Rhodri Williams

For the Welsh rugby union player see Rhodri Williams (rugby player)

Rhodri Williams (born 10 May 1968 as Rhodri Ogwen Williams) is a Welsh sports journalist from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. He is currently employed by Qatar's Al-Kass Sports Channel and anchors the network's English-speaking studio.

Williams was a main presenter for Sky Sports News and was one of Sky Sports' main rugby presenters - hosting the Heineken Cup and Southern Hemisphere rugby including the Tri Nations, the NPC in New Zealand and the Currie Cup in South Africa. He was sacked by Sky Sports in 2006 after tabloid revelations regarding his personal life.

He was the first presenter on L!VE TV (Britain's first 24-hour cable channel). In 1997 Rhodri was the quizmaster on L!VE TV's football quiz A Game of Two Scarves featuring fans and glamour models. He also hosted the station's talent show, Spanish Archer.

Williams was part of the launch of Channel 5 in the UK as one of the presenters on the channel's afternoon entertainment show 5's Company with Nick Knowles and John Barrowman. He has presented numerous programmes for Welsh language channel S4C, and also presented Animal Hospital with Rolf Harris. In 2001, Williams appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.

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