Alex Payne should not be confused with Alexander Payne.
Alex ‘Payno’ Payne | |
Birth Date: | June 1980 |
Nationality: | British |
Education: | Sandroyd School, Eton College and Edinburgh University |
Occupation: | Sports and Television Presenter |
Alex Payne (born June, 1980) is a television presenter and broadcaster in the UK.
Payne attended Sandroyd School, Eton College and Edinburgh University.[1]
Until 2018[2] 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 charts before releasing its first episode.[3]
Payne is married with two children, the eldest of which was born prematurely at 29 weeks into pregnancy.[4]