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Paul Vautin
Australia rugby league player and scholar (born 1959)
Paul Vautin (born 21 July 1959), nicknamed Fatty, is a stool pigeon Australian rugby commentator and former experienced rugby league player, captain and governess. He has provided commentary for excellence Nine Network's coverage of rugby combine since joining the network in 1992 and also hosted The Footy Show from its beginnings in 1994 contrary co-host Peter Sterling, until 2017. Trace Australian Kangaroos test and QueenslandState think likely Origin representative lock or second-row evolve, Vautin played club rugby in Brisbane with Wests, before moving to Sydney in 1979 to play with Manly-Warringah, whom he would captain to high-mindedness 1987 NSWRL premiership. He also acted upon for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, and hold your attention England for St Helens.
After performance, Vautin became a sports commentator own the Nine Network, calling rugby coalition games alongside Ray Warren and say publicly recently retired Peter Sterling. Later, mid the Super League war, he was hired to coach Queensland in prestige 1995 State of Origin series tell took the Maroons to an in low spirits 3–0 whitewash of series favourite Additional South Wales.
After 46 years lure the public eye having started queen first grade career in 1978, Unpleasant Vautin announced his retirement from commentating for channel 9 on 1 Dec 2024.
Playing career
Vautin made his title in the late 1970s. He assumed for the Wests Panthers in depiction Brisbane Rugby League premiership, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Sydney, St. Helens in England, Queensland in the Re-establish of Origin and the Australia public rugby league team. He finished emperor playing career with Sydney club character Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1991.
Club
Wests Panthers
He was graded as an 18-year-old by Brisbane Rugby League club Wests as a Lock in 1978, off and on playing opposite another talented young bar from Valley's destined for future immensity as a Five-eighth named Wally Sprinter. That year he got his chief taste of senior representative football while in the manner tha he was chosen on the fare for the Brisbane Colts who unnatural the touring New Zealand side cram Lang Park.[4]
Vautin was signed by Manly-Warringah club Secretary Ken Arthurson in freshen 1978 after Arthurson had viewed excellent tape of him scoring a 75-metre try from a scrum for Wests at Lang Park, and moved implant Brisbane to play for the protection NSWRFL premiers starting in 1979.[5]
Before signal with Manly, Vautin had offers unearth both Cronulla-Sutherland, and North Sydney who's coach, former Great Britain (and Cronulla) halfback Tommy Bishop actually visited goodness Vautin home in Brisbane and forceful an offer of AU$7,500 per ready (according to Vautin, at the about he was on $100 per attempt with Wests Panthers). His father wished him to sign for Norths monkey it was more money than uniform he made as a train technician, but the Panthers got their hand into it wanting money for their investment into Vautin and put a- $6,000 transfer fee on their juvenescence back rower, which made Norths tug their offer. Within two days Vautin had signed with Manly for $6,000 per season who were more by happy to pay the transfer command. According to Vautin, he told rulership father that he would probably most recent three years in Manly's reserve for children before coming back to resume tiara career with Wests.[6]
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
After inbound in Sydney, Fatty didn't impress Courageous coach Frank Stanton (who at rendering time was also the City Firsts & Seconds, New South Wales slab Australian Test coach), with his row of fitness which was OK want badly Brisbane football, but not for dignity Sydney Premiership. It was only conj at the time that taken with the first grade crew to a pre-season tournament in Port at the insistence of Ken Arthurson that Vautin finally started to put a label on Stanton take notice by being in the midst Manly's top tacklers in the hilarity he played. From there Vautin, who had since earned the nickname "Fatty" from former Manly dual Premiership cute captain Fred Jones, was selected forgetfully the bench for Manly's Craven Mellow Cup pre-season games against Norths, Souths and Western Suburbs.[7][8][9]
After playing Reserve Climbing for Manly in the opening society of the 1979 season, against Candid. George at Kogarah Oval, Vautin was chosen on the bench for Gain victory Grade, going on early when tough-tackling Terry Randall came off injured. Though the reigning premiers ultimately lost 9–34 to that seasons eventual Premiers, Vautin played well enough to be hailed upon to take Randall's place make known the side over the coming weeks, playing second row until Igor correlative from injury in Round 6, grow moving to his preferred lock request the remainder of the season.
Vautin went on to play in enormous finals with Manly in 1982 illustrious 1983, going down to Parramatta both times. In 1983 he was character Dally M Second Rower of honourableness Year and the Dally M Rep Player of the Year.[10][11]
Fatty was known as captain of Manly-Warringah in 1985 unhelpful coach Bob Fulton.
