Bounce (Australian TV series)

Not to be confused with The Bounce, also an Australian Rules based panel show, which aired in 2010 on the Seven Network.
Bounce
Presented by Jason Dunstall (2007–present)
Danny Frawley (2007–present)
Cameron Mooney (2016–present)
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 10
Production
Executive producer(s) Bill Cannon
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network Fox Sports (2007–2011)
Fox Footy (2012–present)
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release 2007 – present

Bounce, formerly known as Before the Bounce and After the Bounce, is an Australian light entertainment television series focusing on Australian Rules football.[1] The show, currently airing on Fox Footy, takes a comedic look back at the previous week in the Australian Football League. First aired in 2007, the show is currently hosted by former footballers Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley and Cameron Mooney.

History

Originally called Before the Bounce, the show was broadcast on Friday nights before the opening game of the round. The original hosts were Dunstall, Frawley, journalists Gerard Whateley and Damian Barrett, and former footballer Billy Brownless. In 2011, the show's name changed to After the Bounce and it moved to Sunday nights, normally immediately after the final game of the round. Whateley hosted the show for the final time in 2011, before his other show, AFL 360, was extended to be broadcast four nights per week in 2012 with the launch of the new 24/7 AFL channel Fox Footy. When co-host Damien Fleming left Australia to cover the Australian cricket team's tour of the West Indies in March 2012, he was replaced by Andrew Gaze. For 2014, the show's name was changed again, this time to simply Bounce, and it moved to Wednesday nights at 8.30pm following AFL 360.[2] In 2015, it returned to the Sunday night timeslot following the final game of the round, but retained its title of Bounce. The show also became sponsored by Holden.

Following the 2015 season, Alastair Lynch left the show in order to spend more time with his family. He was due to be replaced by former stand-in presenter Nathan Grima, who had recently announced his retirement from the AFL.[3] However, in February 2016, Grima announced a comeback to football, signing with the Essendon Football Club as a top-up player due to the club's supplements controversy.[4] As such, it was later announced that former footballer Cameron Mooney would join the series, with Barry Hall to also join the series for the 'Yesterday's Heroes' segment.[5] In April 2016, Gaze announced that he would be leaving the show after the show on 24 April 2016 to take up a role as head coach of the Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League. Following Gaze's departure, the show featured a series of rotating guest panellists including the return of Fleming, former footballers Brian Lake and Robert DiPierdomenico and comedians Julian Schiller and Tegan Higginbotham amongst others.

Hosts

Presenters

Former presenters

Temporary presenters

Segments

Current

Golden Fist Award

The winners of the Golden Fist Award are listed below. The annual award is given to the defender that accumulates the most votes from Danny Frawley across the season. The award was sponsored by Cbus from 2013 to 2015.

Year Winner/s Club
2012 Ted Richards Sydney Swans
2013 Josh Gibson and Brian Lake Hawthorn FC
2014 Scott Thompson North Melbourne FC
2015 Alex Rance Richmond FC
2016 Alex Rance Richmond FC

Previous

See also

References

  1. ↑ "After the Bounce". Fox Sports (Australia). Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fox Footy preview programming begins". Media Spy and The Spy Report. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nathan Grima joins Fox Footy's Bounce for 2016, former North Melbourne Kangaroo". Fox Sports. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Waterworth, Ben (18 February 2016). "Nathan Grima to Essendon: Bombers confirm retired North Melbourne defender joins club". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (23 February 2016). "FOX Sports kicks off 2016 season". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

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