Media Street: Hamish McLachlan to spend 12 months in Europe, Tom Browne’s replacement named
A big name commentator is taking a sabbatical from Channel 7, plus an ex-Australian cricketer has been named as Tom Browne’s replacement. See the details in Media Street.
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Gillon McLachlan won’t be the only member of the family enjoying a European summer next year with his brother Hamish set to take a sabbatical from Channel 7.
Like his older sibling, Hamish hasn’t been able to enjoy Europe at its finest because of his commitments with Seven as an AFL host and commentator.
He has also been one of the faces of the Olympic Games for the network but with them giving up the rights to Paris next year, a golden opportunity has arisen in 2024 to fulfil a lifelong dream of living overseas.
Hamish McLachlan and his family will be based in France for 12 months with his three young children attending an international school. His eldest daughter will be in the final year of primary school which is why the timing is perfect.
Channel 7 boss Lewis Martin has been the No.1 supporter of the move once it was floated by McLachlan who will still fly back to Australia for hit-run missions for the network.
He will be in Melbourne for the start of the AFL season and return for the finals while also hosting the Magic Millions racing carnival from the Gold Coast in January.
BROWNE REPLACEMENT REVEALED
Channel 7 has landed on its replacement for Tom Browne.
After promoting Mitch Cleary to chief football reporter, the network has been searching for his deputy and have landed on South Australia’s Theo Doropoulos.
Doropoulos is a former Sheffield Shield cricketer who represented Australia at U/19 level before going on to play for Western Australia and South Australia.
He is best remembered for dropping a catch while acting as a substitute fielder for Australia during the Third Test between Australia and the West Indies at the WACA back in 2009.
Doropoulos, who had just been dropped from the WA team, was in the right place at the right time when Nathan Hauritz went down with an injury, giving him the chance of a lifetime.
He had barely taken the field when Sulieman Benn chipped Mitchell Johnson to mid-on where Doropoulos put down a simple chance. Fortunately he made up for it in Johnson’s next over when after being banished to deep midwicket he held onto another chance from Benn.
Doropoulos, 38, has worked for Seven over the past decade in Adelaide and is keen to be Cleary’s right-hand man in AFL-strong Melbourne.
Browne finished up at Seven at the end of the season, relocating to Sydney with his young family to take up a role in the banking sector.
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