What's New March 22, 2012

Age names best AFL callers

There are more media outlets calling AFL than any sport in Australia, and this means high demand for commentators, and high expectations of their performance.

In addition to television stations, there are plenty of radio stations with full commentary teams: 3MMM, 3AW, ABC 774, SEN in Melbourne, plus K-Rock in Geelong.

The Age today has named the best AFL commentators in Australia, as compiled by a panel of experts.

They have listed Dennis Cometti (left) at number one, below is the rest of their list:

1	Dennis Cometti
2	Bruce McAvaney
3	Brian Taylor
4	Tim Lane
5	Dwayne Russell
6	Garry Lyon
7	David King
8	James Brayshaw
9	Matthew Lloyd
10	Leigh Matthews
11	Gerard Healy
12	Stan Alves
13	Gerard Whateley
14	Anthony Hudson
15	Eddie McGuire
16	David Parkin
17	Tom Harley
18	Luke Darcy
19	Robert Walls
20	Matt Granland

And they have named retired Richmond star Matthew Richardson as the rising star of the list. Interestingly they have also named the commentators that they don't rate.