Sarra Elgan

Sarra Elgan Easterby
Born
Sarra Elgan Rees

1979
Neath
NationalityWelsh, British
EducationTrinity College, Carmarthen
Occupation(s)Television presenter, actress and journalist
Years active1999–present
Employer(s)TNT Sports (current)
S4C (current)
BBC (former)
Sky Sports (former)
ESPN (former)
Known forTelevision presenter
SpouseSimon Easterby (m. 2005)
Children2
Parent(s)Elgan and Kathryn Rees

Sarra Elgan Easterby (born 1979) is a Welsh journalist and television presenter. She has covered rugby union for numerous media outlets.

Early life

Born in Neath, she is the daughter of Kathryn Rees and former Neath RFC, Wales and British Lions rugby union player, Elgan Rees.[1]

Career

Elgan studied theatre, media and music at Trinity College, Carmarthen; soon afterwards she took a role in Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm. Her first presenting job was on S4C children's show Planed Plant, before presenting for CBBC. She also sang in a Welsh-language pop music group called Cic.[2]

She began as a pitchside reporter at rugby union matches for S4C after the death of Ray Gravell in 2007.[3] Elgan has worked as a presenter on rugby union coverage on TNT Sports and its predecessor BT Sport.[4][5] She became a regular on the S4C rugby chat show Jonathan, alongside Jonathan Davies and Nigel Owens from 2018.[6]

She has also worked for ESPN,[7] and for Sky Sports covering the British Lions tour to South Africa in 2021.[8]

Personal life

In 2005 she married Irish former rugby player Simon Easterby. Former Scarlets and Wales full back Matt Cardey was best man at the wedding along with Simon's brother Guy.[9] They have one daughter, Soffia born in 2007,[10] and a son Ffredri, born in 2009.[11] They live in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan. She and the children are Welsh speakers.[12]

References

  1. ^ Doran, Lorna (31 October 2013). "The 50 Sexiest Women in Wales 2013". Walesonline. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ Castle, Sue (2001). "TV's Sarra is Planed a pop career". The Free Library. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ "SARRA ELGAN PASSES SCREEN TEST TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ Gamester-Newton, Becky (8 March 2021). "International Women's Day 2021: BT Sport's Sarra Elgan - "Let's get more women watching women's sport... and make brilliant female athletes role models for our daughters"". BT.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ Sands, Katie (24 September 2023). "Being Sarra Elgan, the Welsh TV powerhouse nailing it in the rugby world". Walesonline. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ Bissett, Daniel (27 October 2018). "Jonathan - First series to be filmed at Yr Egin, Carmarthen". Daily Post. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Never too early for fireworks". ESPN. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Lions presenter praised after she responds to Bryan Habana's Welsh skills by learning some Afrikaans". nation.cymru. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ Robin Turner (1 August 2005). "Wedding brings second Lions star into family". WalesOnline. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. ^ "TV Sarra and rugby husband's baby joy". Walesonline. 28 February 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ^ Whitefield, Lydia (2009). "FFREDI'S GOT HIS BABY BOOTS; Sarra and Simon's new baby born into rugby dynasty". The Free Library. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ^ Morgan, Gareth (10 March 2017). "I'm driving Ireland forward... but half the family will be supporting Wales". Independent.ie. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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