Sarra Elgan
{{Short description|Welsh TV presenter (born 1979)}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sarra Elgan Easterby
| image = Sarra Elgan yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd 2025.jpg
| caption = Sarra Elgan at the Urdd National Eisteddfod 2025
| birth_name = Sarra Elgan Rees
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1979}}
| birth_place = Neath
| known_for = Television presenter
| education = Trinity College, Carmarthen
| alma_mater =
| employer = TNT Sports (current)
S4C (current)
BBC (former)
Sky Sports (former)
ESPN (former)
| occupation = Television presenter, actress and journalist
| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse = Simon Easterby (m. 2005)
| children = 2
| parents = Elgan and Kathryn Rees
}}
Sarra Elgan Easterby (born 1979) is a Welsh journalist and television presenter. She has covered rugby union for numerous media outlets.
Early life
Born in Neath, she is the daughter of Kathryn Rees and former Neath RFC, Wales and British Lions rugby union player, Elgan Rees.{{cite web|url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/gallery/50-sexiest-women-wales-2013-6252153|website=Walesonline|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= The 50 Sexiest Women in Wales 2013|first=Lorna|last=Doran|date=31 October 2013}}
Career
Elgan studied theatre, media and music at Trinity College, Carmarthen; soon afterwards she took a role in Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm. Her first presenting job was on S4C children's show Planed Plant, before presenting for CBBC. She also sang in a Welsh-language pop music group called Cic.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TV%27s+Sarra+is+Planed+a+pop+career.-a081190874|website=The Free Library|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= TV's Sarra is Planed a pop career|first=Sue|last=Castle|date=2001}}
She began as a pitchside reporter at rugby union matches for S4C after the death of Ray Gravell in 2007.{{cite web|website=Premiership Rugby|accessdate=30 December 2023|url=https://premiershiprugby.com/content/elgan-passes-screen-test-to-inspire-the-next-generation|title= SARRA ELGAN PASSES SCREEN TEST TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION}} Elgan has worked as a presenter on rugby union coverage on TNT Sports and its predecessor BT Sport.{{cite web|url= https://www.bt.com/sport/rugby-union/features/international-womens-day-2021-sarra-elgan-bt-sport-exclusive-rugby-union|website=BT.com|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= International Women's Day 2021: BT Sport's Sarra Elgan - "Let's get more women watching women's sport... and make brilliant female athletes role models for our daughters"|first= Becky |last=Gamester-Newton|date=8 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/being-sarra-elgan-welsh-tv-27774479.amp|website=Walesonline|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= Being Sarra Elgan, the Welsh TV powerhouse nailing it in the rugby world|first=Katie|last=Sands|date=24 September 2023}} She became a regular on the S4C rugby chat show Jonathan, alongside Jonathan Davies and Nigel Owens from 2018.{{cite web|website=Daily Post|accessdate=30 December 2023|url= https://www.dailypost.co.uk/special-features/jonathan-first-series-filmed-yr-15322489|title= Jonathan - First series to be filmed at Yr Egin, Carmarthen|first=Daniel|last=Bissett|date=27 October 2018}}
She has also worked for ESPN,{{cite web|accessdate=30 December 2023|date=1 November 2012|title=Never too early for fireworks|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15325328/never-too-early-fireworks|website=ESPN}} and for Sky Sports covering the British Lions tour to South Africa in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://nation.cymru/news/presenter-praised-after-she-responds-to-bryan-habanas-welsh-skills-by-learning-some-afrikaans/|website=nation.cymru|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= Lions presenter praised after she responds to Bryan Habana's Welsh skills by learning some Afrikaans|date=11 August 2021}}
Personal life
In 2005 she married Irish former rugby player Simon Easterby. Former Scarlets and Wales full back Matt Cardey was best man at the wedding along with Simon's brother Guy.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wedding-brings-second-lions-star-2381489|title=Wedding brings second Lions star into family|author=Robin Turner|website=WalesOnline|date=1 August 2005|accessdate=30 December 2021}} They have one daughter, Soffia born in 2007,{{cite web|url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tv-sarra-rugby-husbands-baby-2278339.amp |website=Walesonline|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= TV Sarra and rugby husband's baby joy|date=28 February 2007}} and a son Ffredi, born in 2009.{{cite web|url= https://www.thefreelibrary.com/FFREDI%27S+GOT+HIS+BABY+BOOTS%3B+Sarra+and+Simon%27s+new+baby+born+into...-a0200436343 |website=The Free Library|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= FFREDI'S GOT HIS BABY BOOTS; Sarra and Simon's new baby born into rugby dynasty.|first=Lydia|last=Whitefield|date=2009}} They live in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan. She and the children are Welsh speakers.{{cite web|url= https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/im-driving-ireland-forward-but-half-the-family-will-be-supporting-wales/35517861.html|website=Independent.ie|accessdate=30 December 2023|title= I'm driving Ireland forward... but half the family will be supporting Wales|first=Gareth|last=Morgan|date=10 March 2017}}
References
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External links
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Category:BBC television presenters
Category:British people of Welsh descent
Category:Sky Sports presenters and reporters
Category:British women television presenters