''Bounce'', formerly known as ''Before the Bounce'' and ''After the Bounce'', is an Australian
light entertainment
Light entertainment encompasses a broad range of television and radio programming that includes comedies, variety shows, game shows, quiz shows and the like.
In Great Britain
In the early days of the BBC virtually all broadcast entertainment wou ...
television series focusing on
Australian Rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
.
The show, currently airing on
Fox Footy
Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Me ...
, takes a comedic look back at the previous week in the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
. First aired in 2007, the show is currently hosted by former footballers
Jason Dunstall
Jason Hadfield Dunstall (born 14 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Dunstall is arguably the greatest Australian rules footballer to come from ...
and
Cameron Mooney
Cameron Mooney (born 26 September 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). A forward, tall and weighing , Mooney is renowned for hi ...
and former basketballer
Andrew Gaze
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 2005, winning the league's MVP a ...
.
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
Gerard Whateley is a Melbourne-based sports broadcaster and writer. Since January 2018 he has been chief sports caller and host of the ''Whateley'' program on the sports radio station SEN1116. He is also co-host of Fox Footy's ''AFL 360'' program ...
and Damian Barrett, and former footballer
Billy Brownless
Anthony William Brownless (born 28 January 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer and radio and television media personality who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1980s and 1990s.
Early life
Brownless was ...
. 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
''AFL 360'' is an Australian television talk show that covers current issues in the Australian Football League (AFL). It airs on Fox Footy at Mondays to Wednesdays during the AFL season. It is hosted by Gerard Whateley and Mark Robinson, and ...
, was extended to be broadcast four nights per week in 2012 with the launch of the new 24/7 AFL channel
Fox Footy
Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Me ...
. When co-host
Damien Fleming
Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Australian national cricket team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 an ...
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. 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
Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. It was an Australian automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter which sold cars under its own marque in Australia. In its last thre ...
.
Following the 2015 season,
Alastair Lynch
Alastair Graeme Lynch (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is best known as a three-time premiership full-forward for the Brisbane Lions.
The Tasmanian ...
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
Nathan Grima (born 5 August 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Originally from Tasmania, ...
, who had recently announced his retirement from the AFL. However, in February 2016, Grima announced a comeback to football, signing with the
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...
as a top-up player due to the club's
supplements controversy. As such, it was later announced that former footballer Cameron Mooney would join the series, with
Barry Hall
Barry Hall (born 8 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is considered to be one of the be ...
to also join the series for the 'Yesterday's Heroes' segment. 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
The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Kings were formed from a merger between the West Sydney Westars and the ...
in the
National Basketball League. Gaze would remain on the show on a part-time basis, in rotation with other guest panellists including the return of Fleming, former footballers
Brian Lake
Brian Lake (né Harris; 27 February 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He now plays for his local club Caroline S ...
and
Robert DiPierdomenico
Berto "Robert" DiPierdomenico (born 5 May 1958) is a retired Australian rules footballer who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL) from the 1970s to the 1990s. Popularly known by his nickname "Dipper", DiPierdomenico is one of th ...
and comedians
Julian Schiller
Julian "Jules" Schiller is an Australian TV and radio personality.
Schiller currently hosts ''Drive'' on ABC Radio Adelaide.
He previously worked at Nova 91.9, Triple M, Fox Sports, and The Project.
Radio
In 1993 Schiller started writi ...
and
Tegan Higginbotham
Tegan Marie Higginbotham (born 25 March 1988) is an Australian comedian, writer and actress. Higginbotham contributes regularly as a sports columnist for ''The Age'' and writes a blog.
Personal life
Higginbotham was born in Dandenong, a suburb ...
amongst others. This format would continue in future seasons.
The 350th episode of ''Bounce'' aired on 23 June 2019.
On 9 September 2019,
Danny Frawley
Daniel Patrick Frawley (8 September 1963 – 9 September 2019) was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ...
died in a single-car accident. ''Bounce'' did not air for the rest of the 2019 season, however a special episode appeared a week later in his memory.
Approaching the 2020 season, it was announced ''Bounce'' will return with
Dunstall
Dunstall is a small village and civil parish in the borough of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It lies between Burton upon Trent and Barton-under-Needwood. The population of the parish at the 2001 census was 215, decreasing to 209 ...
remaining as host,
Gaze
In critical theory, sociology, and psychoanalysis, the gaze (French ''le regard''), in the philosophical and figurative sense, is an individual's (or a group's) awareness and perception of other individuals, other groups, or oneself. The concept ...
increasing his presence in the show, with
Mooney
Mooney is a family name, which is probably predominantly derived from the Irish Ó Maonaigh, pronounced Om-weeneey. It can also be spelled Moony, Moonie, Mainey, Mauney, Meaney and Meeney depending on the dialectic pronunciation that was anglic ...
