Aussie sport power couple’s adorable engagement news

Australian sporting couple Sam Butler and Nat Medhurst have announced their engagement with a heart-warming Instagram post.

Nat Medhurst and Sam Butler are engaged.

Aussie sporting glam couple Nat Medhurst and Sam Butler have announced they’re engaged in an adorable Instagram post.

The couple posed with eight-month-old son Edison to share their happy news with the world in a photo that showed the retired Aussie netball star giving her former West Coast premiership footy player partner a smooch on the cheek.

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Nat Medhurst's exciting news. Photo: Instagram, @natmedhurst

Sam Butler up in the air.

The couple were first confirmed to be dating in 2019 and announced their exciting pregnancy news in 2020.

Medhurst wrote in the post she was a “lucky girl”.

“Locked in...& I think Butsy’s pretty excited about it,” she wrote.

She captioned another image in her Instagram stories: “I said yes, and he loved me for it”.

The couple found each other following previous marriage breakdowns.

35-year-old Butler, who played 14 seasons with the Eagles before retiring in 2017, announced the end of his marriage with Perth fashion-designer Tash Leembruggen. Medhurst’s marriage with former husband Travis ended in 2017.

Nat Medhurst. Pic Peter Wallis

The 2015 AFL Grand Final at the MCG.

Medhurst, 37, continues to be a high profile voice in Australian netball following her retirement in September.

She won three world championships with the Aussie Diamonds during her 17-year career.

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