Vince Rugari

Vince Rugari is one of Australia's leading football journalists. A sports reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, he has covered World Cups, Asian Cups, A-League grand finals and many key moments in between. He was working for Sportal when he first came across Ange Postecoglou at Brisbane Roar in 2011 and has followed his football ever since, and covered his Socceroos team closely on the road to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Vince previously worked for or contributed to The Guardian, FourFourTwo magazine and Australian Associated Press among other outlets, and was previously the host of Stan Sport FC. He won a Walkley award in 2023 for digital media: innovation journalism with The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald's Visual Stories Team.