SiriusXM Adds Australian Football League Matches, Weekly Show with Eddie McGuire to Sports Lineup

Renowned Australian commentator and AFL Club President Eddie McGuire to host "Aussie Football Rules America with Eddie McGuire" every Thursday exclusively on SiriusXM

SiriusXM's AFL Match of the Week kicks off tonight, June 4 with a replay of the classic 2018 AFL Grand Final; Weekly games from 2020 season begin airing June 11 when season resumes

NEW YORK, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced today that it is adding Australian Football League programming to its sports lineup for the first time ever, featuring a new exclusive show hosted by Australian media icon Eddie McGuire, as well as play-by-play broadcasts of an AFL Match of the Week.

Aussie Football Rules America with Eddie McGuire will debut tonight, June 4^th and will air every Thursday from 6:00-7:00 pm ET, on SiriusXM's Dan Patrick Radio channel (ch. 211), recapping the previous week's AFL action and looking ahead at the exciting matches in the weekend ahead.

McGuire is a household name in Australia as one of the most prominent media personalities in his home country.  He has been deeply involved in Australian Rules Football throughout his life, from his days as a youth player and his first job as an Australian Rules Football statistician and reporter, to playing a leading role in his country's sport today. 

A passionate and devoted Collingwood fan since childhood, McGuire became one of the youngest Presidents in football when at 33 years of age he took over Australia's most famous club at its lowest period in its history.  Since then he has presided over Collingwood reclaiming its position as a powerhouse in Australian sport, both on and off the field, with the building of state of the art training facilities and being central to the rebuilding of the Melbourne Cricket Ground where Collingwood regularly plays in front of crowds of over 90,000 people.  On the field Collingwood won the Grand Final of 2010 and has been to the big dance in 2002, 2003, 2010 (for a draw and a famous replay win), 2011 and 2018.  Collingwood has also made the playoffs 12 times in that period.