Jason Bennett

Good ordinary player | Sports Broadcaster & Storyteller | @ABCSport | MC | Broadcast & Content Manager, @vafahq |

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Glorious day for a Top 4 @VFL clash as @CarltonReserves host league-leaders @GeelongVFL from 12pm ET.
The Blues have won 5 of last 6, the Cats have won 4 straight.
Join us for one of the games of the year LIVE @abcsport TV Vic & streaming nationally on ABC iView & Listen!

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

@ajholmes75 @EAGLESWWTFC @SANFL @AFL No doubt. It's a short-term pain for hopefully longer-term gain proposition. Same thing happened to Werribee last year.
And just like the Bees, Eagles recruiters hopefully find their job substantially easier come season's end when they have gun recruits knocking their door down.

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

@yme778 @VFL State Leaguers have significant improvement by becoming full-timers: fitness, schedule, recovery, focus, IQ, skill.
Hard to know how much til you see how they grow & adapt their game at the higher speed, intensity & physicality required, w/their competitive advantages lessened.

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Fantastic to witness the joy that @VFL players feel for their mate when he gets the chance to live that same dream they all share.
They know how hard he's worked, what he's sacrificed, the setbacks, the doubts, the disappointments and the resilience required to keep chasing it👏

[Paul Amy @PaulAmy375]

How good is this? Frankston players swamp big Harrison Coe after Collingwood nabbed him in tonight's midseason draft. Magic!

[VFL / VFLW @VFL]

Eleven players from Smithy's VFL clubs were selected in the 2026 Telstra AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft 🤩

See all the selections: https://t.co/ZHuGslm0pY

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Delighted to see so much @VFL talent given the opportunity to chase their dream at the next level.
It's wonderful to see all the financial & time sacrifices pay off for those players.
And for those overlooked - keep chasing your dream. It's not over until you say it's over.

[Fox Footy @FOXFOOTY]

18 PLAYERS PICKED IN MID-SEASON DRAFT 🥳

- Former All-Australian's son gets a shot in the west
- Pies pluck a 27yo, a 26yo... and a key defender named Puncher
- Another Demons ruckman named Max?

SEE THE PICKS >> https://t.co/UXPLHZfMdE

[Rohan Connolly @rohan_connolly]

Neale Daniher was simply a great human. A brilliant and gifted footballer sadly cut down by injury, then an innovative, shrewd & successful AFL coach, then an incredibly courageous, relentless ambassador for research & funding into the scourge of MND. What a leagcy. RIP Neale.

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

@Demonblog Nailed it. I believe that's what I called her. Did I get the pronunciation wrong??

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

An earlier start for @VFL so @VFLPies players & staff can get to MCG for the arvo’s activities.
So it’s @WerribeeFC hosting the Pies in a critical game for both teams from 11am ET.
Join us on @abcsport TV in Vic, live streaming nationally ABC iView & ABC Listen.

[James Purchin @JamesPurchin]

Mike Tirico told me his secret.

It wasn't talent.
It wasn't luck.
It was what he does on every flight home.

A few years ago, I met him at a restaurant bar in Indianapolis during the Big Ten tournament. One of the biggest voices in sports.

He didn't lead with his résumé. He introduced himself. He asked questions. He cared about every person in the room before anyone cared about him.

Eventually, I asked him what made him great.

He said after every game he calls, on the flight home, he pulls up the broadcast and watches it back.

Listens to his own voice. Hunts for the misses. The dead air. The calls he wishes he could have over.

Every game. Twenty-plus years in.

He wasn't born world-class. He worked his way there one flight at a time.

The best in any room are usually the ones still grading themselves the hardest.

World-class isn't a personality.

It's a habit.

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Very talented player we've been watching developing nicely in @VAFA_HQ & @VFL for a few years.
Has been great to see Will Lewis make the step up this year & James is also capable of that should someone give him the right opportunity.

[SuperFooty (AFL) @superfooty]

A text from a former AFL player could prompt an AFL club to take notice and select North Melbourne VFL forward-ruckman James Tarrant in the mid-season draft.

READ 👉 https://t.co/XOXdviVH5S

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

@APH1991 Let's not open Pandora's jar (which, unbelievably, is actually correct).

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Couldn't agree more. No arguments - it's just flat out wrong, like "for all intensive purposes," and "could of."
So when we play that opposition again later in the season, do we call that 'reversing'??!
(Here ends the old man rant😆)

[Zero Hanger @zerohanger]

"When did 'versus' get desecrated?!"

Fair to say @StevoMedia isn't too happy with some of the terminology creeping into the footy vernacular.

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[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

He's eye-catching, Paul. Quick, zippy, smart, tidy.
Ideally suited to the modern game & looks a type who could thrive at the next level when the game is a little quicker & cleaner.

[Paul Amy @PaulAmy375]

Been a perky start to the VFL for Geelong's Jack Costello. Watched him have 22 disposals on debut against the Bees in Round 4 and he had 30 last Saturday against the Pies (ABC callers Jason Bennett and Daniel Harford certainly noticed him). Maybe tuck away the name.

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Famous names in action w/Cody Walker @CarltonReserves & Tom McGuane making Dogs debut on @ABCSport ABC iView/Listen 12pm ET.
We called Tom's Pies debut last yr. Now he chases his AFL dream w/@FootscrayVFL.
Great reminder not every Father-Son's a lock when we're tightening rules.

[Paul Amy @PaulAmy375]

Confirmed: Tom McGuane to play for the Bulldogs against the Blues tomorrow at Carlton.

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Little known fact: when FOX Footy started in 2002, we used an old truck like this as our control room because there wasn't time to build one.
The truck got driven into the loading dock & left there for years. The 'voiceover booth' was in the front where the driver sat!

[Rhett Bartlett @rhettrospective]

Behind the scenes of 1974 Grand Final broadcast

[Rhett Bartlett @rhettrospective]

Behind the scenes of 1974 Grand Final broadcast

[MLB @MLB]

TRAVIS BAZZANA'S FIRST MLB HOMER 🚨

[Tasmania Football Club @FC_Tasmania]

Apparently every successful club starts with a whiteboard...

[Jason Bennett @JasonBennettTV]

Catch flyin’ Gryan as the league-leading @GeelongVFL visit @CollingwoodVFL at Vic Park.
Bobby Hill aiming for a full game for Pies as he builds his fitness.
Enjoy our @abcsport VFL Match of the Day on ABC-TV in Vic, or streaming nationally on ABC iView & ABC Listen 12pm ET Sat.

[VFL / VFLW @VFL]

Gryan Miers headlines the list of big inclusions for this weekend's Smithy's VFL action 👀

See the Round 7 teams: https://t.co/4QxApR5IZ9