{"id":268501,"date":"2025-11-07T09:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/268501\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:32:13","slug":"fox-league-confirms-mass-team-changes-for-2026-nrl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/268501\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox League confirms mass team changes for 2026 NRL season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox League boss Steve Crawley has confirmed a team shake-up for the 2026 NRL season, headlined by the return of star presenter Yvonne O\u2019Keefe. <\/p>\n

O\u2019Keefe, who has previously hosted NRL 360, and husband Chris O\u2019Keefe in August celebrated the birth of their second child, son Darby. <\/p>\n

Code Sports <\/a>reports the popular host will be back behind the Fox League desk in 2026. <\/p>\n

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According to the report, the former Channel 9 journalist\u2019s return is one of several changes viewers will see in 2026. <\/p>\n

Former Manly premiership-winner Kieran Foran is set to have an expanded, full-time role after proving to be a popular analyst this year.<\/p>\n

Foran, who announced his retirement in July, will be juggling his roles at Fox Sports while working as an assistant coach at the Sea Eagles after being headhunted by coach Anthony Seibold.<\/p>\n

The biggest changes are happening behind the camera. <\/p>\n

As reported by Code, former NRL360 producer Mitch Diffin has moved to become the network\u2019s head of rugby league. <\/p>\n

In a network shake up, Jamie Lockyer has moved to be the new boss of cricket coverage while Joe Bromham will remain as the network\u2019s executive director of sport. <\/p>\n

Fox Sports supremo Steve Crawley told Code Sports<\/a>: \u201cIn our world it\u2019s hard to find good young producers and I feel like I have probably got the best young producers in Australian broadcasting\u201d. <\/p>\n

It will be a big year for O\u2019Keefe as she manages the demands of being a parent to Darby and two-year-old son Henry. <\/p>\n

Chris O\u2019Keefe earlier this year said his wife\u2019s colleagues knew something was up when she was rarely seen out and about during the NRL\u2019s season-opening week in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just say when Vonny locked herself in her hotel room in Vegas for round one, a few of her colleagues started to suspect something was up,\u201d he told The Daily Telegraph. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut we managed to keep it quiet, it\u2019s important to us to keep our private life, private.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s an extraordinary mum. She is not just the heart of our home, but the brains, legs, arms and everything else too. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honestly just trying to keep up. Henry absolutely adores Vonny, watching them together fills me with so much happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox League already has a star-studded roster of commentators, headlined by Matty Johns, Cooper Cronk and Braith Anasta. <\/p>\n

Greg Alexander, Jake Duke, Michael Ennis, Bryan Fletcher, Dan Ginnane, Nathan Hindmarsh, Shaun Johnson, Mal Meninga, Lara Pitt, Warren Smith, Gorden Tallis, Andrew Voss and Kevin Walters are also part of the commentary team that proved a hit with viewers in 2025. <\/p>\n

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