but moved with his family to Australia as a youngster. His junior career was with Emu Plains JRLC prior to being signed by Penrith.[2]
Rugby league career[]
Tollett played at the Penrith Panthers and the Parramatta Eels[2] before joining the Broncos for the 1996 inaugural season of Super League I.[3] 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.[3]
Tollett's highlights 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 Broncos chalked up a rare win by a Super League side against their Australasian Super League counterparts in that year's competition)
- Being part of the first London Broncos side to reach a Rugby League Challenge Cup final, in 1999 against the Leeds Rhinos at Wembley[2]
- 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,[4] as well as London Welsh in 1999/2000 during the Rugby League close season.[5]
Media work[]
Tollett was forced to give up playing in 2001 due to a persistent shoulder injury.[6][7] He then moved into the media and now presents sport on BBC World News. Previous to this he worked for and in Sydney and has also worked for BBC Radio 5 Live,[2] 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.
In 2021, Tollett was a commentator for Channel 4's coverage of the 2020 Paralympics.
Qualifications[]
Tollett holds a Bachelor of Physical Education teaching degree, as well as a first dan karate black belt.
References[]
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ a b c d Injury takes toll on Tollett BBC Sport, 29 November 2001
- ^ a b Broncos' Tollett calls it a day Wales Online, 30 November 2001
- ^ Tulsen Tollett Archived 21 April 2013 at archive.today Harlequins Rugby Union
- ^ London Welsh 19 Worcester 20 Worcester News, 2 October 1999
- ^ Barrow sign up Nickle The Telegraph, 29 November 2001
- ^ Tollett quits Broncos BBC Sport, 29 November 2001
External links[]
- London Broncos profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics: Tulsen Tollett Rugby Premiership
- 1973 births
- Living people
- BBC sports presenters and reporters
- English male karateka
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- English television presenters
- Harlequin F.C. players
- London Broncos players
- London Welsh RFC players
- Parramatta Eels players
- Penrith Panthers players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from East Sussex
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby union players from East Sussex
- Sportspeople from Hastings