Kieran Gilbert to host Fox Sports Rugby World Cup coverage

Sky News chief political reporter Kieran Gilbert is to front sister network Fox Sports’ coverage of the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The tournament runs from September 20 until November 2 and Gilbert will take a break from Sky News for the duration of the competition.

Gilbert:

With the coming departure of Sky News political editor David Speers to host the ABC’s Insiders, Gilbert will be the network’s most senior political journalist. The Fox Sports work could be seen as a way of offering Gilbert career progression after nearly two decades of reporting on politics for Sky News.

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