AFL nice turned soccer commentator Nick Riewoldt is ditching the display screen, leaving his footy commentating position at Fox Footy to maneuver to America along with his younger household.
The previous St Kilda captain has stunned the TV world, opting to relocate to his spouse’s hometown of Houston, Texas with their three younger sons James, Will and Teddy.
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The transfer is reportedly a 12-month dedication, and with Riewoldt’s present contract set to conclude on the finish of 2022, TV Blackbox experiences that he was already in discussions with Fox Footy about lacking half of the 2023 AFL season earlier than returning.
The household has been based mostly in Houston, the place Riewoldt’s kids have lately began at a neighborhood main faculty.
Riewoldt posted a household picture in October referencing the boys “first day” at college.
The footy star was the primary choice within the 2000 AFL draft, captaining St Kilda in 2005 and from 2007 to 2016.
He retired from soccer on the finish of 2017, and started a media profession the next 12 months with Fox Footy.
In 2015, Riewoldt’s youthful sister Maddie handed away, aged 26, from the uncommon bone marrow situation plastic anemia.
Following that tragedy, the Riewoldt household established the charity ‘Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision’ to boost funds for analysis into new therapies for blood cancers.
Now, every AFL season there’s a devoted “Maddie’s Match”.
St Kilda and Richmond participate within the conflict with Riewoldt’s cousin, Jack Riewoldt, nonetheless taking part in for the Tigers.
The sport raises funds for analysis into plastic anemia.
