What is Australian Rules Football?

Australian Rules Football Is Hard To Explain. Hopefully This Video Helps. Find Out More at www.usfooty.com

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[Pablo Earp]

In 1982, as a means of filling overnight programming in its incipiency, ESPN began showing recaps of action from the then-Victorian Football League. Thanks to the Seven Network and then-lead commentator Peter Landy, a teenager in South Dakota became hooked on Aussie Rules football. And I'm still hooked three decades later. This video provides a great introduction to the game for those unfamiliar with it. Well done.

[Margarethe Wende]

You need to bounce it / touch it on the ground ever 15m

[fadoob]

That's the international rules version. It's played every couple of years between Ireland and Australia. It's a hybrid of Aussie Rules and Gaelic Football.

[MaCk0y7]

Once, on Eurosport, they were showing an (I think) Aussie rules match but besides the normal goalposts, there were also goalposts with nets with goalies just like in football (soccer). Is that a modified version of Aussie rules or is it called something else ?

[uncletomalex]

Why is it called Aussie rules "football"? It looks more similar to rugby IMO...

[69ETaouk]

Have living in Sydney and Melboune NRL is so much more funner to play and exciting to watch than afl! <3RLeague

[Justin Pearce]

where do you live Volkmord? There are several amateur teams that play in Sweden, including where I live in Göteborg..

[Volkmord]

I'm not interested in sports, and certainly not soccer where they cry like faggots everytime they fall. But this! This is sport with actual men playing it! If they would broadcast Australian football here in Sweden i would watch it for sure.

[Joel Cowell]

im geussing you go for hawks?

[RubasJLeone]

As a HUGE sports fan, i simply don't understand why so many people dismiss and disrespect Australian Football...

I mean, i enjoy and respect pretty much every sport (Rugby, Footy, American Football, Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, etc etc etc...) and i can't understand why so much hate and contempt towards a sport that seems pretty fun to me...

I can understand we all have the right to like and dislike whatever we want, you don't need to like it! But at least can you have some respect for it?

[nextpkfr]

The reasons this isn't an international sport:

1. It originated in Australia. We don't have a large influence on the rest of the world.

2. Its official name is 'Australian Rules'. That name doesn't exactly enamour the sport with other countries.

3. The strength in sports like soccer, hockey, cricket, basketball and tennis is that you can play them properly with just a few people. This is a very difficult sport for amateurs. That's why more often than not people just play markings up.

[nextpkfr]

It depends where you hit them. There's no rule against bumping someone's shoulder with a 'shoulder charge' obviously. The protected area is the neck, so you're not allowed to hip and shoulder from the front.