Bounce (Australian TV series)

Bounce, formerly known as Before the Bounce and After the Bounce, is an Australian light entertainment television series focusing on Australian Rules football.^[1] The show, currently airing on Fox Footy, takes a comedic look back at the previous week in the Australian Football League. First aired in 2007, the show is currently hosted by former footballers Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley, Nathan Grima and former basketballer Andrew Gaze.

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 and Damian Barrett, and former footballer Billy Brownless. 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, was extended to be broadcast four nights per week in 2012 with the launch of the new 24/7 AFL channel Fox Footy. When co-host Damien Fleming 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.^[2] In 2015, it returned to the Sunday night timeslot following the final game of the round, but retained its title of Bounce. Alastair Lynch left the show at the end of 2015, and was replaced by part-time presenter Nathan Grima.^[3]

Hosts

Presenters

• Jason Dunstall (2007–present)
• Danny Frawley (2007–present)
• Andrew Gaze (2011–present)
• Nathan Grima (2016–present)

Former presenters

• Billy Brownless (2007-2008)
• Gerard Whateley (2007–2011)
• Damian Barrett (2007-2009)
• Damien Fleming (2011–2012)
• Alastair Lynch (2012-2015)

Temporary presenters

• Mark Bosnich (2012, 2015) - replacing Gaze
• Sam Pang (2014) - replacing Frawley

Segments

Current

• Yesterday's Heroes - Jason Dunstall and Danny Frawley compete against each other in non-football sports and activities.
• Don't Come Mondays - Danny Frawley selects and discusses ruinous actions committed by players during the games of the latest round.
• Golden Fist Award - Danny Frawley plays tapes about and gives votes to players that punch the ball.
• Turn It Up! - A soapbox-like segment in which Andrew Gaze admonishes the words/actions of people from the past week.
• Chief's Beef of the Week - Jason Dunstall discusses things that have irritated him throughout the week.

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 Danny Frawley across the season. The award has been sponsored by Cbus since 2013.

Previous

• Lynchie's Top 5 - Alastair Lynch delivers a top 5 relating to one topic.
• 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.
• Lynchie'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.
• Dribble File - Jason Dunstall looks at failed dribble kicks from the latest round.
• Coach Killers - Former name of the Don't Come Mondays segment.

See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of longest-running Australian television series

References

External links

• Bounce at the Internet Movie Database