26 Facts About Beau Ryan

Beau Ryan was born on 11 May 1985 and is an Australian television and radio presenter and former professional rugby league footballer.

Beau Ryan played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.

On 5 June 2014, Beau Ryan announced his immediate retirement whilst on The Footy Show, due to a neck injury.

Currently, Beau Ryan is the host of Network 10's reality series The Amazing Race Australia and a co-host of Triple M Sydney's breakfast show with Natarsha Belling and Aaron Woods.

Beau Ryan is of distant Irish heritage and was raised in Albion Park and played junior football with Wests Illawarra.

In 2003, Beau Ryan was selected to represent in the New South Wales Schoolboys team.

Beau Ryan has created two popular characters; DJ Yallah, an Egyptian-Australian DJ from Bankstown and Donnie Palmer, a Titans trainer who is obsessed with doing stretches.

Beau Ryan goes and has some fun doing some television.

In early June 2016, Beau Ryan was involved in controversial segment on The Footy Show which viewers deemed "racist" and "abhorrent".

Beau Ryan featured in the movie as a rugby league player called Tom who played on the Comets team.

In 2018, Beau Ryan co-hosted a breakfast radio show with John Stanley on the ill-fated Macquarie Sports Radio network.

In 2019, Beau Ryan was announced as the host of Network 10's revival of The Amazing Race Australia, replacing Grant Bowler, who hosted the earlier Seven Network iteration of the show.

In January 2022, Beau Ryan appeared as a contestant on the eighth season of Network 10's I'm a Celebrity.

Beau Ryan was the second celebrity to leave the jungle, having withdrawn from the series on day 14.

Beau Ryan joined the Wests Tigers and made his debut in round 16 of the 2007 NRL season.

Beau Ryan played a further two games that year, scoring a try in his second appearance.

From 2009 onwards, Beau Ryan was a regular winger for the Wests Tigers.

Beau Ryan scored a personal best 13 tries that year, including seven tries in the last 4 games.

Beau Ryan started the 2012 season by scoring 4 tries in his first 3 games.

Beau Ryan made 310 runs during the year, among the NRLs top twenty performers, and was named in the Prime Minister's XIII at the end of the regular season.

Beau Ryan started playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the 2013 NRL season, during which the club was being investigated by ASADA.

On 5 June 2014, Beau Ryan announced his immediate retirement from rugby league on The NRL Footy Show, due to an ongoing neck injury.

In September 2015, a story appeared in a magazine that Beau Ryan had been involved in an affair with former Hi-5 singer Lauren Brant.

Brant's fiance at the time stated that she admitted to the relationship while she and Beau Ryan were appearing together in a Sydney Theatre production.

Beau Ryan took leave from The Footy Show to spend time with his family with a Nine Network source saying he had issues he was dealing with.

Beau Ryan was removed by Woolworths as the face of an advertising campaign.