Editing Russell Crowe (section)

=== Other sporting interests ===
Two of his cousins, [[Martin Crowe]] and [[Jeff Crowe]], captained the [[New Zealand national cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 January 2015 |title=Inspirational Martin Crowe's eyes on Cricket World Cup |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11383293 |access-date=25 March 2015 |archive-date=16 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116141231/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11383293 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Crowe watches and plays cricket, and captained the 'Australian' Team containing [[Steve Waugh]] against an English side in the 'Hollywood Ashes' Cricket Match.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 January 2008 |title=Russell Crowe captains cricket side &#124; Herald Sun |publisher=News.com.au |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23078250-662,00.html |access-date=10 April 2010 |archive-date=7 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207001926/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23078250-662,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 17 July 2009, Crowe took to the commentary box for British sports channel [[Sky Sports]] as the 'third man' during the second [[Test cricket|Test]] of the [[2009 Ashes series]], between England and Australia.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Holding Delighted to work with Crowe |publisher=Sky Sports |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12940_5292427,00.html |access-date=10 April 2010 |archive-date=21 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121023327/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12940_5292427,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Crowe is a fan of the New Zealand [[All Blacks]] rugby team.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Orzessek |first=Eli |date=29 October 2015 |title=Rugby World Cup final: All Blacks have the best celebrity fans |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11536519 |access-date=13 March 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807011159/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11536519 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He is friends with [[Lloyd Carr]], the former coach of the [[Michigan Wolverines football|University of Michigan Wolverines]] American football team, and Carr used Crowe's movie ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' to motivate his [[2006 Michigan Wolverines football team|2006 team]] following a 7–5 season the previous year. Upon hearing of this, Crowe called Carr and invited him to Australia to address his rugby league team, the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]], which Carr did the following summer. In September 2007, after Carr came under fire following the Wolverines' [[2007 Michigan Wolverines football team|0–2 start]], Crowe travelled to [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] for the Wolverines' 15 September game against [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] to show his support for Carr. He addressed the team before the game and watched from the sidelines as the Wolverines defeated the Irish 38–0.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012|reason=for this paragraph}}
Crowe is also a fan of the [[National Football League]]. On 22 October 2007, Crowe appeared in the booth of a Monday night game between the [[Indianapolis Colts]] and the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2007-11-04-cbs-pats-colts_N.htm "CBS announcers let Patriots-Colts game speak for itself"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121091146/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2007-11-04-cbs-pats-colts_N.htm |date=21 November 2009 }} ''USA Today'', 4 November 2007</ref>

He is also a fan of [[Leeds United]] and narrated the [[Amazon Prime]] documentary ''[[Take Us Home: Leeds United]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Video |first=Source: Prime |date=24 July 2019 |title=Take Us Home: Leeds United docu-series on Bielsa's first season, narrated by Russell Crowe – trailer |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2019/jul/24/take-us-home-leeds-united-docu-series-marcelo-bielsa-russell-crowe-trailer |access-date=14 April 2020 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806195826/https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2019/jul/24/take-us-home-leeds-united-docu-series-marcelo-bielsa-russell-crowe-trailer |url-status=live }}</ref>