No, Ben called Western Bulldogs v Adelaide in Ballarat on Saturday afternoon.
According to Sunday Herald Sun’s Jon Anderson, there will be a minor reshuffle of 3AW’s commentary team during June, as Tony Leonard fulfills a long-held desire by flying to England to watch some Ashes tests. Anthony Hudson and Tim Lane will commentate on Friday nights, while Bruce Eva moves from Friday to Saturday afternoons.
Corbin Middlemas returned to his hometown of Perth to call West Coast v Collingwood alongside Clint Wheeldon.
Today Corbin is hosting the lunchtime AFL show from ABC Perth studios, with Nathan Burke and Hawthorn star Chad Wingard in Melbourne.
Daniel Garb and Brett Sprigg commentate GWS v Richmond, with former Swans Jason Saddington and Callum Sinclair as experts, and ABC Sport Daily podcast producer Poppy Penny on the boundary.
It does seem as mentioned above that Ben Cameron has moved to Victoria at least for the AFL season (maybe permanent) and hasn’t been replaced in WA. Dave Lindsay called a WA game a few weeks ago.
Gold Coast AFLW player Jamie Stanton providing special comments for the ABC’s call of Brisbane v Sydney at The Gabba tonight, alongside Jason Akermanis.
Jacqueline Felgate is absent from 3AW’s Friday night pregame coverage for the next couple of weeks, as she is on a family holiday overseas. Sam McClure will be in the hosting chair.
Melbourne player Adam Tomlinson providing special comments for the ABC’s coverage of Carlton v Port Adelaide.
UPDATE 22/7
Essendon captain Zach Merrett making his ABC Radio commentary debut this afternoon, providing expert comments alongside Brendon Goddard for Carlton v West Coast.
3AW will be broadcasting AFLW regular season matches this year, with at least one match per week. It starts this Friday with the season opener between Melbourne and Collingwood. Commentators will be Matt Granland, Shane McInnes, and Essendon star (and former league best and fairest winner) Maddy Prespakis.
WARFRadio.com Commentary Teams:
Cats v Bulldogs - Peter Holden, Neil Butler and Francesca “Frankie” Hocking
Kangaroos v Saints - Brent Sternberg, Ollie Walker-Peel and Alex Docherty
Lions v Tigers - Chris Yeend, Daniel Viles and Ashleigh Williamson
Streaming radio call only via the AFLW app, AFL app and AFL.com.au
WARF Radio parted ways with RSN a couple of years ago.
We (WARF Radio) were on a good wicket for a few years, getting the airtime for free, as they wanted to grow the channel.
Then the VAFA came along and were paying for airtime. They (RSN) put it fairly to us that if the VAFA were paying, then to be fair they needed to look at charging us.
We obviously explained we are volunteer run, and that if any income came in (and we had none), first it would go to covering the equipment/streaming costs, then to our volunteers, and only then could we look at paying for (syndication) airtime.
So, we mutually parted ways. No ill will. They understand our situation, as we understand theirs’s.
We TRIED to get AFLW on RSN Carnival (now Xtra) back in 2017 and 2018, but the AFL blocked us both times back then.
The AFL has only recently allowed us to broadcast, but only via their website and app, and we can’t syndicate.
ABC Radio’s commentary team for tonight’s season opener: (left to right) Jess Webster, Lauren Bordin, Matt Clinch, Chyloe Kurdas and Meg Hutchins.
Great to be back for season 8 with the best in the biz 🤩. @MattClinch @laurenbordin @chyloe14 @hutchy_25 @stuartbaker1421 @abcsport #AFLWDeesPies
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3AW’s commentary team: (left to right) Western Bulldogs AFLW assistant coach Matt Skubis, Shane McInnes, Matt Granland, Essendon star Madison Prespakis, host Melissa Fistric, plus Seven’s digital sports reporter Sarah Burt (far right of photo) as boundary reporter.
EDIT: ABC Radio will broadcast six of nine AFLW matches in the opening round, through ABC Listen app, and AFLW website and app. Some matches will also be broadcast on analogue radio.
To celebrate their first Final in over a decade, SEN will broadcast an unashamedly biased commentary for the big match against the Swans.
The Blues parochial commentary, made possible thanks to Carlton’s Member Partner BUPA, will call all the action through a Blues lens, hosted by the one-eyed Carlton trio of Andy Maher, Mark Maclure, and club legend Wayne Johnston.
The Blues focused commentary will be available exclusively on DAB+ radio and the SEN app. Those looking for a more traditional call of the game haven’t been forgotten either, with AFL Nation’s commentary available on SEN 1116am and SEN’s digital platforms.