AFL Toyota Premiership 2010

We just love footy.

The AFL finals series, Grand Final, Friday Night Football and Sunday Football are all on Seven in 2010.

Two-time premiership captain Tom Harley and Richmond favourite Matthew Richardson join the commentary team with Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti, Tim Watson and David Schwarz.

Fresh off the nation’s funniest stages Peter Helliar will host Channel Seven’s new playful and irreverent football entertainment show. Helliar casts a tongue-in-cheek look at all the characters surrounding the AFL, taking viewers on a humorous ride visiting the week-by-week moments that have made us all scream, roar, laugh, cringe and cry.

AFL Game Day is back Sundays at 10am with host Hamish McLachlan to tackle all the big footy issues, review and preview the weekend’s matches and have some fun.

Sandy Roberts takes footy fans down memory lane with Brut Footy Flashbacks. The one-hour show takes a look back at some of the most memorable and dramatic AFL matches in living memory.

In 2010, Network Ten enters its ninth consecutive year as a principal broadcast partner of the AFL.

The network continues to set new standards in AFL broadcasting and last year launched its 24-hour sports channel, ONE. All games televised on ONE HD are broadcast in High Definition with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound while viewers can also view the games on ONE in standard definition on ch12 offering fans even more options to watch their favourite sport. Most games will be televised simulcast on TEN and ONE and all games televised by Network Ten will be replayed each week on ONE, so check your local guides for details.

Network Ten's commentary team is unmatched while its support programming including extended 'Sports Tonight' shows on ONE, 'One Week At A Time', on ONE each Monday night, 'Thursday Night Live' every Thursday night on ONE, and popular shows 'Before the Game', and 'The 5th Quarter' perfectly augment the match coverage.

In 2010, Network Ten continues its passion and commitment to footy.

Don’t want to miss an AFL game this season?

FOX SPORTS’ coverage on FOXTEL brings you closer to the footy action than any other network, covering all 185 matches with 4 matches LIVE each week of the home and away season.

Subscribers can watch their footy in stunning High Definition this year, with all matches available on FOX SPORTS 1HD, 2HD and 3HD and without interruptions – with no ad breaks during live play.

All our big names will be back on screen including Brian Taylor, Dwayne Russell, Gerard Healy, Jason Dunstall and James Hird, providing you with the most comprehensive coverage of AFL footy matches as well as expert analysis, opinions and news through FOX SPORTS’ Magazine Shows; On the Couch, AFL Teams, Before the Bounce and The Winners.

For the ultimate AFL viewing this season, FOXTEL iQ delivers a television experience like no other. Never miss a moment of the game with one touch recording. You can even pause, rewind and replay LIVE footage so you never miss a minute of the action, or record multiple shows at the same time – keeping the whole family happy this footy season.

Nothing Beats FOX SPORTS on FOXTEL for the best in AFL coverage this season!

BigPond Sport provides the best on-line footy experience available. 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, BigPond customers get all the standards you expect from a real-time sports service - breaking news, live scores, fixtures, stats, ladders, opinion and insight - as part of their standard monthly subscription fee. There is also a dedicated AFL iPhone app available in 2010 featuring live radio coverage, video, live scores and much more.

BigPond is the official home of Australia's premier sports sites, making BigPond Sport Australia's No.1 sports network. Afl.com.au is by far the most popular sports website in Australia and a place for fans to catch indepth coverage of every match and up-to-the-minute exclusive news from their club.

Match replays, game highlights, video news, the code's best match tracker, Dream Team, tipping and mobile access; BigPond ADSL, cable broadband and NextG customers get AFL content as it happens, without contributing to their monthly usage allowances.

Find out more about BigPond and the BigPond Sport network →

In 2010 Triple M continues to Rock Football.

James Brayshaw, Garry Lyon, Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley, Shane Crawford, Stephen Quartermain, Hamish McLachlan, Dr. Peter Larkins, Damian Barrett, Mark Stevens, Michael Roberts & Ash Chua are back for another big season of football.

And like all great footy teams, Triple M again continues to strengthen its already stellar line-up by recruiting only the best.

This year, Triple M welcomes a living legend of the commentary box, former Tiger, Cat and Saint, Rex Hunt to our Saturday afternoon squad. Also making the move to Triple M this year is one of the game’s most loved characters – former Geelong great and champion bloke, Billy Brownless.