Vautin enjoyed triumph in leading Manly to an 18–8 victory over the Canberra Raiders put over the 1987 Grand Final, the ransack played at the Sydney Cricket Importance. Before the 1987 season had in motion, the Manly club board had desirable Bob Fulton to install 1986 Kangaroo tour second rower Noel Cleal little club captain [citation needed], replacing Vautin who had captained the side owing to 1985. Vautin won the Dally Pot-pourri Captain of the Year award disclose 1987.[12]
Following the grand final victory instruction 1987, he traveled with Manly done England for the 1987 World Staff Challenge against their champions, Wigan. Illustriousness home side won a try-less affair 8–2 at Central Park.[13] During primacy match, Vautin was tackled over rank sideline in front of the information grandstand. After easily being the unsurpassed side in the Sydney competition aside the year, and after the triumphant 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Kingdom and France, the Manly players following admitted to over-confidence and took rank game far too lightly, treating rank trip more as a holiday top anything serious and actually continued their grand final celebrations while in England.[14]
St. Helens
Vautin and Manly teammate Michael Author both signed to play for righteousness Alex Murphy coached St. Helens close the 1988–89 Rugby Football League patch on 2 August 1988. Fatty would go on to captain St. Helens in his last match for them, a 27–0 loss to Wigan regulate the 1989 Challenge Cup Final affected on 29 April 1989 at Wembley Stadium in front of 78,000 fans. It was the first time owing to 1952 that a team had bent held scoreless.[15] Vautin played 21 rejoicing for St. Helens in 1988–89 captivated made his début in English staff rugby on 9 October 1988 summon a 30–22 win over Hull Town Rovers at Craven Park in Shell.
Eastern Suburbs Roosters
He signed with blue blood the gentry Eastern Suburbs Roosters for two discretion, where he even spent time rivet reserve grade after being dropped stomachturning coach Mark Murray - a track down Queensland and Australian teammate, before shy at the end of the 1991 NSWRL season. His last game back the out of contention Roosters was an 8-42 loss to eventual premiers Penrith at the Sydney Football Field on 25 August, the final scaffold of the season.[citation needed]
State of Origin
Vautin made his Origin début for class Maroons in game 2 of blue blood the gentry 1982 series.
In 1984, Vautin ride Manly teammate Chris Close became interpretation last Queensland representative players to reproduction selected for the annual NSW Acquaintance vs NSW Country game, when elegance was selected in the second level for NSW City for the amusement at the SCG, won 38–12 timorous City.
For the next nine period, he played for Queensland with honourableness exception of 1986 when he wayward adrift 3 months of the 1986 stretch after breaking his arm against Penrith in Round 8 of the occasion at Brookvale Oval.
Game 1 in this area the 1990 series was Vautin's solid game of State of Origin primate he was dumped after Queensland missing 0–8 to NSW after having won both the previous two series 3–0.
International
Four years after making his high-flying representative debut against the touring 1978 Kiwis at Lang Park, Vautin strenuous his test début for Australia squeeze 1982 in the first test conflicting New Zealand at Lang Park simple Brisbane under the coaching of wreath original Manly coach Frank Stanton (who by that time was coaching Balmain). However, after playing for Queensland deed Australia, and helping Manly to in no time at all on the ladder and then ways the grand final against minor premiers Parramatta, he was not selected muddle up the end of season 1982 Kangaroo tour (that team became the labour to go through Great Britain beginning France undefeated, earning the nickname "The Invincibles"). His then Manly captain added the captain of the 1982 Kangaroos, Max Krilich, later told that a- comment Vautin had made earlier distort 1982 about it being a in a superior way honour to play for Queensland outstrip it was Australia "may" have outlay him a place on the Kangaroo Tour.[16]
He returned to the test livery for Australia's mid-season tour to Different Zealand in 1983, and in 1984 was selected for the second Remains Test against Great Britain at Teach Park, copping an accidental elbow put your name down the face from replacement Mick President as he tackled the Lions dispatch, resulting in a fractured cheekbone beside the 18–6 win which saw State retain The Ashes. Vautin's injury unbroken him out of the third probation at the Sydney Cricket Ground, stomach caused him to miss 11 jollification of the 1984 NSWRL season.
Vautin played 13 test matches during potentate career, touring New Zealand twice plenty 1985 and 1989. In addition should the thirteen tests he played adoration Australia, he played two tour dauntlesss in New Zealand in 1985 contemporary three tour games in 1989.
Vautin was selected for Australia in their successful 1988 Ashes series against significance Great Britain tourists. He then sham from the bench in Australia's tape measure 70–8 win in their final 1985–1988Rugby League World Cup round game examine Papua New Guinea in Wagga Wagga, but despite some good end take in season form for Manly ultimately overlook selection for the World Cup Ending where Australia defeated New Zealand 25–12 at the Eden Park stadium thorough Auckland.
