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TennisAUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL PORTAL
Australian rules football, less formally known as "Aussie rules", or simply "footy", is a code of football which originated in Melbourne, Australia – the rules were chiefly created by Thomas Wentworth Wills.
The game is played between two teams of 18 players (plus interchange players), on cricket ovals or similar-sized grassed arenas which vary in size and may be up to 185 metres (600 ft) long; these are much larger than those used by other codes of football. The game is also distinguished from other games by the fast, relatively free movement of the ball (partly due to the absence of an offside rule) and the awarding of a free kick for any clean catch – known as a mark – of a ball which has been kicked more than 15 metres (49 ft). Spectacular high marks, or "speckies", tackles and fast, fluid play are the game's main attributes as a spectator sport. Despite the game's sometimes rough physical nature, players do not usually wear protective clothing. Although it is a winter sport, pre-season competitions usually begin in late February (that is, in the Australian summer); the football season proper is from March to August, with finals being held in September.
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is the elite, professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football. It was formerly known as the Victorian Football League (prior to 1990), and was established in 1897.
See 2011 AFL season for information on this year's AFL competition.
Team Current
NicknameJoined
VFL/AFLAdelaide Football Club Crows 1991 Brisbane Lions Lions 1997 Carlton Football Club Blues 1897 Collingwood Football Club Magpies 1897 Essendon Football Club Bombers 1897 Fremantle Football Club Dockers 1995 Geelong Football Club Cats 1897 Gold Coast Football Club Suns 2011 Hawthorn Football Club Hawks 1925 North Melbourne Football Club Kangaroos 1925 Melbourne Football Club Demons 1897 Port Adelaide Football Club Power 1997 Richmond Football Club Tigers 1908 St Kilda Football Club Saints 1897 Sydney Swans Swans 1897 West Coast Eagles Eagles 1987 Western Bulldogs Bulldogs 1925 Other Leagues
Apart from the AFL, which is the only elite, fully professional league in the sport of Australian rules, there are numerous other leagues, at state level or amateur level. See List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia and List of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia.
Main leagues at state level include:
- AFL Canberra (part of AFL NSW/ACT)
- AFL Sydney (formerly Sydney AFL, part of AFL NSW/ACT)
- Northern Territory Football League (NTAFL)
- Queensland Australian Football League (AFL Queensland, formerly Queensland Australian Football League
- South Australian National Football League (SANFL, formerly SAFL)
- Tasmanian Football League
- Victorian Football League (formerly VFA)
- West Australian Football League (WAFL, formerly WANFL)
Some clubs from AFL Canberra, Northern Territory Football League and Queensland Australian Football League have formed the new North East Australian Football League, with its first season in 2011.
Australian rules football outside Australia
- List of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia
- Around the world
- In Canada
- In Japan
- In Nauru
- In New Zealand
- In Pakistan
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Women's Australian rules football (also known as Women's Aussie Rules, Women's footy, Women's AFL or in areas where it is popular, simply football) is a fast growing sport played at senior level in Australia, United States, England, New Zealand, Canada and Japan. At junior level, it is also played in Papua New Guinea, Argentina and South Africa. At a schoolgirls level, it is also played in Tonga and Samoa...
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An Australian rules football match at the Richmond Paddock, Melbourne, in about 1866. The building in the background is the Melbourne Cricket Ground pavilion.
Did you know?
- ...that the Brownlow Medal has never been won by a single player more than three times?
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