Geelong great Tom Hawkins and 400-gamer Shaun Burgoyne have joined the Fox Footy coverage as expert commentators, but have not yet been assigned regular timeslots.
Former Richmond star Jack Riewoldt will replace Garry Lyon as host of Monday night’s flagship program On the Couch next season in a huge move for the triple-premiership Tiger, who joined AFL 360 eight years ago while still playing.
Jack Riewoldt (right, with Dustin Martin) will host On the Couch in 2025.Credit: Getty
Fox Footy – available on Kayo and Foxtel – will not only have specialist call teams for each game, it will have exclusive rights to “Super Saturday” throughout the home-and-away season in Victoria, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. This means viewers in those parts of Australia will need a Foxtel or Kayo subscription to watch their teams play on Saturdays.
Fox Footy will also have exclusive rights to Saturday games in South Australia and Western Australia until round nine. Free-to-air viewers in those two states will have access to delayed telecast on Seven or 7mate until round nine. The same arrangement will be in place for NSW and Queensland until round 11.
In South Australia and Western Australia, Fox Footy will have exclusive rights to Saturday games until the end of round eight, with a delayed telecast on free to air until then.
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Lyon is moving to AFL 360, where he will work alongside Whateley as Mark Robinson’s replacement on the long-running weeknight program.
Fox Sports boss Steve Crawley said the company expected new subscribers in 2025.
“We can’t wait for them to enjoy the combination of Huddo and Gerard calling Friday nights. These two aren’t strangers to calling together, but a new combo for Fox Footy, we know our audiences will value their clear, accurate and descriptive call,” he said.