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Jon Newcombe

Having started his career in sports broadcasting, as one of the voices of William Hill, Rapid Cricketline and TEAMtalk, Jon swapped his microphone for the keyboard when he became editor of the first Rugby Union weekly, Rugby Times, in 2002.

Rugby Times developed a cult following, covering rugby from the bottom to the top before it was taken over by The Rugby Paper in 2011, after more than 300 editions.

For six years, he also edited the RFU’s Clubs Directory.

The Guardian, Yorkshire Post, England Rugby, Rugby World, International Rugby News are some of the titles he has written for on a freelance basis, while he has been Sporting Life’s chief rugby tipster during major tournaments.

He has also been involved in TV rugby coverage for ITV, Channel 4, BT/TNT Sport and Prime, working as a statistician/graphics producer and aide to the commentators for the past three Rugby World Cups.

Thankfully, he hasn’t put the wrong score to air…yet, unlike his time as a schoolboy scoreboard operator at Bath, when a misplaced 0 produced the biggest cheer from the crowd at The Rec, as it showed Bath winning 100-0 vs Wasps rather than the actual score of 10-0.

Has often been asked, ‘are you the son of Barry Newcombe?’ (the answer’s no).

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