Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Episode 281 - Part 1 - Robbo
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Mark Robinson is an Australian sports journalist. He is the chief football writer for Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper, appears on the 1116 SEN radio station's pre-match Australian Football League (AFL) discussion and former co-hosts for Fox Footy's AFL 360 television program.
A junior footballer for the Sandhurst Dragons in Bendigo and the Horsham Saints in Horsham, Robinson began covering football in 1992. Throughout his career he has predominantly covered Australian rules football and has been the chief football writer for the Herald Sun since 2012 following the retirement of Mike Sheahan.
Robinson is former co-hosted the AFL 360 television program on Fox Footy from 2010 until his sacking at the end of 2024. He previously appeared regularly as a panelist on AFL Game Day from the show's launch in 2008 until 2011 when AFL 360 expanded to four nights a week through the AFL season.
Robinson was a panelist on many of the 1116 SEN radio station's shows, including The Run Home and match day AFL discussion until the end of the 2017 season.
In 2018, Robinson joined 3AW as a panelist on the Sunday Sport show alongside Daniel Harford and Jimmy Bartel.
In the latter half of 2021, Robinson experienced multiple cardiac episodes which required medical attention, including open heart surgery.
Robinson has been rumoured to have been involved in a variety of verbal and physical altercations with several fellow journalists, including Damian Barrett, Andy Maher and Michael Warner.
In June 2017, Robinson tweeted about Collingwood footballer Alex Fasolo when his struggles with severe depression became known, suggesting that the quickness of Fasolo's recovery was an indication he was faking his illness. He later deleted the tweet and apologised for what he said, with the Collingwood president later saying that Robinson ignored the club's medical advice when contacting Fasolo.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Episode 280 - Part 3 - Who's Craig
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Sam Newman talks to Craig Willis - The Personal Life of Craig Willis.
Craig Willis (born 1954) is a former Australian announcer who has appeared as the voice of many of Network Ten / One HD and Seven Network's AFL Grand Final, Anzac Day and major Finals Broadcasts from the early 2000s to 2018. He is colloquially known as the 'voice of the AFL'.
Willis has also performed voiceovers at non-AFL major events, including the Melbourne Cup and is regarded as one of Australia's premier announcers. Willis is often a Master of Ceremonies and hosts the traditional Grand Final Breakfast, a fixture of the AFL grand final day. Additionally, he does voiceovers and is occasionally a fill in presenter on Melbourne radio station 3AW.
In 2000, he was the ground announcer at the Sydney Olympic Games, a role he also fulfilled at the Athens Olympics four years later.
Willis is also heavily involved in Tennis coverage and announces the players at the Australian Open. He also narrates the Fox Sports television show ATP Tennis and acted as a player announcer at the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). In recent times, he has become the voice of Bank of Melbourne for directing customers through call queue options.
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