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Tony Armstrong

Tony Armstrong is an Australian journalist and former professional Australian rules footballer. Tony played for the Adelaide Football Club, Sydney Swans and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

In March 2020, Armstrong began hosting the show Yokayi Footy, a collaboration between NITV and the AFL.

In June 2020, Armstrong joined ABC as a producer and presenter of sports news on ABC Radio and Television presenting sport on ABC News, commentating for Grandstand AFL on ABC Sport and hosting the summer series of Offsiders.

In March 2021, ABC announced that Armstrong would fill in for Paul Kennedy on ABC TV's News Breakfast presenting sport from Tuesday to Friday for 3 months whilst Kennedy works on ABC's 7.30. Catherine Murphy presented sport on Monday. In July 2021, Armstrong was appointed as sport presenter on News Breakfast replacing Kennedy.

In November 2021, ABC announced that Armstrong would host A Dog's World on ABC TV, a three-part series that seeks to understand our ever-evolving relationship with dogs.

Armstrong also regularly appears on Network 10's The Project.

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Cast Credits

Great Australian Stuff (2023)
Starring as Host (4 episodes)
  • Episode 1x04: Play (May 2, 2023)
  • Episode 1x03: Home (Apr 25, 2023)
  • Episode 1x02: The Land (Apr 18, 2023)
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A Dog's World with Tony Armstrong (2022)
Starring as Host (3 episodes)
Yokayi Footy (2020)
Starring as Tony Armstrong (13 episodes)
  • Episode 2020-06-10: Episode 13 (Jun 10, 2020)
  • Episode 2020-06-03: Episode 12 (Jun 3, 2020)
  • Episode 2020-05-27: Episode 11 (May 27, 2020)
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