Daisy Pearce returns for Gather Round on Seven and 7plus Sport – Footy’s #1 team heads to South Australia.
Bruce McAvaney and Daisy Pearce return for Gather Round on Seven and 7plus Sport
Football’s #1 commentary team is hitting the road again for Gather Round, direct from South Australia from Thursday, 10 April on Seven and 7plus Sport, as Seven’s commentary team welcomes back two fan favourites for the monumental round.
Following his return to Seven’s AFL coverage for the 2024 AFL Finals Series, Australia’s premier sports broadcaster, Bruce McAvaney, will step into the hosting chair for the final match of Gather Round, live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport.
In an exciting announcement for AFL fans, AFL Women’s premiership captain and one of the brightest minds in the game, Daisy Pearce, will return to Seven’s coverage for Friday Night Footy live from Adelaide Oval, ahead of a second appearance on Sunday afternoon in Round Six.
Ahead of her return to Seven’s national AFL coverage, Daisy Pearce said:
“After joining Seven’s local WA AFL broadcast team, I’m absolutely thrilled to be back behind the Seven mic for the national broadcast over the next two weeks. And what better way to kick things off than at Gather Round at a packed Adelaide Oval?
“There’s something truly exhilarating about live broadcasting – being right there in the moment, capturing the energy of the game, and working alongside some of the brightest minds in footy. It’s a unique challenge that keeps you on your toes, and there’s nothing quite like the buzz of bringing the action to fans at home.
“Being back in the broadcast seat is always something special, and I can’t wait to share the excitement of Friday Night and Sunday afternoon footy with the team once again,”
– she said.
The Gather Round action will kick off with The Front Bar on Wednesday night, at 8.30pm on Seven and 7plus Sport. Broadcasting live from Adelaide Oval, resident hosts Mick Molloy, Andy Maher and Sam Pang will be joined by a group of South Australia’s most iconic football personalities including:
- Adelaide Crows legend Mark Ricciuto
- Port Adelaide legend Greg Phillips
- Two-time AFLW Best and Fairest winner and 7AFL expert Erin Phillips
- Comedian Lawrence Mooney
Straight after The Front Bar, Hamish McLachlan returns for Unfiltered, where he sits down with Port Adelaide’s all-time games record holder, Travis Boak, as he discusses his personal life, the transformation of Port Adelaide and his love for Ken Hinkley.
Australia’s #1 brekky program Sunrise will broadcast live from Adelaide across Gather Round weekend. On Thursday morning, Beretts will be live from the Macca’s Footy Festival in Elder Park, Adelaide, along with roving reporter Katie Brown from 5.30am AEDT. Then on Friday, join Nat, Shirvo, Edwina, Beretts, Katie and Sam Mac live at Elder Park for a massive brekky party filled with surprise guests, free breakfast and prize giveaways.
On Thursday Night Footy, Seven’s team including Hamish McLachlan, Rebecca Maddern, Brian Taylor, Luke Hodge, Kane Cornes, Mitch Cleary and Nick Riewoldt will bring all the action from the Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats clash, live and free from Adelaide Oval from 7.00pm AEDT on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport.
On Friday night, fans are in for another huge clash when footy’s #1 commentary team featuring Abbey Holmes, James Brayshaw, Alister Nicholson, Daisy Pearce, Dale Thomas, Nick Riewoldt, Chad Wingard and Xander McGuire return to a packed-out Adelaide Oval for the Collingwood v Sydney Swans clash from 7.00pm on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport.
On Saturday afternoon, viewers will be treated to the very best of state league footy on Seven, 7mate and 7plus Sport, with the South Australia v Victoria match broadcast live and free from 3.00pm AEST.
The WAFL continues with Round Two when West Perth host Perth live and free on 7mate (WA only) and 7plus Sport from 7.00pm AWST Saturday night. Perth viewers can also stream every match of the 2025 WAFL season live and free on 7plus Sport.
It’s a mega day of footy action on Sunday afternoon, kick-started by Jason Richardson, Kate McCarthy and Campbell Brown for a Gather Round edition of the Sunday Footy Feast from midday AEST on Seven and 7plus Sport.
Then, Hamish McLachlan, Jason Bennett, Dale Thomas, Joel Selwood and Erin Phillips will deliver all the action live from Norwood Oval for the St Kilda v GWS GIANTS match, live from 2.30pm AEST on Seven, 7mate and 7plus.
The excitement of Gather Round culminates in a huge clash on Sunday night, when Port Adelaide host Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval, live and free on Seven, 7mate and 7plus from 7.00pm AEST.
As Bruce McAvaney makes his return to Seven’s AFL coverage, he will be joined by football’s #1 commentary team including Brian Taylor, Alister Nicholson, Kane Cornes, Luke Hodge and Abbey Holmes.
Fans in NSW, Queensland and Western Australia can also watch other Round Five matches involving teams from their home states on Seven and 7plus.
Gather Round – Thursday Night Football: Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats Live from 7.00pm on Seven and 7plus Sport
BROADCAST TIMES ON SEVEN:
MONDAY, 7 APRIL
The Agenda Setters Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth Sydney and Brisbane
7.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport, 9.30pm encore on Seven and 7plus Sport 11.10pm on Seven and 7plus Sport
TUESDAY, 8 APRIL
The Agenda Setters Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth Sydney and Brisbane
7.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport, 9.30pm encore on Seven and 7plus Sport 11.10pm on Seven and 7plus Sport
WEDNESDAY, 9 APRIL
The Front Bar: National
8.30pm on Seven and 7plus Sport
Unfiltered: Travis Boak National
9.30pm on Seven and 7plus Sport
THURSDAY, 10 APRIL
AFL Round Five: Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats (AO)
Sydney and Brisbane 7.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport, 7.00pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Perth 5.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
FRIDAY, 11 APRIL
AFL Round Five: Collingwood v Sydney Swans Pre-Game Show (AO)
Sydney and Brisbane 7.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
Perth 5.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
AFL Round Five: Collingwood v Sydney Swans (AO)
Sydney and Brisbane 7.30pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
Melbourne 7.30pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Adelaide 7.00pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Perth 5.30pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
SATURDAY, 12 APRIL
AFL Round Five: North Melbourne v Gold Coast SUNS
Brisbane 2.30pm on 7mate and 7plus Sport
AFL Round Five: Carlton v West Coast Eagles
Perth 1.00pm on 7mate and 7plus Sport
AFL Round Five: Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions
Brisbane 6.00pm on 7mate and 7plus Sport
State Game: South Australia v Victoria
Melbourne 3.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
Adelaide 2.30pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
WAFL Round Two: West Perth v Perth
Adelaide 7.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
SUNDAY, 13 APRIL
Sunday Footy Feast National
12.00pm on Seven and 7plus Sport
AFL Round Five: Richmond v Fremantle
Perth 10.30am live on Seven and 7plus Sport
AFL Round Five: St Kilda v GWS GIANTS Pre-Game Show (AO)
Sydney and Brisbane 2.30pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
Melbourne 2.30pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Adelaide 2.00pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
AFL Round Five: St Kilda v GWS GIANTS (AO)
Sydney and Brisbane 3.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus Sport
Melbourne 3.00pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Adelaide 2.30pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Perth 1.20pm live on Seven and 7plus Sport
Media Release – Seven
Link to 7plus HERE
TV Central AFL content HERE
Daisy Pearce returns for Gather Round on Seven and 7plus Sport