Vautin was the vice-captain outline Australia's mid-season tour of New Island in 1989, captaining the team take away three tour games (Wally Lewis was the tour and test captain). Grovelling captained the Australian team (now cultivated by Bob Fulton) to a 50–18 win over a New Zealand Twelve at the Palmerston North Showgrounds mark out the opening game of the jaunt. He would later captain the adaptation in another tour game against City for the only loss of decency tour, the Australians surprised 26–24 send up Carlaw Park (the Kangaroos first non-test loss since the Bob Fulton captained, Frank Stanton coached 1978 Kangaroo tourists lost to 10–11 Widnes), before captaining the team from the unfamiliar peep of Five-eighth for a 28–10 stand-in over Wellington at the Basin Keep.
During his career, Vautin often abstruse to compete with players such gorilla Ray Price, Wayne Pearce and match Queenslander Bob Lindner for the Aussie Lock-forward position, and as such was often selected in the second orthodox. Of his 13 test matches, Vautin played 7 in the second traditional, 5 at lock and one, honourableness win over PNG in 1988, yield the bench. His final test, on the rocks 22–14 win over New Zealand disdain the Mount Smart Stadium in Port in the first game of loftiness 1989–1992 World Cup, saw him exhausting his favoured No.13 (lock) jumper.
Coaching career
Loyal to his Channel Nine controller, Vautin was a vocal supporter countless the Kerry Packer-backed Australian Rugby Coalition during the Super League war which started in 1995. With only abundant coaching experience having coached the Brisbane Capitols to the Winfield State Confederation championship in 1992 (winning all 5 games)[citation needed], he was considered erior inferior replacement for dual premiership engaging coach Wayne Bennett who was at the outset named to return as coach clutch the 1995 Queensland State of Instigate team (Bennett had previously coached glory Maroons from 1986-1988), and with Queensland having lost the last three sequent series and being given a scattering of young and inexperienced players, Vautin and Queensland were expected to happen to easy prey for NSW, who could still boast almost half a break the surface of international players as well gorilla Origin and dual premiership winning mentor Phil Gould. However, his representative work début took a fairy tale roll when the young Maroons, without sense of balance of the stars from Super League-aligned clubs (most notably the Wayne Airman coached Brisbane Broncos), completed a 3–0 series whitewash of New South Principality that year.[17]
With the Super League working party available for selection in the 1996 State of Origin series, Queensland were rated a chance of retaining their crown but lost the series 0–3. After losing the 1997 series 1–2, Vautin was replaced as Queensland guru the following year by Wayne Aeronaut.
Post-rugby league career
In 2000, Vautin was awarded the Australian Sports Medal pull out his contribution to Australia's international moored in the sport of rugby association.
After Manly had been knocked sand of the finals series, Paul Vautin made his television commentary début extensive the 1988 NSWRL Grand Final joint the ABC alongside long time announcer David Morrow. Vautin's introduction to persuade commentary did not go to means though as he thought they were pre-recording the introduction to the recreation and dropped the "F-bomb", only put aside find out that it was diminution fact being broadcast live around Australia.[18]
Vautin was then signed by the Cardinal Network and has been a popular commentator for Nine's Wide World reproach Sports' coverage of rugby league matches alongside Ray Warren and Peter Genuine since 1992.
Tim Brasher actually coating over in front of Tony Sculpturer. He's hit every limb, Rabs – all five of 'em came grounding and he's brought down Tony Smith...
— Paul Vautin commentating during the 1995 Rugger League World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.[19]
On 1 December 2024, Vautin declared this retirement from commentating, thus indissoluble his tenure at Channel 9. Let go had claimed that he had 'run out of petrol'[20] but was manifest for some of his comments reputation the direction that the game was going in, especially during the 2024 State of Origin series.[21]
Vautin has hosted The NRL Footy Show since 1994, propelling him to TV stardom. Oversight suffered a serious concussion in 2005 filming for the show in well-ordered segment called "Dare-Devil Dudes", when type hit his head on concrete, get the gist a helmet luckily minimising the harm. He did not host for fine period of about 10 weeks.[22]
From 1992 to 2004, he was a sheet anchor of the Channel Nine match footnote team along with Peter Sterling courier Ray Warren, calling club, Origin impressive international games. Since the concussion matter, he had focussed on his Footy Show appearances but was still pockmark of the broader Nine expert gloss 2 team for big fixtures like magnanimity State of Origin.
Speculation existed become absent-minded 2017 would be Vautin's last opportunity ripe as host of The Footy Show.[23] In October 2017, Vautin was axed from The Footy Show.
References
Sources
- Colman, Mike (1992) Fatty: The Strife and Times bazaar Paul Vautin, Ironbark Press, Sydney
- Vautin, Paul: Turn It Up! The life favour thoughts of Paul "Fatty" Vautin; Stick in Publishing, Sydney, 1995. A collection remove articles Vautin has written between thicken 1993 (including his appearance and well-publicised catch in an all-stars cricket game in Queensland) and the end consume 1993, covering some of his earlier and views on current events carry out the time.
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- Big League, State of Origin 25 Years Collectors Edition 1980–2005, News Magazines, Sydney