,
Sharni Layton
Sharni Norder (née Layton; born 6 January 1988) is a retired Australian sportsperson, known for her top level careers in netball and Australian rules football. Over fifteen years Norder played for six netball clubs in multiple elite competition ...
and
Bernie Vince
Bernard Vince (born 2 October 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has since become involved in the football me ...
resuming their roles as other members on the panel. The Golden Fist Award will be renamed "Spud's Golden Fist" as a continuation of Frawley's legacy.
Hosts
Regular Presenters
*
Jason Dunstall
Jason Hadfield Dunstall (born 14 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Dunstall is arguably the greatest Australian rules footballer to come from ...
(2007–present)
*
Cameron Mooney
Cameron Mooney (born 26 September 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). A forward, tall and weighing , Mooney is renowned for hi ...
(2016–present)
*
Bernie Vince
Bernard Vince (born 2 October 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has since become involved in the football me ...
(2019–present)
*
Andrew Gaze
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 2005, winning the league's MVP a ...
(2011–2016, 2019–present)
*
Ben Dixon (2021–present)
Former presenters
*
Danny Frawley
Daniel Patrick Frawley (8 September 1963 – 9 September 2019) was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ...
(2007–2019)
*
Billy Brownless
Anthony William Brownless (born 28 January 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer and radio and television media personality who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1980s and 1990s.
Early life
Brownless was ...
(2007–2008)
*
Gerard Whateley
Gerard Whateley is a Melbourne-based sports broadcaster and writer. Since January 2018 he has been chief sports caller and host of the ''Whateley'' program on the sports radio station SEN1116. He is also co-host of Fox Footy's ''AFL 360'' program ...
(2007–2011)
*
Damian Barrett
Damian Barrett is an Australian journalist who works for AFL Media and covers Australian rules football.
Career
Barrett has worked in the Australian sports media, covering a variety of sports, for over 30 years. He has worked for the Herald Sun, ...
(2007–2009)
*
Damien Fleming
Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Australian national cricket team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 an ...
(2011–2012)
*
Andrew Gaze
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 2005, winning the league's MVP a ...
(2011–2016)
*
Alastair Lynch
Alastair Graeme Lynch (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is best known as a three-time premiership full-forward for the Brisbane Lions.
The Tasmanian ...
(2012–2015)
*
Sharni Layton
Sharni Norder (née Layton; born 6 January 1988) is a retired Australian sportsperson, known for her top level careers in netball and Australian rules football. Over fifteen years Norder played for six netball clubs in multiple elite competition ...
(2018–2020)
Temporary presenters
*
Mark Bosnich
Mark John Bosnich (born 13 January 1972) is an Australian former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper, and sports pundit. He played in England for Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea. He also played in ...
(2012, 2015, 2016)
*
Sam Pang
Samuel Pang (born 3 November 1973) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter, writer and producer. Pang co-hosts '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' on Nova 100 with Chrissie Swan and Jonathan Brown and co-hosts ''The Front Bar'' with Mi ...
(2014)
*
Nathan Grima
Nathan Grima (born 5 August 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Originally from Tasmania, ...
(2014)
*
Julian Schiller
Julian "Jules" Schiller is an Australian TV and radio personality.
Schiller currently hosts ''Drive'' on ABC Radio Adelaide.
He previously worked at Nova 91.9, Triple M, Fox Sports, and The Project.
Radio
In 1993 Schiller started writi ...
(2016–17)
*
Brian Lake
Brian Lake (né Harris; 27 February 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He now plays for his local club Caroline S ...
(2016)
*
Robert DiPierdomenico
Berto "Robert" DiPierdomenico (born 5 May 1958) is a retired Australian rules footballer who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL) from the 1970s to the 1990s. Popularly known by his nickname "Dipper", DiPierdomenico is one of th ...
(2016)
*
Tegan Higginbotham
Tegan Marie Higginbotham (born 25 March 1988) is an Australian comedian, writer and actress. Higginbotham contributes regularly as a sports columnist for ''The Age'' and writes a blog.
Personal life
Higginbotham was born in Dandenong, a suburb ...
(2016-2017)
*
Merv Hughes
Mervyn Gregory Hughes (born 23 November 1961) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia national cricket team, Australia in 53 Test cricket, Test matches between 1985 and 1994, taking 212 wickets. He pla ...
(2016)
*
Rodney Hogg
Rodney Malcolm Hogg (born 5 March 1951) is a former Victorian, South Australian and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler. Hogg played in 38 Test matches and 71 One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1985. In Tests he took 123 wickets ...
