Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an

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channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by

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, operated out of their Melbourne based studios and available throughout

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, and

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. The channel is a revival of the former

Fox Footy Channel The Fox Footy Channel was a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football. It was owned by Foxtel and operated out of their Melbourne based studios. From 2002 - 2006 it was available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television, TransTV ...

, which was in operation between 2002 and 2006. The channel recommenced prior to the

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after a new broadcast agreement was reached between the former

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and the

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(AFL). As of June 2022, the channel reaches 1.174 million viewers weekly, making it the highest rated subscription channel on

History

Foxtel had previously operated the original

from 2002 to 2006, but closed the channel when Foxtel's AFL broadcast deal ended at the end of the 2006 season after failing to agreeing at the time a new agreement with free-to-air broadcasters Seven and Ten. On 8 February 2007, Foxtel had come to a agreement to broadcast 4 games a week from 2007 to 2011, up from 3 during 2002–2006 on Fox Sports channels, although it didn't include an AFL channel. It was announced on 28 April 2011 that the channel would be revived for the 2012 AFL season, as part of the new broadcast rights deal that gave Foxtel rights to show all regular-season AFL matches live. The channel returned exclusively on Foxtel and its broadcasting partners, under the proposed new name of "Fox Sports AFL", which was later changed back to its original name "Fox Footy". The channel relaunched at 5:00 pm AEDT on Friday 17 February 2012 with the first

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round-robin match between

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and

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. Fox Footy has live broadcast rights to all Marsh Community Series matches, all AFLW home and away matches, all AFLW Finals matches including the Grand Final, all AFL home and away matches and all AFL Finals matches until the AFL Grand Final which is shown on delayed with the game being screened exclusively live on Seven. All matches are broadcast live to air in Standard, High Definition and selected matches in 4K Ultra HD with no commercial breaks during play. When two live matches are being played simultaneously, Fox Sports 503 broadcasts one of the matches. From the start of the 2012 AFL season, Fox Footy had become the most watched Pay-TV network in Australia. In 2017, the AFL preliminary finals had 556,000 and 441,000 viewers.2017 TV: the final word
- TV Tonight, 2 February 2018 Beginning in 2020, Fox Footy and more Fox Sports Australia channels began carried in Canada on the premium streaming service

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. The 2022 season saw some changes to the channel, with the network cutting ties with Eddie McGuire and the subsequent launch of two new programs, 'Best on Ground' and 'Face to Face' in addition to a time slot change for '' On the Couch''. The network was rocked by further public interest during Round 1 after the termination of senior reporter Tom Morris after derogatory comments made against a colleague in a private chat were leaked publicly.

Programming

Programs

*''

AFL 360 ''AFL 360'' is an Australian television talk show that covers current issues in the Australian Football League (AFL). It airs on Fox Footy at Mondays to Wednesdays during the AFL season. It is hosted by Gerard Whateley and Mark Robinson, and f ...

'' (2010–2011 on Fox Sports, 2012–present on Fox Footy) *'' AFL Tonight'' (2016–present on Fox Sports News and Fox Footy) *'' Bounce'' (2007–2011 on Fox Sports, 2012–present on Fox Footy) *'' On the Couch'' (2002–2006 on Fox Footy Channel, 2007–2011 on Fox Sports, 2012–Present on Fox Footy) *''First Crack'' (2019–present) *''Trading Day'' (2018–present, post season) *''Best On Ground'' (2022–present) *''Face to Face'' (2022–present)

Former Programs

*'' AFL Insider'' (2010–2011 on

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, 2012 on Fox Footy) *''The Club'' *''Ed & Derm's Big Week In Footy'' *''Eddie McGuire Tonight'' (2012) *''The Hangar'' *''

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'' (2014–2016, also shown on Fox8) *''The Supercoach Show'' *'' The Winners Rebooted'' (2015–2016 on Fox Footy) *''

League Teams ''League Teams'' (formerly known as AFL Teams) was a weekly Australian sports television series based on the Australian Football League (AFL) that airs on Fox Footy. It was shown on Thursdays at 6:30pm, to coincide with that round's team announ ...

'' (2002–2006 on Fox Footy Channel, 2007–2011 on Fox Sports, 2012–2017 on Fox Footy) *''The Greatest'' (2017) *''Up The Guts'' (2019) *''On the Mark'' (2018–2019) *''The Beep Test'' (2018–2019) *''The Weekend Lowdown'' (2018) *''

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'' (2009–2011 on Fox Sports, 2012–2020 on Fox Footy) *''Bob'' (2018–2019) *''Saturday Stretch'' (2017–2021) * ''Speed Round'' (2020) *''Dermie Delivers'' (2021)

Events

Games

''All AFL premiership matches are broadcast live, with no ads during game-play, excluding the

AFL Grand Final The AFL Grand Final is an Australian rules football match to determine the premiers for the Australian Football League (AFL) season. From its inception until 1989, it was known as the VFL Grand Final, as the league at that time was the Victori ...

