AFL 360
When the Fox Footy channel left our screens
in 2006, one of the most-missed elements was the presence of daily football
news program White Line Fever, hosted
by the late, great Clinton Grybas. It became a tradition at my house to sit
down most evenings and have dinner in front of it, and I missed that tradition
a great deal once Fox Footy ceased transmission.
Luckily, when Fox Footy sealed a new rights
deal with the AFL for 2012, I was pleased to discover that the man I consider
the finest person covering AFL in Australia, Gerard Whateley, would be fronting
the newly four-nights-a-week AFL 360. With his co-host Mark Robinson (as
aggravating as he is hilarious), the two present an outstanding odd-couple
recap of the days AFL news. Robinson can be massively over-reactionary, but
he’s balanced out by Whateley’s relentlessly balanced, logical approach.
They’re a great team. It’s a great show, and an AFL junkie’s dream.
Honourable
Mention: The charmingly messy Before the Game is a thousand times funnier than the
long-since-irrelevant The Footy Show. Though
The Footy Show still has its moments
when it comes to feature interviews and breaking news stories, and two pretty
good hosts in Garry Lyon and James Brayshaw, its obsession with Sam Newman has
long since condemned it to dinosaur status. Before
the Game is the new way, my friends. Get on board.
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