Anthony Hudson, Gerard Whateley to call Friday night on Fox Footy

Fox Footy will pit Gerard Whateley and Anthony Hudson against Channel Seven’s Friday night commentary team in 2025 as the pay TV channel brings in its own broadcast under the new rights deal.

The decorated pair of Hudson and Whateley is likely to go up against long-standing Channel Seven Friday night commentary duo Brian Taylor and James Brayshaw.

Gerard Whateley and Anthony Hudson will give footy fans a choice on Friday nights. Credit: Justin McManus

Hudson has called football on Fox for a number of years and was part of Channel 10’s team when the free-to-air network had the broadcast rights, but he has never called Friday night football. The experience will also be new to Whateley, who is regarded as Australia’s best all-round sports commentator, having called the athletics at the Olympics in Paris.

“It is my first opportunity to do footy on TV in a marquee slot,” said Whateley, who has done Friday nights on radio on SEN and the ABC for 20 years. Hudson also commentates for radio station 3AW.

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