(2016)
*
Simon O'Donnell
Simon Patrick O'Donnell (born 26 January 1963) is an Australian former cricketer, VFL footballer, and horse racing and cricket commentator. He is currently a horse breeder and enabler. He is a former record holder for the fastest One Day Int ...
(2016-2018)
*
Brian Lake
Brian Lake (né Harris; 27 February 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He now plays for his local club Caroline S ...
(2017-2018)
Segments
Current
* Numerology - Cameron Mooney presents numerical or statistical quirks from the previous weekend.
* Golden Fist Award - As a protest against most awards being won by midfielders and forwards, Bernie Vince or Sharni Layton, Previously Danny Frawley shows clips of the week's best
spoils, and then gives votes for the best defenders of the week. After Frawley died in a single-car accident on 9 September 2019, a
Change.org
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petition was started to make it an official AFL award; it has, as of 12 September 2019, garnered over 62,000 signatures.
* Clangers - Cameron Mooney selects and discusses ruinous actions committed by players during the games of the latest round. The segment was previously presented by Danny Frawley until his death in 2019 and was previously known as Coach Killers until mid-2015 and Don’t Come Monday until 2020.
* Cut The Crap - Andrew Gaze calls out clichéd press conferences from players or coaches and re-dubs the audio to what he thinks they really should have said. This was previously presented by Danny Frawley until his death in 2019.
* Turn It Up! - A soapbox-like segment in which Andrew Gaze admonishes the words/actions of people from the past week.
* In This Round - Jason Dunstall looks back at some of the highlights of the round that just ended in past seasons.
* Yesterday's Heroes - Andrew Gaze and
Bernie Vince
Bernard Vince (born 2 October 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has since become involved in the football me ...
compete against Cameron Mooney and Jason Dunstall in non-football sports and activities. Barry Hall and Brian Lake competed until the left the show, and Danny Frawley until his death in 2019. This segment not used in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
* Dribble File - Jason Dunstall looks at failed dribble kicks from the latest round.
* Bring Your Boots - Cameron Mooney spotlights a player's superior effort and commitment from one of the weekend's games. In later seasons, this has been adapted to feature the best dribble kick of the week, in response to Dunstall's Dribble File.
* Moon's Beef of the Week - Cameron Mooney discusses things that have irritated him throughout the week. This segment was previously presented by Jason Dunstall.
* Please Explain - Jason Dunstall is left baffled by off-field events of the week.
* Top 5 - Jason Dunstall delivers a top 5 relating to one topic.
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 Bernie Vince and Sharni Layton and previously Danny Frawley across the season. The award was sponsored by
Cbus
The CBUS was a free downtown circulator bus in Columbus, Ohio. The service was operated by the Central Ohio Transit Authority. The CBUS service primarily traveled along High Street between the Brewery District and the Short North. The servic ...
from 2013 to 2015 and
Mrs Mac's Pies
Mrs Mac's Pies is an Australian food company manufacturing meat pies sold throughout Australia and New Zealand and produced in Perth, Western Australia.
History
In the 1950s Ken Macgregor started up a small business in Melbourne manufacturing ...
in 2018.
* McGovern was in 2019 declared the winner, despite Harris Andrews being declared the winner on the final show in 2018.
** Sicily was in front when voting ended after Frawley’s death.
Previous
* What Happens Next? - Alastair Lynch plays an excerpt of archival football game footage, and the other three co-hosts have to guess what will happen in it.
* Lynchy's Time Warp - Alastair Lynch plays tapes from past and present games relating to a single topic.
* Real Bounce Australia - Danny Frawley, Andrew Gaze, Alastair Lynch and Jason Dunstall take you behind the scenes of the program, in a parody of ''
The Real Housewives
''The Real Housewives'' is an international reality television media franchise, franchise that consists of 57 programs; 11 The Real Housewives#Installments originated in the United States, American installments, 20 The Real Housewives#Installments ...
'' franchise.
* The Flog Files - Jason Dunstall presents events of the week that demonstrate an admirable commitment to general floggery.
See also
*
List of Australian television series
Future shows
Seven
* ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–)
* ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports ...
*
List of longest-running Australian television series
Below is a list of all the longest-running Australian television programs, both past and present, that have been broadcast for a minimum of 6–10 years or 6 seasons (or both).
All data is updated as of 2 February 2022.
Note: Programs with a s ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 1288417
Fox Sports (Australian TV network) original programming
Fox Footy original programming
2010s Australian television series
2007 Australian television series debuts
Australian rules football television series
English-language television shows