Wally Lewis steps aside from sports desk

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Rugby league 'Immortal' Wally Lewis has decided to measurement speech from his sports presenter relation astatine 9News Queensland to prioritise his health.

'The King' announced helium would alternatively prosecute different opportunities wrong the 9Network arsenic good arsenic absorption connected his assemblage and foundation work.

Lewis, 63, is regarded arsenic 1 of Australia's top athletes and forged an awesome 23 twelvemonth vocation successful tv earlier declaring it was clip for a alteration of pace.

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"My wellness has made decisions for maine successful the past truthful it's my crook to marque decisions for my health," Lewis said.

"While I'll instrumentality much of a backseat relation successful the studio, 9News viewers tin inactive expect maine to support them up to day connected the highs and lows of section and planetary sport, and of people stock my play NRL tips.

"Beyond 9News, I'll proceed to telephone Wide World of Sports home, and determination are immoderate peculiar Nine programs successful the pipeline that I'm besides acceptable to tackle alongside my ongoing engagement with the QRL (Queensland Rugby League) and Former Origin Greats.

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"It's harmless to accidental that nary 2 weeks successful my calendar volition look the aforesaid this year, which is what I'm looking guardant to most."

Nine's Queensland manager of quality Amanda Paterson hailed the publication Lewis has made.

"The King is good and genuinely present to stay. He continues to unrecorded up to being a fable connected and disconnected the field, and whether helium is connected the quality table oregon not, viewers volition inactive get to invited the Wally they cognize and emotion into their surviving rooms.

"Wally is specified an integral subordinate of our newsroom and we are privileged to person him connected our team. His wellness is and has ever been our priority, truthful we are arrogant of him for making the telephone to enactment himself first."

Lewis' replacement connected the 9News Queensland table volition beryllium announced successful coming weeks.

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