Biography
Broadcaster, presenter, and former professional rugby player Ugo Monye is one of sports television’s brightest personalities.
Spending his entire playing career at Harlequins, with whom he won the Premiership and European Challenge Cup twice, Ugo represented England 14 times and was selected to tour South Africa with the British & Irish Lions.
His transition to television was immediate, becoming a key member of BT Sport’s leading rugby team, a captain on BBC One’s A Question of Sport, and presenter for BBC’s Rugby Special. In 2021, Ugo appeared on the iconic Strictly Come Dancing. He is the host of 5 Live’s successful Rugby Podcast and also writes his own Rugby and Sport themed column for The Guardian.
Ugo is a champion of diversity and equality, currently Chairing the RFU’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group and acting as a trustee for both the Women’s Sport Trust and Restart. In 2023, he was also selected to be an independent Co-Chair of the Government’s Sport Taskforce.
