And another one for Adelaide about how all Port and Crows games are now live on 7 and 7+ for the rest of the season “just how it should be”
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Seven having score graphic issues tonight. It has been on and off throughout the night, and now we’ve got a scoreboard minus clock (interesting ‘Round 9’ graphic above)
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Graphic gone to the default colours. Before they had the colours match the jumper
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Probably a case of clock or colours (is the clock back yet?).
Adelaide running local preview coverage for the showdown tonight, hosted by weekend sport presenter Bruce Abernethy, and sports reporter Andrew Hayes - being presented from the Adelaide studios, with weekday sports presenter Mark Sodastrom reporting from Adelaide Oval.
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Are Seven using their own commentators and graphics tonight for the Showdown?
Nope - shortly before the start of the game they crossed to the Fox feed.
They are also doing local quarter time, half time, 3 quarter time and post-game coverage as well.
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7AFL heads to Darwin for historic Sir Doug Nicholls Round
Mega fortnight of footy live and free on Seven and 7plus
Footy fans will be treated to a massive two weekends of the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport, headlined by the marquee Dreamtime blockbuster between traditional rivals Richmond and Essendon next Friday night.
A mainstay of the AFL calendar, the 2025 Sir Doug Nicholls Round will celebrate the theme “Past Legacies, Future Legends”, which highlights three important anniversaries and recognises the enduring impact and future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our game.
The anniversaries celebrated this Sir Doug Nicholls Round include:
- The 10th year the AFL will celebrate the occasion in honour of Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls;
- The 20th anniversary of the Indigenous Team of the Century, and;
- The 30th milestone of the establishment of the Peek Rule (formally known as Rule 30) that marked a significant step in combating racism in Australian sport.
Kicking off in the Top End with tonight’s Gold Coast SUNS v Hawthorn clash at TIO Stadium in Darwin, Seven’s team will broadcast live from the ground at 7.00pm AEST, with the full pre-match cultural ceremony and match coverage broadcast live and free on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport.
On Friday Night Footy, football’s #1 commentary team heads to the SCG as the Sydney Swans take on Carlton in the annual Marn Grook game, live and free from 7.00pm AEST on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport.
Wrapping up Seven’s match coverage of the opening week of Sir Doug Nicholls Round, Brisbane faces Melbourne on Sunday afternoon, live from the MCG at 2.30pm AEST.
Before the on-field action kicks off for the second week of matches, The Agenda Setters will be back on Monday and Tuesday night, to dissect all the biggest talking points impacting the game and its players.
On Wednesday night, everyone’s favourite footy show The Front Bar will return at 8.30pm on Seven and 7plus, where resident hosts Andy Maher, Mick Molloy and Sam Pang will be joined by a group of the game’s most iconic Indigenous stars of yesteryear and today including Bobby Hill, Kysaiah Pickett, Winston Abraham and 2025 Sir Doug Nicholls Round honouree, Stephen Michael.
Following The Front Bar, Seven’s Hamish McLachlan sits down with North Melbourne livewire Harry Sheezel for a candid one-on-one interview for Unfiltered from 9.30pm on Seven and 7plus Sport.
Then the Sir Doug Nicholls Round continues next weekend, headlined by the historic Dreamtime at the ‘G match on Friday, 23 May, live from 7.00pm AEST on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport.Seven’s Dreamtime team will include 7AFL Expert Commentator and proud Kaurna Ngarrindjeri man, Chad Wingard alongside Abbey Holmes, James Brayshaw, Alister Nicholson, Dale Thomas and Matthew Richardson.
Head of AFL and Sport Innovation, Gary O’Keeffe said: “There are few moments on the AFL calendar as powerful and important as Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
“The next two weeks go well beyond the game itself. It’s a celebration and reflection of the incredible contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made to footy and to our nation,” he said.
“With three massive clashes across Round 10, followed by an unmissable second week featuring Dreamtime at the ’G, it’s set to be a truly special fortnight – and you can catch every moment right here live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport.”
Six AFL clubs have swapped their club’s name for traditional in-language names across Sir Doug Nicholls Round, including:
- Melbourne: Narrm (pronounced na-arm)
- Fremantle: Walyalup (pronounced wul-yul-up)
- Port Adelaide: Yartapuulti (pronounced Yarta–pole-tee)
- St Kilda: Euro-Yroke (pronounced yoo-roe yoo-roe-ck)
- Adelaide: Kuwarna (pronounced goo-wun-na)
- West Coast Eagles: Waalitj Marawar (pronounced wah-litch mara-wah)
Sir Doug Nicholls Round
Gold Coast SUNS v Hawthorn
Live from 7.00pm AEST, tonight on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport
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Interesting that Seven’s press release mentions the Crows match on Saturday but not the Power game that follows.
The Friday night doubleheaders are
Round 17
Carlton v Collingwood (MCG), West Coast v GWS (Optus Stadium)
Round 20
Essendon v Western Bulldogs (Marvel), GWS v Sydney (Engie Stadium)
Round 23 - no Thursday night game in this round
Essendon v St Kilda (Marvel), Fremantle v Brisbane (Optus)
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7 produced matches seem to be:
R16
Port v Blues
Swans v Bulldogs
Tigers v Crows
R17
North v Bulldogs
Blues v Pies
Crows v Dees
R18
Blues v Lions
Suns v Pies
Saints v Swans
R19
Bombers v Giants
Lions v Bulldogs
Pies v Freo
R20
Hawks v Blues
Bombers v Bulldogs
Saints v Dees
R21
Bulldogs v Giants
Crows v Hawks
Cats v Power
R22
Hawks v Pies
Cats v Bombers
Dees v Bulldohs
R23
Bombers v Saints
Swans v Cats
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All teams should be using the their tradition name during this period.IMO
they should keep the friday double headers as a permanent slot, but give the second slot to a WA team. Make it air at 9:30pm Melbourne time, and 7:30pm Perth time, and have it air live on 7 in perth, while on fox in the other states.
Seven showed a 2.5 minute long tribute to the late Robert Walls during the opening segment of tonight’s pre-match show.
Some people are just football people for life.
— 7AFL (@7AFL) May 15, 2025
Born to be involved in this game we love.
Robert Walls was just that. A tribute 🙏 pic.twitter.com/B0KL3d36Z1
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