Former Western Bulldog star and now part of Triple M’s Hot Breakfast, Luke Darcy, debuts this year as co-caller of Triple M’s Friday night coverage. Plus, fresh from Punt Road and still carrying a hint of liniment, Triple M Football welcomes long time mate, Nathan G Brown.

Our expanded Saturday night line up and the introduction of selected Twilight game coverage in 2010 opens the door for the welcome return of Michael Christian to the Triple M commentary box along with our new guy, Barry Denner.

Completing the our line-up across Australia are former Crow and multiple All Australian, Mark Ricciuto and team mate, Rhett Biglands, former Swans, Dale Lewis, Brad Seymour and Troy Luff, ex Lions Richard Champion and Clark Keating along with play by play callers Kym Dillon, Brenton Yates, Damien Mahoney and John Kehoe.

Triple M Rocks Football!

As we enter a new decade 3AW Football enters a new era, heading into its 58th year of broadcasting Australia’s greatest game.

In 2010, Brian Taylor and Tim Lane will join our award winning team, complimenting an already strong line up.

BT will share the calling duties with Shane Healy and Dwayne Russell on Friday nights, and join Dennis Cometti, the voice of Channel 7 football and TV’s most popular caller, on Saturday afternoons, while Lane will call alongside Tony Leonard on Sunday afternoons.

On Saturday nights, Leonard will join Shane McInnes, and for the first time, 3AW will also be calling Sunday twilight games, with Bruce Eva and McInnes heading up the broadcast.

Special commentators including premiership coach and player Robert Walls, Norm Smith medallist and premiership captain Tony Shaw and duel premiership player David King are all back for another season, while two of the biggest names in football, playing and coaching legend Leigh Matthews and former Tiger great Matthew Richardson will combine to make our Saturday afternoon line-up the best in the business.

Premiership player Graeme Bond will have all the stats, and Coleman medallist Scott Cummings and Nick Butler will be reporting from the boundary.

Our award winning pregame shows will feature Melbourne’s leading football journalists in Caroline Wilson, Mike Sheahan and Rohan Connolly, along with our special commentators who will address all the major issues and put footy’s biggest names under the microscope each weekend.

Once again 3AW is committed to bringing the most exciting calls, the latest news and the most forthright, experienced and informed views to the airwaves every weekend.

Melbourne’s Home of Sport - 1116 SEN, Australia’s only 24/7 all sports radio station, will cover more AFL matches this season than any other broadcaster in the business.

Indeed, Melbourne’s renowned sports mad public will enjoy unrivalled access to the biggest games and the biggest names, and will be provided with the greatest opportunity to have their say.

The calling team - headed by Anthony Hudson,  AFL Hall of Fame inductee Kevin Bartlett, North Melbourne premiership player Wayne Schwass, Andrew Maher and Matt Granland - will be complemented by a who’s who of special comments men, including Hawthorn legend Dermott Brereton, former Essendon champions Matthew Lloyd and Scott Lucas, David Schwarz, Nathan Thompson, Shane Wakelin, Daniel Harford and Terry Wallace.

On Saturdays, 1116 SEN’S pre-match coverage will provide footy fanatics with the perfect lead in to the match of the day. Hudson will call the shots on “Crunch Time” between 11am and 1pm alongside Brereton, Lloyd and gun footy journo Mark Robinson.

On Sundays, 1116 SEN will begin its pre-match analysis at 10am before providing the only commercial coverage of all 1.10pm and twilight matches.

And of course when other stations are pulling the plug on their broadcasts, SEN will just be warming up with fans given the opportunity to voice their opinions on wall-to-wall footy talkback program “Finey’s Final Siren”.

As always, 1116 will be “First at the Footy and last to leave” in 2010.

ABC Local Radio presents 100% Pure Footy - live and commercial free every weekend with the most respected callers, experts and opinion makers in AFL football. ABC Local Radio Grandstand will broadcast 5 AFL matches in full every weekend from Friday night to 2 matches every Saturday and two full games on Sunday afternoon. Matches will also be broadcast on Radio Australia through the Pacific and parts of Asia. The Grandstand AFL coverage is the only coverage that reaches all parts of Australia whether you are in a capital city or in the remotest corner of the continent.

K-ROCK has broadcast AFL live since 1932, and 2010 will be no different. We’ll bring you two matches each week of the home and away season – always the Geelong Cats game, along with another cracking match. We’ll also be there throughout the Toyota AFL Finals Series, covering seven matches including the Toyota AFL Grand Final.

