West Coast Eagles premiership player Daniel Venables engaged to Channel 9 host
Former West Coast Eagles premiership player Daniel Venables has announced he is engaged to a Channel 9 host and former Miss Universe.
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Former West Coast Eagles premiership player Daniel Venables has announced he is engaged to Channel 9 host Scherri-Lee Biggs.
They shared the happy news in a joint Instagram post on Friday night, posting a photo of the couple embracing by the beach with a sunset in the background as Biggs, 32, showed off her engagement ring.
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“Christmas came early this year. Forever isn’t enough with you @danielvenables,” Biggs wrote in the caption.
The couple’s friends and colleagues congratulated Venables and Biggs on their engagement.
Channel 9’s Tracy Vo commented: “We LOVE you guys!”
Today Extra host Belinda Russell said: “Eek!!! Congratulations babe!!!”
Channel 7’s Rebecca Maddern commented: “Oh this is fantastic news x.”
Fashion stylist Lana Wilkinson said: Congratulations guys! Best news ever”, while The Block’s Shaynna Blaze wrote: “Amazing! Congratulations.”
Venables and Biggs, Miss Universe Australia 2011, went public with their relationship back in April when the former Eagles player posted a photo of the pair laughing.
“Found a comedian,” he wrote.
Venables, 24, played in West Coast’s thrilling AFL Grand Final win over Collingwood in 2018.
He played 21 AFL games across the 2018 and 2019 seasons before severe head injury forced him to retire last year.
Earlier this year, Venables said he believed he could still be playing in the AFL had he received proper treatment for his career-ending concussion-related issues which included an alarming seven brain bleeds.
“I was told to do nothing pretty much, and I got put on antidepressants to fix my headaches,” Venables told Channel 7.
“Seven bleeds in my brain, and I didn’t do anything about it.”
The former No. 13 draft pick says the AFL “100 per cent” let him down.
“I wasted a lot of time, the most important part of my rehab,” he said.
“Yeah, for sure (I could be playing footy).
“There were a lot of red flags looking back on it, and it’s shattering.”
Biggs previously dated another West Coast Eagles player, Brad Sheppard, before they ended their relationship in 2019.
Originally published as West Coast Eagles premiership player Daniel Venables engaged to Channel 9 host
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