Paul Vautin

Fatty Vautin

Personal information
Full name	Paul Vautin
Born	(1959-07-21) 21 July 1959 (age 65) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1978 Western Suburbs 22 3 14 0 37 1979–89 Manly-Warringah 204 20 2 2 74 1988–89 St. Helens 21 4 0 0 16 1990–91 Eastern Suburbs 34 1 0 0 4 Total 281 28 16 2 131 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1982–90 Queensland 22 2 0 0 7 1982–89 Australia 13 0 0 0 0 1984 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1992 Brisbane Capitols 5 5 0 0 100 1995–97 Queensland 9 4 0 5 44
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Paul Vautin (born 21 July 1959), nicknamed Fatty, is an Australian football commentator and former professional rugby league footballer, captain and coach. He has provided commentary for the Nine Network's coverage of rugby league since joining the network in 1992 and also hosted The Footy Show from its beginnings in 1994 opposite co-host Peter Sterling, until 2017. An Australian Kangaroos test and Queensland State of Origin representative lock or second-row forward, Vautin played club football in Brisbane with Wests, before moving to Sydney in 1979 to play with Manly-Warringah, whom he would captain to the 1987 NSWRL premiership. He also played for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, and in England for St Helens.

After playing, Vautin became a sports commentator for the Nine Network, calling rugby league games alongside Ray Warren and the recently retired Peter Sterling. Later, during the Super League war, he was hired to coach Queensland in the 1995 State of Origin series and took the Maroons to an upset 3–0 whitewash of series favourite New South Wales.