AFL 360 is an Australian nightly talk show that deals with the issues in the Australian Football League. It currently airs on Fox Footy at Mondays to Thursdays. 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
Segments
Regular
Monday hero - 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 - 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
Thursday's Weekend Forecast - The hosts suggest likely events/results that will occur over the weekend and give scenarios that could happen on the weekend that would bring trouble or scrutiny onto a club or person. Guest panellists 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 and pose the question "Who would you rather be?"
360 seconds - The hosts give answers to several questions over six minutes
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 Woods
2017
Peter Steven
2018
Heidi Schwegler
2019
Stuart Dew
;Notes
Woods won the award as an Auskick player featured on a half-time broadcast
