AFL 360

AFL 360
Genre	AFL program
Presented by	Gerard Whateley Mark Robinson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
Production
Executive producer	Tim Hodges
Production locations	Melbourne, Australia
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Fox Sports (2010-2011) Fox Footy (2012-)
Release	7 July 2010 – present

AFL 360 is an Australian nightly talk show that deals with the issues in the Australian Football League (AFL). It currently airs on Fox Footy at 7:30 pm Mondays to Thursdays (or Mondays to Wednesdays in weeks where a Thursday game is scheduled). AFL 360 contrasts with most similar AFL talk shows as its hosts, Gerard Whateley and Mark Robinson, are professional journalists rather than former players turned journalists. The show also features players and coaches as regular guests.

History

AFL 360 was launched as a weekly show on Fox Sports in 2010, airing on Wednesday nights, and continued as such in 2011. In 2012, the show moved to the new Fox Footy channel, a sister channel to Fox Sports dedicated purely to AFL. Since then, the show usually airs four times per week, apart from occasions in which there is a Thursday night match in the AFL. The final episode each year airs the Monday after the AFL Grand Final.

The show has also aired additional episodes during the season under the AFL 360 banner, such as an extended interview between Whateley and Mick Malthouse in 2015, just days after he was sacked as Carlton coach. On select occasions, the show has returned to air in the off-season to cover major breaking news in AFL. This has included in October 2013 to cover Lance Franklin’s nine-year deal with the Sydney Swans, and in January 2016 following the final Court of Arbitration for Sport judgement in the Essendon Football Club supplements controversy. The show also aired a special Friday night edition on 3 July 2015 to cover the death of Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh.

In July 2018, regular Tuesday guests Jack Riewoldt and Jordan Lewis hosted an episode of the show as part of a "player takeover" promotion across various Fox Footy shows.

A special Sunday night edition aired on 22 March 2020, following the decision to suspend the 2020 AFL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Hosts

• Gerard Whateley
• Mark Robinson

Regular fill-in hosts

For Whateley

• Anthony Hudson

For Robinson

• Anthony Hudson
• Eddie McGuire
• Mike Sheahan
• Jason Dunstall
• Dermott Brereton
• David King
• Jake Niall
• Jonathan Brown
• Garry Lyon

Regular guests

	Monday "Coaches Night"		Tuesday "Players Night"			Wednesday "Heritage Night (2012-14)" "Legends Night (2015-)"				Thursday "Fight Night" (2012–15)" "Weekend Countdown (2016-2019)"
2010						Mark Maclure	David King
2011
2012	Mark Thompson	Rodney Eade	Robert Murphy	Brad Sewell						Barry Hall	Cameron Mooney
2013
2014		Paul Roos		Jordan Lewis
2015	Nathan Buckley		Brendon Goddard					Mark Thompson
2016		Chris Scott	Jack Riewoldt							Dyson Heppell	Brian Lake
2017	Alan Richardson									Nick Dal Santo
2018								Robert Murphy	Nick Riewoldt	Jason Dunstall	Dermott Brereton
2019	Rotating Coaches				Adam Treloar
2020				Max Gawn				Jordan Lewis	Jarryd Roughead

Segments

Regular

• Monday hero (briefly Monday champion, when sponsored by McDonald's) - The hosts give their opinions on who were the heroes from the previous weekend's round of football.
• Two minute scramble - The hosts give answers to several questions over two minutes
• Tuesday matinee - The hosts select a non-football story that they enjoyed from the weekend
• The Furnace (real or overreaction?) - The hosts decide whether a particular statement is real or an overreaction
• Rascal of the Week - Robert Murphy bestows "Rascal" status on a person guilty of mischievous behaviour. In 2017, this segment was taken over by Jack Riewoldt.
• Wednesday love - The hosts select a person/club/event that they loved from the weekend
• Looking forward to? - The hosts give their opinions on what they are looking forward to on the weekend
• Weekend Forecast - The hosts suggest likely events/results that will occur over the weekend ("Sure Thing") and give scenarios that could happen on the weekend that would bring trouble or scrutiny onto a club or person ("Most at Stake" and "Doomsday Scenario"). Special guests often contribute to this segment.

Previous

• Who would you rather be? - The hosts select two names each that have been in the news that week (for good or bad reasons) and pose the question "Who would you rather be?"
• 360 seconds - The hosts give answers to several questions over six minutes
• The Bomber Diaries - Mark Thompson, in press conference style, takes questions from the hosts and viewers

Rascal of the Year

While Robert Murphy's Rascal of the Week concluded in 2014, he continued to present a Rascal of the Year award in grand final week until 2016. From 2017, Jack Riewoldt took over hosting the award. The winners are listed below.

Year	Winner
2012	Steve Johnson
2013	Luke Hodge
2014	Mark Robinson
2015	Ross Lyon
2016	Cooper Woods1
2017	Peter Steven
2018	Heidi Schwegler
2019	Stuart Dew

Notes

• ^1 Woods won the award as an Auskick player featured on a half-time broadcast

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2012	Australian Football Media Awards	Most Outstanding Television Program	Won
2013	Australian Football Media Awards	Most Outstanding Television Program	Won
2014	ASTRA Awards	Most Outstanding Sports Entertainment Program	Nominated
2015	Australian Football Media Awards	Most Outstanding Television Program	Won
2016	Logie Awards	Best Sports Program	Nominated
2016	Australian Football Media Awards	Most Outstanding Television Program	Won

See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of longest-running Australian television series