{"id":684559,"date":"2026-01-09T13:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684559\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:33:16","slug":"controversial-rugby-league-identity-paul-kent-diagnosed-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684559\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial rugby league identity Paul Kent diagnosed with cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Starts treatment on January 12 in Sydney<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By ANDREW PRENTICE, SPORTS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  23:21 EST, 8 January 2026   |  Updated:  00:10 EST, 9 January 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rugby league identity and podcast host Paul Kent has confirmed he is fighting throat\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/cancer\/index.html\" id=\"mol-249de250-ed0d-11f0-98ae-ebb052544541\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nrl\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e6a2c4b0-ed0d-11f0-98ae-ebb052544541\" rel=\"noopener\">NRL<\/a> 360 co-host and News Corp journalist was diagnosed after returning home from <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ashes\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e3725300-ed12-11f0-98ae-ebb052544541\" rel=\"noopener\">the Ashes<\/a> tour in England leading into\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/christmas\/index.html\" id=\"mol-24a9a220-ed0d-11f0-98ae-ebb052544541\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kent, 56, will begin treatment next week at the Chris O&#8217;Brien cancer treatment centre in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/sydney\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e69668a0-ed0d-11f0-98ae-ebb052544541\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is understood the cancer has formed on Kent&#8217;s lymph nodes around his neck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He faces up to nine weeks of treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Plenty of people have got it worse than me and I&#8217;ll be okay,&#8217; Kent told <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/rugby-league-commentator-paul-kent-diagnosed-with-throat-cancer\/news-story\/d828aad73466970798a84d1f10359775\">News Corp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8e45c4754a7143df\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/105363497-15448035-Rugby_league_identity_and_podcast_host_Paul_Kent_has_confirmed_h-m-95_17679322568.jpeg\" height=\"958\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rugby league identity and podcast host Paul Kent has confirmed he is fighting throat cancer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rugby league identity and podcast host Paul Kent has confirmed he is fighting throat cancer<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-70f7651fdc993017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/105364035-15448035-The_former_NRL360_co_host_and_News_Corp_journalist_was_diagnosed-m-96_17679322831.jpeg\" height=\"621\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The former NRL 360 co-host and News Corp journalist was diagnosed after returning home from the rugby league Ashes tour in England leading into Christmas\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The former NRL 360 co-host and News Corp journalist was diagnosed after returning home from the rugby league Ashes tour in England leading into Christmas<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;ve had lots of people reach out, I know the value of true friendship and I appreciate it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After Kent was <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nrl\/article-13586219\/Paul-Kent-sacked-pub-brawl.html\" rel=\"noopener\">sacked by News Corp and Fox Sports in 2024 <\/a>following his role in a wild street brawl in Sydney&#8217;s inner-west, he turned his attention to podcasting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He eventually launched Kenty Prime Time and Kenty Blitz, with former rugby league bad boy John Elias often a co-host.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Guests have included Australian Rugby League Commission Chairman Peter V&#8217;Landys, Clint Newton, the CEO of the Rugby League Players&#8217; Association, Canberra\u00a0Raiders coach Ricky Stuart, former Bulldogs star-turned-commentator James Graham and South Sydney legend Craig Coleman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Both podcasts have been a success, with focus placed on\u00a0Kent&#8217;s reputation for direct and honest opinions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;A lot of people suggested it to me and told me to think about it (launching a podcast),&#8217; Kent told mediaweek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;(In the end) I thought I\u2019d go ahead with it. I like the idea of it. There are a lot of positives to it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Controversial rugby league identity Paul Kent diagnosed with cancer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starts treatment on January 12 in Sydney By ANDREW PRENTICE, SPORTS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 23:21 EST, 8 January&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[92,30118,4151,93,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-684559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-nrl","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115865400574312087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}