AFL great Jimmy Bartel is set to host 3AW’s Wide World of Sports from next year.
The 40-year-old former Geelong star will also be at the mic on the Melbourne station for Thursday Night Footy and Friday Night Footy.
But in a surprising new interview the footy legend revealed his favourite sport – and his first choice might stun loyal AFL fans.
‘I’m a cricket tragic,’ Jimmy told 3AW breakfast last month.
During the chat with hosts Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft the 2007 Brownlow Medallist continued to gush over ‘the gentlemen’s game’.
‘I’m an absolute nut for (cricket).
AFL great Jimmy Bartel (pictured) is set to host 3AW’s Wide World of Sports from next year
The 40-year-old former Geelong star will also be at the mic on the Melbourne station for Thursday Night Footy and Friday Night Footy. But in a surprising new interview with 3AW breakfast the footy legend revealed his favourite sport – and its NOT footy!
‘I flick on test series that don’t involve Australia. I got enthralled in the New Zealand and India test series…I just get enough of the game.’
Elsewhere in the chat Jimmy shocked listeners again when he said that if we were to do over his sports career Aussie Rules would be a non-starter.
‘If I had my time again I think it would be golf (as a career).
‘it’s the game we all want to play – it looks pretty low impact and there’s big money. And if we could all master the game of golf we ‘d all be pretty happy.’
Jimmy, who played a whopping 305 games with the Geelong Football Club between 2002 and 2016, comes to his new role after hosting 3AW’s Sunday AFL show in 2023.
He told listeners last month that he set to start his new gig in February.
Jimmy shares his two sons with Henne founder Nadia Bartel.
Meanwhile, the sports star is now dating Amelia Shepperd and the couple have since welcomed a child together.
Jimmy also said that if he had his time ‘over’ he would have picked golf as a career (pictured with Amelia Shepperd). The couple welcomed a child in April last year
The announcement of their child came two years after Nadia confirmed her split from Jimmy in August 2019 after five years of marriage.
Nadia and Jimmy married in February 2014 in a lavish ceremony on the Bellarine Peninsula, before later welcoming two sons together.
Nadia and Jimmy first met in 2008 while attending the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix. The former Geelong Cats player proposed four years later in Mexico.
They share custody of two sons: nine-year-old Aston and six-year-old Henley.
Fashionista Nadia, 39, is currently enjoying a high profile romance with boyfriend Peter Dugmore.
The WAG recently turned up the heat in jaw-dropping lingerie photos from her new modeling gig with Fine Line women’s clothing.
Nadia, who is seen on billboards posing in a series of racy outfits for the lingerie brand, showcased her very ample cleavage in several publicity photos.
The social media sensation is currently in a relationship with former footballer turned model Peter.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Nadia revealed marriage was currently not on the cards for the couple.
‘I don’t think so,’ she laughed.
‘You know when you’ve done that then you’re like I don’ know If I’d do that again.’
‘But when you meet someone that you feel like you want to marry it’s a good feeling. We are so happy. He’s a good boy.’
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