It’s sad that he’s still used for football
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Joined in commentary by Lleyton Hewitt and Jim Courier, with Roaming Brian throughout the day whenever he’s not commentating!
The match is being pencilled in for February 28 and will be shown live on Seven.
I reckon it’d be great to see mixed gender teams… could be a lot of fun… and with some of them wearing mics like at the cricket
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As much as I would love to see this, it’s highly unlikely due to AFLW.
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Do you think that’s this State of origin AFL to be streamed via 7Plus?
The Collingwood v Melbourne AFLW match scheduled for the Friday night could be moved to Thursday night or Saturday night, or even played as a curtain raiser at say 5.30pm.
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EDIT: here are the details of the match plus donations from the AFL and AFL Players Association.
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You picked it!
Can’t wait
Includes quotes from Seven CEO James Warburton.
UPDATE 15/1: the AFL today confirmed the State of Origin match would start at 7.50pm AEDT on Friday, February 28, with the AFLW clash between Collingwood and Melbourne to start at 5.40pm AEDT as the curtain-raiser.
The AFLW game will be shown live on 7mate while SOO will be shown live on Seven and 7mate.
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I’ll just leave this here.
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AFLW
AFLW returns with blockbuster opening weekend on Seven
From Friday 7 February LIVE and FREE on 7, 7mate & 7plus
History will be made on Friday night when traditional rivals Richmond and Carlton clash for the first time in the AFLW, setting the scene for an action-packed opening weekend LIVE, FREE and in HD on Seven, and streamed live on 7plus.
The Tigers, one of four new teams joining the AFLW in 2020 as it expands to a 14-team competition, will be led by former Western Bulldogs captain Katie Brennan as they make their much-anticipated AFLW debut, but Blues stars Tayla Harris and Madison Prespakis will be determined to spoil their opening night.
The action on Seven only heats up from there, with six more games across the weekend.
In 2020, Seven will cover more AFLW games than ever before, increasing the number of games broadcast nationally every week from two to three, while every match of this season’s expanded five-game finals series will also be shown live and free.
Seven’s round one commentary team includes Abbey Way , AFLW icon Daisy Pearce , Abbey Holmes , callers Jason Bennett and Nigel Carmody , guest experts Sarah Hosking (Carlton) and Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) and boundary reporters Jacqui Felgate , Sam Lane and Emma Vosti .
On Saturday, Pearce makes her long-awaited return as Melbourne skipper when the Demons host North Melbourne at Casey Fields, while the Giants take on AFLW newcomers Gold Coast at Blacktown, and Brisbane hosts reigning premier Adelaide at Hickey Park.
Led by co-captains Rhiannon Watt , Cat Phillips and Kate Shierlaw , St Kilda makes its AFLW debut on Sunday against Ellie Blackburn ’s Bulldogs, when football returns to the Saints’ longstanding home at Moorabbin’s RSEA Park.
Earlier that day, fellow competition newcomer West Coast will play its first game in hostile territory when it ventures to Collingwood’s spiritual home, Victoria Park, while round one should finish with a bang when 2019 finalists Fremantle and Geelong square off at Fremantle Oval.
Fans in South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland will be able to see all their local teams’ matches on Seven throughout the season.
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Abbey Way involved in Seven’s AFLW coverage for the first time.
The broadcast times for round 1 matches can be found below:
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The ad is backed by a new track from Australian band Birds of Tokyo called Two of Us. It was only released last month.
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Just saw the “Home Of Footy” promo in Sydney.
They somehow forget to mention most of it is on 7mate.
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I also think some of the Swans and/or Giants matches may be on Seven, programming commitments permitting, like last season.
Same case in Queensland with the Lions and Suns.
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Ratings were up last year, AFL is big business for Seven, a ‘pillar’ as they call it and MKR has instantly flopped. So not surprising.
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I love how they are saying “[City/Region]'s home of footy”, when they are the only FTA broadcaster of AFL! 
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