2026 AFL commentary team on 7

17th February 2026

Seven unveils its star-studded 2026 AFL commentary team 

The game’s most respected voices unite for a massive year of AFL on Seven and 7plus Sport
Football's #1 commentary team is primed to bring fans an unrivalled 2026 AFL season live and free on Seven and streamed on 7plus Sport. With a stellar team of experts, headlined by the most experienced voices in the game, there’s no other place footy fans should turn for the 2026 AFL Premiership Season than Seven and 7plus Sport.

 

With a focus on integrating current-day players into match coverage, Seven welcomes back 425-game player and six-time All Australian, Scott Pendlebury, to the expert chair for select rounds throughout the season. 

 

In an exciting announcement for footy fans, Seven’s 2026 commentary team will also feature Hawthorn legend and House of Wellness star, Shane Crawford. A Brownlow Medallist and 2008 premiership player, Crawford brings elite credentials and an infectious love for the game to the line-up. His perspective as one of the competition’s great competitors will add further depth to Seven’s AFL coverage across multiple matches throughout the season.

 

Following a successful 2025, Seven’s slate of magazine programming returns after a major revamp in 2025, including The Agenda Setters – which will extend to a third night every Wednesday –  Unfiltered with Hamish McLachlan, Extra Time, Sunday Footy Feast and long-standing favourite The Front Bar, with the variety of programming set to keep fans entertained throughout the week, live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport.  

 

The Agenda Setters will continue to be spearheaded by Australia’s most respected football journalist, Caroline Wilson, alongside a line-up of the game’s most trusted voices in Craig Hutchison, Kane Cornes, Luke Hodge, Dale Thomas, Nick Riewoldt and 7NEWS Chief Football Reporter Mitch Cleary.

 

For the new Wednesday night edition, Craig Hutchison starts the year in the host chair alongside Nick Riewoldt and Mitch Cleary, plus a rotating third panelist – with Collingwood Captain Darcy Moore set to appear regularly on the Wednesday show throughout the season, including the first Wednesday night episode on Wednesday, 11 March.

 

Seven’s 2026 AFL season also includes a host of documentary style programs, with the network today announcing the production of Centimetre Perfect, a documentary about the amazing career of iconic caller Dennis Cometti. 

 

The documentary will feature highlights across his nearly 50 years of calling, led by great mate and fellow caller Bruce McAvaney 10 years on from Dennis’ retirement in 2016. 

 

Also airing on Seven throughout 2026 are club focused docuseries following the launch of Full Sweat last year, which gave fans a unique insight into Hawthorn’s pre-season. 

 

This year will see incredible access granted into big Victorian clubs Collingwood and St Kilda, as well as the recently released docuseries following the 2025 AFL season inside the GWS Giants. The Collingwood and St Kilda docuseries will air on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport in the week of AFL Opening Round, while all episodes of the GWS Giants docuseries are available to stream now on 7plus Sport.

2026 AFL Premiership Season 

Live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport from Thursday, 5 March 2026