Neroli Meadows

Neroli Meadows is a renowned Australian journalist known for her extensive experience in live sport, magazine shows, news and in-depth interviews. Over her 15 years in the field, she has covered a large number of events and appeared on several different shows. 

She studied Journalism at Curtin University and completed a diploma in Broadcasting before starting her television career at Channel 7 in Perth in 2006, before moving to Sydney in 2010, where she joined Fox Sports. Meadows relocated to Melbourne in 2012 to join the re-launched Fox Footy and was also part of ABC’s commentary team for five years, before moving to Triple M.

Meadows co-hosted ESPN Australia’s coverage of Super Bowl LIV from Miami after spending 10 years working as a broadcaster for Fox Sports Australia. She was a part of the match day team for Fox Footy, was a co-host on the ground-breaking and award winning show On The Mark and fronted nightly news program AFL Tonight.

In 2018, Meadows became the first woman to host a Test match on Australian television. She was a host and boundary reporter for Fox Cricket in all forms of the game at International level and also worked on the Big Bash League, a role she first took on in 2012. Amongst her career highlights, she has also worked on the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, the 2014 Australian Open and been a court-side reporter for the NBL and Australian Boomers games.

Due to these achievements Meadows has also co-hosted The Footy Show as well as comedy shows Before The Game, Have You Been Paying Attention, The Back Page and Santo, Sam and Ed’s Total Football.

Meadows is a popular Master of Ceremonies as she regularly fronts the most prestigious events for the AFL, AFLPA & AFLW. These have included the W Awards, season launches, AFL finals, Rising Star Award and the AFL National draft. 

Neroli Meadows career highlights

• Two-time finalist for the Australian Sports Commission Awards

• AFL Players’ Association Grant Hattam Award for Excellence in Journalism 

• First woman to host a Test match on Australian television

Neroli Meadows personal interests 

Amongst her journalism work, Meadows also hosts a podcast “‎Ordineroli Speaking” in which she showcases the mental health struggle stories of sports stars and celebrates the resilience in sport. 

Meadows has an interest in photography and shares some of her work on her social media accounts, particularly her Instagram. Her photos often include one of her favourite places, the beach, and beautiful landscapes surrounding. She also loves to travel, having been to a variety of locations such as Tennessee and Miami for her work, but says her favourite holiday destination is the Maldives. 

Neroli Meadows key topic points 

You can book Neroli Meadows as a guest speaker for topics such as:

• Resilience - Meadows hosts a podcast about resilience and mental health in sport and shares the stories of famous sports personalities that relate and have an important topic. 

• Equality - Meadows has publicly spoken about this mistreatment of women in the industry and shared her experiences of men making inappropriate comments, bringing awareness and solution. 

Meadows is also an extremely popular choice as an MC, with her extensive experience making her one of the most sought after MCs across Australia.