Our callers include former Richmond board member ANTHONY MITHEN, Network Ten’s IAN COHEN, former Victorian wicket keeper DARREN BERRY and K-ROCK sports reporter TOM KING. Plus, our special comments and stats team consists of Inside Football’s BEN CASANELIA, former Cats skipper ANDREW BEWS, Collingwood assistant coach MARK NEELD and Cats legend TIM McGRATH.

Crocmedia is an international full service media company offering clients fresh ideas, local knowledge and a global outlook.

Headed by award winning journalist Craig Hutchison, Crocmedia has offices in Melbourne, New York, Los Angeles and Singapore, and commercial agreements with world leading media organisations across Australia, America, Europe and Asia.

In Australia, Crocmedia has produced award winning sports shows for radio and television, including radio and television football based program Off the Bench.

AFL LIVE

AFL Live is Crocmedia’s customized regional radio call that will be syndicated across regional Australia.

The AFL LIVE commentary team will provide the perfect balance of expertise and charisma combined with a strong regional affiliation. With a mix of ‘traditional’ style callers, more contemporary callers, and lighthearted opinions, the team will inform, entertain & captivate fans. With most of the team having grown up in country Victoria, they are an ideal ‘fit’ for the regional audiences.

Footy’s biggest names taking AFL Live it into every country pub, every shed, every sleepy town and vibrant regional city.

There’s nothing like AFL LIVE!

FIVEaa is Adelaide’s Number 1 Footy Station and has been calling AFL games since the Crows inception in 1991. With a commentary team that includes Stephen Rowe & Graham Cornes, Chris Dittmar, David Wildy, KG, Chris McDermott and Josh Francou plus respected journalists Michelangelo Rucci and Ian Shuttleworth.

FIVEaa provides Adelaide’s most comprehensive coverage of AFL Football, broadcasting up to six live games every weekend, including EVERY Crows and Power game live and passionate from wherever they play.

The game happens on FIVEaa.

6PR provides Perth’s most comprehensive coverage of AFL Football, broadcasting up to six live games every weekend, including every Eagles and Dockers game. With a line-up including Eagles legends Karl Langdon, Rob Wiley and Glen Jakovich, Brownlow medallist Brad Hardie plus respected commentators Graham Dawson and Mark Readings, 6PR delivers the best of what our great Australian game has to offer.

The National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS) will enter its 13th year of coverage of AFL games in 2010.

With a commitment to a high quality broadcast, the NIRS is also a vehicle that provides opportunities for current and former Indigenous players to be involved in the media under the broad banner of AFL Indigenous Broadcasting.

A minimum of three matches are covered each round and broadcast via a vast network of some 200 plus community stations right across the country, including regional Northern, Central and Western Australia. Major city coverage is also possible via Brisbane, Darwin and Perth.

With over 50% of the team being Indigenous, senior callers including Barry Denner, Andrew Underwood and Richard Griffiths are joined each week by former greats including Gilbert McAdam, Ronnie Burns, Glenn James, Dean Rioli, Phil Egan, Mark Browning and Peter “Crackers Keenan”.

Listeners should tune into 989fm in Brisbane or nationally via the NIRS network to hear an entertaining and insightful coverage of AFL games each week.

Apart from the broadcast coverage itself, the product of AFL Indigenous Broadcasting is used as a training platform and vehicle that provides current and former Indigenous AFL players with an employment pathway and opportunities within the media.

Additionally, AFL Indigenous Broadcasting is also used as the brand to promote positive lifestyle and health related messages to other Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people right across Australia.

NEWS LIMITED is Australia’s biggest media company and the official newspaper partner of the AFL.

The company’s 13 metropolitan-based newspapers and websites around Australia keep up to six million readers informed, entertained and passionate about AFL seven days a week.

News Limited's key papers include the Herald Sun in Victoria, Daily Telegraph in NSW, Courier Mail in Queensland, Adelaide Advertiser in SA, Hobart Mercury in Tasmania, Sunday Times in WA, NT News in Darwin and The Australian.

News Limited's commitment also extends into the growing markets of regional Queensland where the Gold Coast Bulletin, Cairns Post and Townsville Bulletin play a vital role in assisting to develop the game. The Daily Telegraph is playing a key role to promote the game in Western Sydney.

The company’s reporting strength is demonstrated by the fact that it has 60 reporters and 20 photographers dedicated to covering our great game.

News Limited is also a 50 per cent owner of AFL broadcaster Fox Sports.