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Andrew Voss : biography

7 September 1966 –

Andrew Voss (born 7 September 1966) is a rugby league commentator who currently works for SKY Network Television. Voss previously worked for the Nine Network, including on the Footy Show, The Sunday Footy Show and the Sunday Roast.

Career

Television Career

Voss has hosted several Nine Network’s rugby league-related TV shows. He began appearing on The Footy Show in 1997 as a regular guest, starring in different sketches and in group discussions. In 2009, he became co-host of the show, but in 2010, returned to minor duties on the program, including the clips/bloopers segment "Stuff You May Have Missed".

In 2002, he became host of Boots N’ All (until its cancellation in 2006), and following that The Sunday Roast until 2011. In this time he was the Nine’s Network’s number-two rugby league caller behind Ray Warren.

Throughout his career, Voss has covered various other sporting events, including the Sydney Olympic Games, Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. He is due to travel to London in 2012 to cover the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2006, Voss commentated on Torvill and Dean’s Dancing on Ice, while in 2009 he was fill-in presenter on the Nine Network’s Today between Mondays and Thursdays, in addition to presenting every Friday in place of Cameron Williams. In 2010, news presenter Georgie Gardner began been presenting the news and sport full-time, in place of Williams.

Also in 2009, Voss hosted Australia’s Greatest Athlete for the Nine Network, a program which screened on Saturday afternoons.

Other media

Voss has also provided commentary for the NRL’s video game series, including NRL Rugby League, NRL Rugby League 2, NRL Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition, NRL Rugby League 3 and Rugby League Live, since 2003.

He has released his own book, Memoirs of a Rookie Parent, a collection of his experiences as a father of two boys, and also appeared in the Australian film, Footy Legends.