Phil Rothfield
Australian sports journalist
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Phil Rothfield (born 18 July 1958), is an Australian sports journalist who specialises in covering rugby league. He currently works for the Daily Telegraph in Sydney as an editor at large and regularly appears on NRL 360.
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Early life and education
Career
Controversies
Rothfield was involved in a scandal where it was alleged he accepted cash payments into his TAB account from a gambler and former brothel owner Eddie Hayson.[4] Rothfield later said this was a mistake which he learned from.[3]
In another scandal, he was photographed with a lingerie model despite frequently criticizing rugby league players for behaviour in their private life.[5]
Rothfield has a long running feud with Phil Gould.[6] He has also had feuds with Michael Maguire,[7] Peter Sterling and Warren Ryan.[2] In 2017, he said “any journo doing their job has feuds".[3]
