Kate Allman
Kate Allman is a sports journalist, commentator and live events host based in Sydney, Australia. She is a play-by-play commentator and broadcast host on Australia's top-flight football (soccer) league, the A-League Women, the Hockey One field hockey league, national swimming events and championships, and athletics. She's been dubbed "The Voice of American Football Down Under" for her work commentating on the growing sports of NFL Flag and American Football in Australia.
With a reputation spanning print and broadcast, her byline also appears regularly in sports sections of Australian national newspapers, the Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun, as well as ABC Sport, The Guardian Sport, Women's Golf Magazine, Tracks Surfing Magazine, Chill factor ski magazine and more. Combining her love for sport and passion for travel, Kate is also a travel writer. You'll find her often globetrotting to ski, surf and catch the biggest games in the world live.
My Sporting Planet Top Ten
What is your favourite sport?
American football, skiing, surfing, swimming, field hockey, Aussie Rules football, golf
As you can see I’ll pretty much watch anything
What is your favourite team?
San Francisco 49ers, Sydney Swans, Colorado Buffaloes, New York Rangers, Chelsea FC
What are your favourite sporting venues?
The Melbourne Cricket Ground
Madison Square Garden
Levis Stadium
What are your favourite sporting events?
Olympics, Super Bowl, College Football Playoffs, the AFL Grand Final
The Australian National Championships of Swimming are also electric and often have faster finals than the Olympics in women’s races because Australia has such depth of talent.
What was your best-ever event on this sporting planet?
Witnessing the impact of the incredible FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted in Sydney in 2023. I never thought women’s football would ever be as insanely popular as it was, and the country and the world for a few weeks went mad for women’s sport. The newsp
What is your favourite sporting anthem?
The Sydney Swans have a victory song they play through the stadium when they win and the whole crowd sings along to the words. Fun fact - it is the tune of Notre Dame college’s Victory March, which I only recently discovered while watching Notre Dame
If you visit a ground regularly, what’s your favourite place for pre- or post-match food and/or atmosphere?
Sydney Cricket Ground - usually beers at my place because I live about a kilometre away and can walk!
Who do you think are the best supporters on this sporting planet?
Australians!!!
The Richie Benauds at the cricket are always a good one
The most wholesome crowds are at Matildas games.
Which team do you think will exceed expectations in 2025?
Washington Commanders - rookie QB Jayden Daniels is HIM
Who do you think is/was the best commentator or sports reporter; whose work do you admire?
Erin Andrews for NFL on Fox, admire her for defying armchair experts’ hate, online abuse, even a stalker situation and being a total pro through it all. The best broadcast host in NFL.
Also Rikki Swannell - one of very few female play-by-play com
Remembering Kate Allman’s favourite sporting highlights…
"Witnessing the impact of the incredible FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted in Sydney in 2023. I never thought women’s football would ever be as insanely popular as it was, and the country and the world for a few weeks went mad for women’s sport"
FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted in Sydney in 2023.