Alex Payne


Alex Payne is a British sports presenter.

Early life and education

Payne attended Sandroyd School, Eton College and Edinburgh University.

Career

Until 2018 he spent much of his career presenting live coverage of rugby union on Sky Sports, where he also hosted the Rugby Club. Payne was one of the youngest presenters on the channel when he started, and became the lead presenter of their coverage of English and European Rugby, and hosted coverage of England's Internationals.
He now hosts the podcast The Good, The Bad & The Rugby, which debuted at no.1 in the Apple [Inc.|Apple] charts before releasing its first episode.

Personal life

Payne is married with two children, the eldest of which was born prematurely at 29 weeks into pregnancy.