Hi Rhett,
After reading this post of yours, I signed up for Foxtel on Xbox, believing that the "afl" channel included on the standard pack would be showing all afl games this year, and then I found this information on the Foxtel website:
http://www.foxtel.com.au/shop/get-foxtel/sports/afl/default.htm
which claims "
The new channel (Fox Footy) will be included in the Sports Channel Pack at no extra charge for residential subscribers."
Which suggests I will have to upgrade to the Sports Pack to receive this new channel. I'm hoping I haven't been misled.