Before the Game was an Australian rules football comedy panel television show which aired on Network Ten on 1 March 2003 until 27 September 2013.

The show was hosted by Andrew Maher with regular panelists Mick Molloy, Dave Hughes, Anthony Lehmann and Neroli Meadows.

The format of the show was light-hearted discussion and analysis of Australian Football League (AFL) news and views and included appearances by current players.

However, in 2012, Ten confirmed the show would return, with the entire panel from the previous year in its regular 6:30pm time slot, and that the format may be altered slightly.

The Ten Network was contractually bound to telecast the Bledisloe Cup rugby union test series live on its main channel, hence the change.

Jason Cloke, Chris Tarrant Each week, panel members took turns at reading out humorous, fictional football-related newspaper headlines.

This segment began in 2013 and involved Dave Hughes attending a selected team's training and 'stirring them up' with humorous asides about their club and various players.

Footballers involved have included Bryan Strauchan, Brendan Fevola, Scott West, Jason Akermanis and Adam Selwood.

The junior football club of the player with the highest score at the end of the year would receive a hot water system.

On the 2006 Grand Final episode of Before the Game, he was involved in a Wayne Carey-like incident, and this forced him to leave the Collingwood Football Club and look for a new home in 2007.

Strauchanie looked far from making his AFL debut match, but he did not give up the hard work he has shown at Collingwood Football Club.