Brett Sprigg
Brett always wanted to be a big sports star … or own a big sports bar … or something like that.
A handy, though rather pedestrian, left-arm bowler, Brett turned his back on his baggy green ambition to join the Grandstand team firstly as a producer in 2012.
Since becoming a full-time commentator in Perth in 2016, he has commentated on AFL, cricket, basketball, soccer, tennis and netball, as well as the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Brett is an avid follower of the East Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL competition where his late father, Trevor, played in the 60s and 70s.
He is the youngest of five children all with a keen interest in sport.
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