, which is showed in delayed due to the

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owning the exclusive broadcast rights. Most AFL Community Series matches are broadcast live.'' * AFL Community Series *AFL premiership season *AFL finals series (excluding

) *

AFL Under 18 Championships The AFL Under-19 Championships (for sponsorship reasons, the NAB AFL Under-19 Championships) is an annual Australian national underage representative championship in Australian rules football tournament. It is seen as one of the main pathways ...

* AFLW premiership season *AFLW finals series(including

AFLW Grand Final The AFL Women's Grand Final is an annual women's Australian rules football match to determine the AFL Women's (AFLW) premiers for that year. Each year, the winning club receives a premiership trophy and premiership flag; all players in the winn ...

)

Special events

*AFL Grand Final parade *

Australian Football Hall of Fame The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coac ...

night * AFL Players Association MVP awards *

All-Australian The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-performed players during the season, led by ...

awards *

AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Buc ...

awards *

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by t ...

* National AFL Draft * North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast

Personnel

Sarah Jones, Jonathan Brown and David King

Coverage of certain matches including Friday nights, public holidays and finals is picked up from the

. Fox Footy uses Seven's video feed for the actual match, including graphics and commentary, but all surrounding footage, including pre-match, post-match, and between quarters, is replaced with Fox Footy's own coverage of the match. As of 2025, Fox will have access to clean feeds of Seven's footage for such matches, allowing Fox Footy to use their own commentary, graphics, and breakaways in all matches.

Commentators

Play-by-Play Callers * Dwayne Russell (2007–present) * Anthony Hudson (2012–present) * Adam Papalia (2016–present) *Brenton Speed (2017–present) * Kelli Underwood (AFL 2020 - Present, AFLW 2017–present) *

Leigh Montagna Leigh “Joey” Montagna (; born 2 November 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A two time All-Australian, Montagna finished his career ...

(2018–present) * Mark Howard (2020–present) *Ben Waterworth (AFLW/U18’s, 2020–present) *Jack Heverin (AFLW, 2022–present) *Jess Webster (AFLW, 2022–present) Special comments * Jason Dunstall (2002–present) *

Gerard Healy Gerard Healy (born 1 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator. Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the senior football captain. Gerard is a trained physiotherapist. VFL career Melbourne Demo ...

(2004–present) *

Alastair Lynch Alastair Graeme Lynch (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is best known as a three-time premiership full-forward for the Brisbane Lions. The Tasmanian ...

(2005–present) * Mark Ricciuto (2010–present) * David King (2010–present) * Brad Johnson (2011–present) * Dermott Brereton (2012–present) * Ben Dixon (2012–present) *

Cameron Mooney Cameron Mooney (born 26 September 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). A forward, tall and weighing , Mooney is renowned for his p ...

(2013–present) * Jonathan Brown (2015–present) *

Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich (born 31 December 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A versatile player, Pavlich is widely regarded as one of the premi ...

(2017–present) * Nick Dal Santo (2017–present) *

Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon (born 13 September 1967) is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly ...

(2018–present) * Nick Riewoldt (2018–present) *

(2018–present) * Jordan Lewis (2020–present) * Eddie Betts (2021–present) * Tony Armstrong (2021–present) *

Nathan Buckley Nathan Charles Buckley (born 26 July 1972) is a former professional Australian rules football coach, player and commentator. He is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the top 50 players of all time. Buckley won the inaugural Rising St ...

(2022–present) *

Will Schofield Will Schofield (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). At tall and weighing , he is a versatile defender who has played key-position and ...

(2022–present) Studio hosts * Sarah Jones (2016–present) *

(2018–present) * Kelli Underwood (2018–present) * Jason Dunstall (fill-in host 2018–present) *

Kath Loughnan Kath or KATH may refer to: * Kath (city), the historical capital of Khwarezm * Kath (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * KATH-TV, the NBC TV station in Juneau, Alaska * KATH (AM), a radio station in Te ...

