Seven has today announced a fresh and exciting commentary team to call Peter Jackson VFL matches in 2015 and 2016.
Host Jason Bennett and VFL star Nigel Carmody will lead the call, with AFL premiership player Campbell Brown in expert commentary.
Award-winning sports broadcaster Jason Bennett, an AFL commentator from 2002-2006 before embarking on an international posting with ESPN and their popular program Aussies Abroad, is thrilled to be returning to his favourite passion – football.
“I'm now going to be back at the same famous old suburban grounds I visited with such excitement as a young footy fanatic. They will always be special to me - I've always got a thrill even just out of driving past them - and I can't wait for the chance to commentate at some of those great old grounds that were off the AFL fixture by the time I started my broadcast career."
Brown is well known to fans as an AFL premiership star, feisty competitor, fearless with his forthright footy opinions and, above all, entertaining in his delivery and played five VFL games for Box Hill Hawks during his career at Hawthorn from 2002-2010.
Carmody brings a wealth of VFL experience and knowledge that is second to none over the last 15 years. He played 160 VFL games with the Casey Scorpions and Collingwood from 2000 to 2008, including a year as captain of the Scorpions in 2007 as is well known as a broadcaster with VFL Radio.
Seven Melbourne will broadcast Victorian Football League matches live, free and exclusive in a boon for local football.
Seven has secured the exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights for the 2015 and 2016 Peter Jackson VFL seasons.
Under the new agreement with AFL Victoria, Seven will show the VFL ‘Match of the Round’ live on Channel 7 in Melbourne every week throughout the regular season, as well as VFL Legendairy finals and the Peter Jackson VFL Grand Final.
The agreement adds to Seven’s long and proud association with VFL/AFL football stretching back to the first days of television and augments Seven’s current broadcast agreement with the AFL that sees four AFL matches broadcast each round.
It also builds on Seven’s ongoing support for grassroots football in Victoria, with Seven News Melbourne the official partner of the Western Region Football league.
- CLICK HERE to view the first four games that will be broadcast on Channel 7 in 2015
Last Modified on 04/03/2015 15:41
