''The Marngrook Footy Show'' was a sport panel show broadcast in Australia 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 ...

and aimed at

Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

viewers. Debuting on television in 2007 after 10 years on radio, the show first aired on

NITV National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the half-hourly nightly ''NITV News'' ...

and on

Channel 31 Melbourne C31 Melbourne is a free-to-air community television channel in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its name is derived from UHF 31, the frequency and channel number reserved for analogue television, analogue broadcasts by metropolitan community tele ...

, moving to

ABC2 ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and part of its ABC Television network. The channel broadcasts a range of general entertainment progra ...

during 2011 and 2012 before moving back to NITV. The show was cancelled in October 2019, replaced by '' Yokayi Footy'' in March 2020. , the show continues as a weekly radio show on Saturday mornings on

3KND 3KND is a community radio station which represents the Indigenous communities within Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 3KND broadcasts in Melbourne at 1503 on the AM radio band and also streams on the internet. By late 2006, 3KND had the ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Origins and format

Marn Grook ("game ball") is a name given to a range of traditional

Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...

recreational pastimes, which some historians claim had a role in the formation of

."A code of our own" celebrating 150 years of the rules of Australian football
''The Yorker: Journal of the Melbourne Cricket Club Library'' Issue 39, Autumn 2009 The show is the brainchild of Grant Hansen, who was tired of the lack of Indigenous football commentators and hosts on the radio and TV. It first aired in 1997 as a radio show in

, and with popularity increasing it was soon beamed across the country via satellite the following year. The first radio show was hosted by Hansen and Alan Thorpe, with correspondents around the country including

Derek Kickett Derek Thomas Kickett (born 6 October 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer. Kickett played with seven different VFL/AFL, WAFL and SANFL clubs during his career. Early career Derek is related to a number of other past and present high ...

, Michael McLean, Gilbert McAdam, Chris Johnson and

Robert Ahmat Robert "Robbie" AhMat (born 19 July 1977), is a former Australian rules footballer. His ancestors were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Ahmat's cousins are Matthew Ahmat (Brisbane/Sydney), Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) and Nakia Cockatoo ...

. After 10 years on the radio it was then developed as a television show and was shown in 2007 on C31 Melbourne and NITV.AFL footy show with family appeal
/ref> It featured interviews, weekly tips, AFL Gripes and live music performances, as well as including local stories from around the country featuring indigenous footballers talking about their backgrounds, origin clubs and towns, heritage and current affairs. Between 2011 and 2012, the program was broadcast on

, and was shown live in 2012, but had its time-slot moved several times. From 2013 the show was produced by Toombak Indigenous Productions and broadcast on NITV/ SBS. The show was produced at the Burwood campus of

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...

in its professional-standard television studio. The show was cancelled in October 2019 after 12 years. In March 2020, it was replaced by ''Yokayi Footy''.

Hosts

Main

Grant Hansen Grant Hansen is an Australian Indigenous musician and broadcaster who has worked as a host of the Marngrook footy show, broadcast on National Indigenous TV network as well as Channel 31, Foxtel, ABC and SBS . He has worked as a radio announcer / ...

(2007–2019) *

Gilbert McAdam Gilbert McAdam (born 30 March 1967 in Alice Springs) is an Indigenous Australian former Australian rules football player and one of three McAdam brothers to play in the Australian Football League (AFL). Playing career Early career McAdam grew ...

(2007–2019) *

(2007-2008, 2018–2019)

Supporting

* Leila Gurruwiwi (2007–2019) (presenter) * Shelley Ware (2010–2019) (presenter) *

Rohan Connolly Rohan Connolly (born 1965) is an Australian journalist specialising in Australian rules football writing for ''The Age''. Connolly began his media career writing for ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' in 1983 before moving to ''The Age'' in 1987, where ...

(2017–2019) (presenter) * Kevin Bartlett (2015–2019) (rotating panellist) *

Robert Walls Robert Walls (born 21 July 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. In a playing career that spanned three decades Robert played a combined 259 games ...

(2016–2019) (rotating panellist) *

Doug Hawkins Douglas James Hawkins (born 5 May 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also enjoyed a brief career in media and ran for the Senate, as a member of Palmer United Party, in ...

(2014–2019) (rotating panellist) *

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 ...

(2014–2019) (rotating panellist) *

Shaun Burgoyne Shaun Playford Burgoyne (born 21 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL, and Port Adelaide and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Burgoyne ...

(2014–2019) (rotating panellist) * Ronnie Burns (2007–2013, 2018–2019) *

Phil Krakouer Phillip Brent Krakouer (born 15 January 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club during the 1980s. Notable for his speed, freakish skills and an uncanny ability to pass the ball to his brothe ...

(2014–2019) (rotating panellist) *

Simon Madden Simon Madden (born 30 December 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire 19-season career with the Essendon Football Club from 1974 until 1992. Madden is one of the most decorated players in the club's history and wi ...

(2017–2019) (rotating panellist) * Alan Thorpe (2007–2012) * Chris Johnson (2009–2016)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marngrook Footy Show Australian community access television shows Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming National Indigenous Television original programming 2007 Australian television series debuts 2019 Australian television series endings Australian rules football television series Television shows set in Victoria (Australia)

Origins and format

Hosts

Main

Supporting

Awards and nominations

See also

References

External links