(2020–present) Reporters * Jon Ralph (2012–present) * Drew Jones (2018–present) * Cath Durkin (2021–present) * David Zita (2022–present)

Hosts & contributors

* Gerard Whateley (host) (2010–present) * Mark Robinson (host) (2010–present) *

Jack Riewoldt Jack Riewoldt ( ; born 31 October 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a three-time premiership player, a three-time Coleman Medallist, a thr ...

(Tuesday panellist) *

Adam Treloar Adam Treloar (born 9 March 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants from 2012 to 2015 and the Collin ...

(Tuesday panellist) *

Lachie Neale Lachlan Oliver Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018 before being traded to the ...

(Tuesday panellist) * Christian Petracca (Tuesday panellist) * Tom Hawkins (Tuesday panellist) *

(Wednesday panellist) * David King (Wednesday panellist) * Jordan Lewis (Wednesday panellist) * Eddie Betts (Wednesday panellist) *

(AFL 360 Extra host and fill-in host) *Nick Riewoldt (AFL 360 Extra and fill-in panellist) *Jason Dunstall (Fill-in panellist) On the Couch *

(Host) * Jonathan Brown (panellist) * Nick Riewoldt (panellist) * Jon Ralph (Reporter) Best On Ground *Mark Howard (Host) *Nathan Buckley (panellist) *Jonathan Brown (panellist) *Nick Riewoldt (panellist) *Kath Loughnan (panellist) Bounce * Jason Dunstall (host) * Andrew Gaze (panellist) *

(panellist) *

Bernie Vince Bernard Vince (born 2 October 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has since become involved in the football media, working for Tripl ...

(panellist) * Ben Dixon (panellist) First Crack * Anthony Hudson (Host) * David King (panellist) *

(panellist) * Ben Dixon (Host/panellist) AFL Tonight *

(host) *Drew Jones (host/reporter) *Cath Durkin (host/reporter) *Isabella Leembrugen (fill-in host) *Jon Ralph (reporter) *David Zita (reporter)

Former

The following are former commentators and panel show members * Kevin Bartlett (2002–2006) *Jason Bennett (2002–2006) * Matthew Campbell (2002–2006, 2008–2015) *

Wayne Carey Wayne Francis Carey (born 27 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A dual-premiership captain at North Melbourne ...

(2005–2006) * John Casey (2007–2008) *

Tiffany Cherry Tiffany Cherry (born 4 August 1971) is an Australian sports broadcaster, best known as the Australian Football League (AFL's) first female boundary rider on the original Fox Footy. She was the co-host of the Foxtel 2010 Winter Olympic Games in V ...

(2002–2006) *

Leigh Colbert Leigh Colbert (born 7 June 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career 1993–1999: Geelong He made his debut with Geelong in 1993 and b ...

(2007–2013) *

Danny Frawley Daniel Patrick Frawley (8 September 1963 – 9 September 2019) was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ...

(2007–2019) *

Clinton Grybas Clinton Andrew Grybas (9 February 1975 – 5 January 2008) was a leading Australian rules football and sports radio and television commentator. Career His media career began at the South East Melbourne Magic basketball team as club journalist ...

(2002–2007) *

Barry Hall Barry Hall (born 8 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is considered to be one of the be ...

(2012–2016) * James Hird (2008–2010) * Glen Jakovich (2007–2012) *

Brian Lake Brian Lake ( né Harris; 27 February 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He now plays for his local club Caroline Sp ...

(2016–2018) *

Neroli Meadows Neroli Meadows is an Australian television presenter, sports journalist and sports commentator. Meadows has been a boundary rider for Triple M's Australian Football League (AFL) coverage, and was a presenter and commentator across the Fox Spor ...

(2017–2019) *

Liam Pickering Liam Michael Pickering (born 9 September 1968) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). His father, Michael ...

(2007–2011) * Sandy Roberts (2014–2018) * Paul Roos (2011–2013, 2017–2019) * Tony Shaw (2002–2017) *

Mike Sheahan Michael Sheahan (born 4 March 1947) is an Australian journalist who specialises in Australian rules football. He was chief football writer and associate sports editor for the '' Herald Sun'' for 18 years. Although he left these positions at th ...

(2002-2020) *

Rohan Smith Rohan H. Smith (born 31 May 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Debuting in 1992 after being recruited around 1990, Smith has long been one of the Bulldogs' favourite sons, with his reputation ris ...

(2007–2011) * Brian Taylor (2009–2011) * Sarah Olle (2017–2021) * Eddie McGuire (2012–2021) * Tom Morris (2015–2022)

Logo history

File:Fox Footy logo.svg, 2012 - 25 February 2015 File:Fox Footy logo (2015).svg, 26 February 2015 – present

References

External links

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