The Sunday Footy Show (AFL)
| The Sunday Footy Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sport |
| Presented by | Tony Jones |
| Starring | Damian Barrett Nathan Brown Billy Brownless Matthew Lloyd Kane Cornes |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 22 |
| No. of episodes | 600+ |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | GTV-9 Docklands, Victoria, Australia |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 28 March 1993 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | wwos |
‘’The Sunday Footy Show is an Australian rules football program aired on the Nine Network on Sunday mornings at 11am, hosted by Tony Jones with a panel consisting of Damian Barrett, Nathan Brown, Matthew Lloyd, Kane Cornes and Billy Brownless.
Melbourne sports presenter Tony Jones formerly hosted the Sunday version from 2002 until the end of the 2008 season when he was replaced by James Brayshaw. Mark Bickley and Danny Frawley also left the show at the end of the 2008 season to take up roles in the AFL, being replaced by the recently retired Crawford and Nathan Thompson. In 2010, Brian Taylor and Peter Larkins left the show to make room for Barrett and Brown. In November 2011, Nine announced that Brayshaw would be stepping down as host due to having many commitments commentating footy games, Olympic coverage and Triple M Melbourne's Rush Hour, Simon O'Donnell was announced as his replacement. However, On 28 November 2012, Nine announced that O'Donnell left the network, Craig Hutchison was announced as his replacement for 2013.
The show discusses the weekend's matches so far, showing scores and highlights and interviews players from the sides that have played that round. Before the Nine Network obtained the TV rights to AFL matches, it was a lighter look at the AFL with a panel featuring the likes of Max Walker, Sam Newman, Ted Whitten and Lou Richards.
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