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Sports stars line up for Bushfire Appeal game

Grassroots football, AFL players, V8 Supercar drivers and other sporting stars will all be a part of the NAB Cup Bushfire Appeal.

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essbullFurther details are in on the NAB Cup Bushfire Appeal game to air on Friday on Seven in Victoria, South Australia and WA. It will screen on Fox Sports 1 in other states.:

Press Release:
The NAB Cup Bushfire Appeal game on Seven, Fox Sports 1 and Triple M will feature all the big names from the AFL community to raise money for the victims of Victoria’s bushfires.

In a week that has seen devastating bushfires, tragic deaths, heroic rescue stories and the best of humanity, this match will bring together the football community in an enormous effort to help the victims of the bushfires.

Essendon captain Matthew Lloyd and coach Matthew Knights, Bulldogs captain Brad Johnson and coach Rodney Eade, AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou and AFLPA president Joel Bowden will all feature throughout the night.

Chris Judd, Sam Mitchell, Nick Maxwell, Tom Harley and a host of other AFL stars will be on hand at the game to help.

Grassroots football will contribute to the night, including an interview with Whittlesea Football Club president and CFA volunteer Steve Crocker. Country footballers and Auskick kids will also appear on the ground to pay their respects to the victims.

The broadcast will feature live crosses to the Whittlesea Football Ground, the phone room and to-and-from all the AFL players around the ground all night.

Hamish McLachlan will host proceedings at the Telstra Dome phone room, joined by AFL players, V8 Supercar drivers and other sporting stars.

There will be tributes to current and former AFL/VFL players affected by Australia’s worst disaster including former Brownlow medallist Gary Dempsey and Carlton’s Caleb Tiller.

Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti, Leigh Matthews, Tim Watson, Nathan Buckley and Rick Olarenshaw will all be part of the NAB Cup Bushfire game.

All proceeds from the match will be donated to the Victorian Government’s Bushfire Appeal. To donate go to www.redcross.org.au/donate or call 1800 811 700.

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  1. I too will be watching it on Fox Sports, commercial free anyday over 7 who not only have commercials after every goal but also ‘plug’ shows across the screen during matches. Like Daniel’s first post, I’d like to know why seven were allowed in on this match?

  2. if the people at 7 had any brains. which they more than likely dont. they would put this game on nation wide. maybe not everyon has fox. i have fox. they never think things through do they. this a great opportunity for them to do something right

  4. BM-dog, I remember last year that when Brisbane played on a Saturday afternoon or Saturday night the game was shown live or on a half hour delay by Channel Ten. And when Brisbane weren’t playing, Ten still showed the Saturday night game they were covering at 7 or 7.30pm into Brisbane.

  5. koverstreet was that seven bashing comment really necessary. it’s not live in Qld and NSW for the same reason that 9 does not show a lot of rugby games live to VIC or SA.

    shame just as much to 9. shame.

  6. Seven and Ten don’t show AFL into Sydney and Brisbane any more than is contractually required, because it rates horribly in those markets. A popular anecdote (not completely sure of how true it is, but it sounds plausible) says that live AFL games in Sydney have struggled to beat Iron Chef repeats on SBS. It’s certainly true that Seven and Ten have tried to get out of their contractual obligations to show games live in Sydney and Brisbane. So if they’re trying to reduce the number of regular season games they show, it’s unlikely that they’re going to be falling over themselves to show a trial.

  7. Channel Seven arent meant to have anything to do with this game. This was meant to be a Fox Sports produced game and thus goes live nationwide on Fox Sports. Did the AFL give Seven permission to simulcast the game or are Seven allowed to do their own production? Because Fox Sports cover the game much better than Channel Seven.

  8. Why NSW and Qld are left out of this I’ll never understand? Im very angry its not being shown. Are these states just not good enough? Can someone explain what the deal is here???

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