{"id":39548,"date":"2021-02-28T07:39:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T08:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39548"},"modified":"2021-02-28T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T11:10:49","slug":"mcavaney-announces-shock-afl-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=39548","title":{"rendered":"McAvaney announces shock AFL departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney has officially called time on his career as an AFL commentator.<\/p>\n<p>McAvaney, 67, won&#x27;t be in the commentary box for the 2021 AFL season with Channel 7 after deciding it was the right time to take a step back.<\/p>\n<p>To date, McAvaney has amassed 1000 AFL matches and has called a total of 20 Grand Finals throughout his career, which started back in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I felt like I got to a stage in my career where I had to reduce my workload,&quot; hold told 7 NEWS<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m going to miss it enormously, I just visualise when Richmond and Carlton run out there in round one, and the ball is bounced, I&#x27;m going to climb a wall somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m going to have to move on and just be a fan like everybody else.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"c35f7e9f-4ce6-4126-9b4f-7049b52ddaf1\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c35f7e9f-4ce6-4126-9b4f-7049b52ddaf1\" alt=\"Bruce McAvaney\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>James Brayshaw is expected to step into McAvaney&#x27;s role alongside Brian Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>McAvaney&#x27;s announcement today means last year&#x27;s Grand Final between Richmond and Geelong was officially his last as an AFL caller. It&#x27;s understood he will continue his commitments with horse racing and the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>His announcement to step down from his AFL commitments was met with a number of tributes from fans across social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFL\/status\/1365939832858443782\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFL\/status\/1365939832858443782<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WilkoSam\/status\/1365936770525761536\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WilkoSam\/status\/1365936770525761536<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielCherny\/status\/1365927551491706882\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielCherny\/status\/1365927551491706882<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TitusOReily\/status\/1365936779648331777\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TitusOReily\/status\/1365936779648331777<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashbrowne\/status\/1365930796545044483\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashbrowne\/status\/1365930796545044483<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney has officially called time on his career as an AFL commentator. 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