Her late-night phone call broke up a TV golden couple. Now there's a buzzy industry rumour about rugby league reporter Tiffany Salmond after she vanished from Fox Sports...

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There are fewer things successful beingness much boring than a sideline interrogation with an NRL player.

But freelance reporter Tiffany Salmond surely made the creation of a post-game chat a batch much absorbing erstwhile she brought her talents to Fox Sports in 2023.

But the Kiwi's tenure arsenic an interviewer for Warriors location games was somewhat tarnished by reports her late-night telephone call to Fox League aureate lad Jake Duke resulted successful him being dumped by his 7News newsman girlfriend Grace Fitzgibbon.

We heard the telephone from Salmond in the 'wee hours' backmost successful February 2024 caused a rift betwixt Duke and Fitzgibbon, who had been dating for 3 years, and she subsequently moved retired of their portion in Freshwater, on Sydney's bluish beaches.

She would aboriginal station an representation of heaped cardboard boxes that became the speech of the tv industry.

Salmond, who insisted to friends she had nary thought Duke had a woman erstwhile she called him, has mostly kept a debased illustration since then.

Indeed, we haven't heard overmuch from her too her steady watercourse of bikini photos connected Instagram and occasional freelance jobs for Fox Sports and Triple M.

But connected Wednesday, my DMs blew up arsenic readers alerted maine to a station by Salmond, 27, announcing she was moving from New Zealand to Sydney.

NRL fans are wondering what happened to glamorous freelance newsman Tiffany Salmond aft she stopped appearing connected Fox Sports for New Zealand Warriors location games

On Wednesday, my DMs blew up arsenic readers alerted maine to these Instagram posts by Salmond, 27, announcing she was moving from New Zealand to Sydney

The Kiwi's tenure arsenic an interviewer for New Zealand Warriors location games was somewhat tarnished by reports her late-night telephone telephone to Fox League aureate lad Jake Duke (right) resulted successful him being dumped by his 7News newsman woman Grace Fitzgibbon

Now I would person seen the station myself... but she blocked maine erstwhile I archetypal reported connected her relationship with Duke, who worked for Nine earlier his determination to Fox Footy.

'Obligatory Harbour Bridge pic to stock immoderate breathtaking quality that I'll officially beryllium moving to Sydney adjacent week,' she wrote alongside a selfie.

In different post, she proudly displayed her ample assets successful a scanty leopard-print bikini portion posing astatine the Icebergs excavation overlooking Bondi Beach.

'A preview/warning of what my [Instagram] Stories volition astir apt look similar for the foreseeable [future],' she wrote.

The posts sparked a flurry of manufacture gossip astir wherefore Salmond was relocating to the Harbour City.

Though she has yet to uncover the crushed down her determination to Sydney, galore of her antheral admirers are eagerly speculating whether she'll marque a instrumentality to Fox Sports - which I tin corroborate is not happening.

'How travel you're not connected Fox anymore?' wrote one. 'Did Foxtel springiness you the flick? [Would] beryllium bully to get an reply connected what happened,' asked another.

After 1 instrumentality commented, 'Man, [I'm] itching for a Warriors location crippled for the TV,' different replied: 'Not connected Foxtel successful Australia. [They're] utilizing different commentator.'

Though she has yet to uncover the crushed down her determination to Sydney, galore fans are eagerly speculating whether she'll marque a instrumentality to Fox Sports - which I tin corroborate is not happening

Salmond's lack from Fox Sports' sum of Warriors games has go a talking point

We asked astir our contacts astatine Fox Sports and Triple M to spot if anyone could archer america whether she had a gig lined up astatine a Sydney-based media company.

A Triple M insider confirmed a full-time occupation wasn't connected the cards, simply due to the fact that determination is nary full-time sports oregon commentary gig going astatine the moment.

'But she's freelanced for america for astir 2 years and has done commentary for a fistful of games. She's well-liked and talented,' they added.

'We've watched her worldly astatine Fox play retired and we'll propulsion her successful erstwhile we request her.'

A abstracted vigor root joked that 'she looks similar someone Dave Cameron [Southern Cross Austereo's main contented officer] would hire.'

'Also Charlie White [Triple M's NRL contented manager], is pursuing her connected Instagram, truthful she's decidedly connected their radar,' they added.

A week ago, Salmond told her followers to 'tune into Triple M if you miss me' connected Fox Sports. We recognize she volition proceed to enactment freelance for Triple M but a full-time gig isn't connected the cards

We struggled to get a consecutive reply from anyone astatine Fox Sports, but yet received confirmation 'she nary longer works for america successful immoderate capacity'

Salmond looked sensational astatine the Simon Mannering Medal

We struggled to get a consecutive reply from anyone astatine Fox Sports, and successful information received immoderate downright hostile responses erstwhile did enactment feelers out.

Eventually a brusque substance from idiosyncratic elder determination recovered its mode to america advising 'she nary longer works for america successful immoderate capacity'.

Who knew a small rumour astir immoderate manufacture moves could origin such... tension?

Perhaps things are a inactive earthy after Duke and Salmond's late-night telephone telephone caused truthful galore unflattering headlines for the sports network's 'golden boy' past year.

Jake Duke and Grace Fitzgibbon's narration imploded aft helium received a precocious nighttime telephone telephone from his New Zealand-based colleague Tiffany Salmond

But we anticipation she does find a location with Fox League successful Sydney because, thirst traps aside, she's much than susceptible arsenic a broadcaster.

We besides perceive the Kiwi had firmly believed Duke was azygous erstwhile she called him successful aboriginal hours that fateful Saturday greeting past February.

At the time, she told mates she had nary thought the league newsman had a woman because Fitzgibbon seldom featured connected Duke's idiosyncratic Instagram.

For now, it remains to beryllium seen what Salmond does adjacent - though immoderate of her much overzealous antheral followers person made a fewer bold suggestions...

She besides does not look to beryllium pursuing Duke connected societal media anymore.

Probably for the best.

Meanwhile, Fitzgibbon is present believed to beryllium dating a Special Forces worker known lone arsenic 'Az' who had been a pallbearer astatine the ceremonial of her brother Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon, who was killed successful a parachuting mishap connected March 7, 2024.

'They've bonded successful grief but helium makes her really, truly blessed and it's bully to spot Grace grin again,' a person antecedently said.