The Fox Footy Channel is a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football. It is owned by Foxtel, and operates out of their Melbourne based studios. From 2002 - 2006 it was available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television, TransTV and Neighbourhood Cable up until transmission ceased on 1 October 2006. The channel has been revived for the 2012 AFL season after a new broadcast agreement was reached between Fox Sports and the AFL.

The channel was created in 2002 after News Limited won the television broadcast rights to the AFL for the 2002 to 2006 seasons. It granted to free to air rights to the Nine Network and Network Ten and granted the subscription rights to Foxtel. Fox Footy was originally offered by Foxtel for an additional subscription during the first two seasons of the rights agreement, however it was moved to the Basic package in February 2004, making it available to all Foxtel subscribers without additional charge for the balance of its life.

Due to broadcasting rights, each state had a separate version of the channel to allow free-to-air right holders exclusive live coverage. For example, if Channel Nine or Channel Ten broadcast a match between the Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans live in Adelaide, Fox Footy would have been prevented from showing the match live, whereas if Seven or Ten didn't broadcast it in Melbourne, Fox Footy would be allowed to show it live there. Fox Footy typically repeated all matches after they were played, although often with the commentary of the free-to-air network that presented it live originally. Fox Footy only broadcast the AFL and not any state football leagues such as SANFL, WAFL or VFL.

Gerard Healy (born 1 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator. Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the Senior Football Captain.

Beginning his career with the Melbourne Football Club in 1979, Healy played mostly in a forward pocket role in attack before switching to an on-baller/midfielder role and establishing himself as one of the premier ball winners in the competition. He won Melbourne's Best and Fairest award in 1984 in his last season with the Demons.

He left the Demons in 1985, after playing 121 games, moving to the Sydney Swans at the beginning of the 1986 season. He immediately made an impact at the Swans, winning Best and Fairests in his first three years with the team – 1986, 1987, 1988. He also took home the Brownlow Medal in 1988 as the VFL's Fairest and Best player, and was also named the VFL Players Association MVP in the same year. He retired from Sydney in 1991, due to a serious wrist injury. He was renowned as one of Sydney's greats, being named in their Team of the Century. Collingwood picked up Healy in the 1991 Pre-Season Draft, but Healy never played a game as he was retired.

Peter Motley (born 24 September 1964 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, playing for Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

Motley, the son of former Port Adelaide premiership star Geof Motley, made his league debut for Sturt in 1982 and played 92 games for the Double Blues until 1985. His breakout season was 1983 when he played both at Centre half-forward and Centre half-back for Sturt and helped them to the SANFL Grand Final against West Adelaide. Unfortunately for Motley and Sturt the Double Blues went down to the Bloods 16.12 (108) to 21.16 (142).

At only 18 years of age Peter Motley also made the first of six state games for South Australia at half-forward against Victoria at Football Park in 1983 in what was the Croweaters first win over the Big V in Adelaide since 1965. Motley also won Sturt's Best and Fairests awards in 1984 and 1985 and was named an All-Australian in 1985.

Jarrad Waite (born 4 February 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jarrad was born in Devonport, Tasmania. He was recruited as the number 46 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft from Benalla under the father-son selection rule (he is the son of former Carlton player Vin Waite). He made his debut for Carlton in Round 1, 2003 against the Sydney Swans.

Waite has made his stance in the AFL as a very prominent forward. He kicked 36 goals in the 2005 season, finishing second behind Brendan Fevola for the club. He is expected to be a future star for Carlton, however he has been struck down by recurring injuries so far in his career.

Waite was shifted from the forward-line into the back-line through the NAB Cup and early rounds of 2007, in which he was among the best players on the ground playing at centre half-back. However, he again played predominately as a forward, and showed enormous advances in his football intelligence with difficult assists. Despite this, Waite returned to the back-line in 2008 under new coach Brett Ratten.

Kieren Jack (born 28 June 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He is the son of former Balmain Tigers Rugby League star Garry Jack.

Jack grew up in Cherrybrook, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. His first experience of Australian rules was in the Paul Kelly Cup in 1998 whilst still in primary school playing for the junior Pennant Hills Demons AFC. He went on to play a key part in premierships with the junior Demons in 1999 and 2000. Jack played both rugby league (for Balmain's juniors) and Australian rules until 2000 before breaking the news to his father that he wanted to stop playing league to focus on Australian Rules.

He was identified by AFL talent scouts and taken by Sydney in the 2005 Rookie Draft from the NSW/ACT Rams Under 18 team.

Before even making his debut, Jack made news in 2007 for being one of four players involved in an AFL betting scandal, though many criticised the AFL's decision to identify him as his was only a $5 bet.