First pics of loved-up Bombers ‘it’ couple emerge

Star Essendon midfielder Sam Durham and his high-profile model girlfriend have gone “Insta-official”, sharing the first public snaps of their budding romance.

The pair have been ‘seeing each other for a while’ but have only just posted photos together. Picture: Instagram

Essendon star midfielder Sam Durham and his high-profile fashion model girlfriend, Paris Bishop, have gone ‘Insta-official’.

The first pics of the happy new Melbourne ‘it’ couple were posted on Tuesday by Bishop, after the romance was revealed by the Herald Sun last month.

Sam Durham and Paris Bishop have gone ‘Insta-official’. Picture: Instagram

She uploaded sweet images of them together with a simple love heart and drink emoji caption, with pictures also alongside Durham’s Bombers teammates, Archie Perkins and Nick Bryan and their partners.

“Lots to love about this,’’ commented Grace Parish, wife of Bombers midfielder Darcy Parish.

Perkins’ partner Coco Prentice commented: “The best”.

The couple joined Durham’s teammate Archie Perkins and his partner Coco Prentice for dinner. Picture: Instagram

Bishop, who is signed with leading agency Chadwick, rarely puts a foot wrong in the style stakes and boasts more than 170,000 followers on Instagram.

The camera shy couple were first spotted together last month at the premiere of the new Challengers movie starring Zendaya, but Bishop posed solo on the media wall.

The week prior she was spoken to on Brian Taylor’s ‘Roaming Brian’ segment in the Bombers rooms after a win.

“We are still pretty fresh … but have been seeing each other for a while,” Bishop told the Herald Sun at the time.

Durham, 22, was the ninth pick in the 2021 mid-season draft and is from Seymour in the Goulburn Valley.

His improvement has been a key part of the Bombers’ success so far this season with the team sitting second on the ladder.

He has signed a long-term contract with a “surreal” four-year deal locking him in until the end of 2028.