With the opening bounce of the season just around the corner and the reactions from Americans just beginning to learn our game, really tickles my fancy. I love footy and am so thankful…I know what the f*ck is going on.
AFL Has a lot of skill but definitely not tackling, not one game have I seen that has proper tackling technique, if you want to see it go watch rugby league.
We love seeing Americans see our game for the first time! It’s one of the world’s oldest, if not the world’s oldest codified sport. Being in the crowd at a good match is just one of life’s greatest joys. The crowds are full of children, old ladies, everyone, and the members OWN the clubs! Deaths are extremely rare. Injuries are not rare. Head injuries are recently become a hot topic and rules have been changed to prevent concussed players going back into the game and so on. We love our game! Footy is the most exciting sport in the world. Women play too in their own league, they are astonishing. So tough and skilled. Welcome to footy!
Rugby was codified a little before Aussie Rules, but Aussie Rules was codified before all the other kinds of football including Association Football (soccer).
For context, these types of hits don't happen all the time every game. They are also being progressively removed from the game because of the danger of damage to the head. No doubt it's still a very physical game though!
I thought that too. In the old footage they would have got away with a lot of these, but nowadays most of these hits would end up in a suspension, especially any to the head. A pretty long one when you knock someone unconscious
@@olz33 Nfl is more dangerous, they wear pads, which increases the feeling of invulnerability, therefore leading to less restraint, therefore larger injuries
@@MrReallogs no chance, an nfl player has a 28% chance of being concussed once through their career, an afl player on average gets 6 per 1000 hours played (including training) that definitively shows that afl has more damaging injuries...
I'm a US fan who gets all of the games. 2 weeks ago, there were over 96,000 fans at the Essendon and Collingwood game. I've been a fan since the early 80s, when ESPN was first starting, and they would show the AFL. It's not as violent as it used to be. Safety issues took precedence as the years have gone on, but it's still a tough game with remarkable athletes. These are, of course, highlights, but a good AFL game is fast-paced and exciting.
I'm from Australia and played for 20 plus year I'm only in my mid 30s and have more injuries then I like to admit (both knees are gone both ankles and my left shoulder and five of my fingers
Only to some, if you live in New South Wales or Queensland your religion is usually Rugby Union, or the Devil's alternative, Rugby League... (& Note that Yoda doesn't follow either of these: "There is no try!")
I was in tears 😂 watching you guys react to this, my stomach is hurting from laughing!! These guys are so fit and tough and they are multi skilled . I watch Rugby League but I do have a lot of respect for what these guys do as well. This was hilarious to watch 😂
As an Australian not to down talk AFL but tbh there are plenty of sports for tougher more athletic people, rugby, water polo, MMA to name a few... BUT still there's nothing quite like watching the AFL Grand Finals!
@@iLuSi0nS bro thank you. i have nothing against afl but the fans that talk out of their asses really bother me. the ones that say its the most skillful sport and use the fact they run 14km a match do my head in, as well as the ones that say its the only sport that has elements of soccer, basketball, nfl and rugby are on crack. you could 100 percent use the kicking and aerial skills for rugby but thats it. you couldnt use the skills or intelligence for any other sport
@@lukechopper3950 it is one of the tougher sports out there to play(at least regarding ball sports). No pads, massive playing field, high stamina as well as physicality and the fact that there is almost 2hrs of playing time adding up all the 4Qs. And I’ve watched most of the popular sports out there(soccer, nfl, basketball, baseball, cricket etc).
@@blazer7731 i was talking more about the skill aspect not the toughness. if we're talking about toughness, every contact team sport is equally as tough as one another just in different aspects and ways
@@stevehandford5530 Women have been demanding for years that they get paid as much as the Men in Tennis. I suspect there is going to be a huge influx of men in skirts and lipstick holding up trophies.
If you want to watch a game, watch the 1989 Grand Final between Geelong and Hawthorn. One of the toughest games I have ever seen. Most of the big hits are against the rules and a lot of suspensions were handed out after the game. But some of the players that were hit played out the game with broken ribs, punctured lungs etc. One of the best games I have ever seen . Love to watch your reaction to that game
Absolutely one of the toughest I’ve ever watched. (Was this the one where the bastards came out and knocked out Tuck in the first 5 minutes? Or was that the other Geelong Hawthorn grand final?)
I think that was a few years earlier. This one Brereton was shirt fronted at the opening bounce and basically put out of the game, although he played on and kicked a goal or maybe 2. Dipper and others were attacked during the game. He played the last 2 quarters with broken ribs and a punctured lung. @@jacquimott386
This game was invented to keep the Australian cricket teams fit during winter. It's the longest running football league started way back in the 1850's. Yep, yer gotta be fit & tough to play AFL. Really like your reactions. Cheers from Sydney, AU.
G'day from down under! Good to see you American blokes watching AFL content and getting a kick out of it. What makes our game different to rugby is that it's 360 degrees, with no offside rule. Which basically means you can get hit from any direction instead of straight on. Everybody knows it's the hits you don't see coming that hurt the most. Would love to see more reactions to our great game. You blokes are hilarious Cheers
The older days when they said "He was hit fair and square" on a completely illegal challenge haha, Hope you enjoy the footy boys. Much love from Melbourne Australia
Australian here and watching you boys react to some real footy was pure gold. We don’t have the concussion issues American league has either. Our boys know how to take a hit.
@@bibsp3556 absolutely! you feel the respect for each other on the field. You can take a solid hit and congratulate the guy as he gives you a hand back up. There is a genuine love for the game, not for simply winning or being “the best”
Yeah, this sport is pretty brutal. I had to stop playing when I was 24 because I was falling apart. In the last 2 seasons I played, both shoulders dislocated, with one repeatedly coming out every other week. I was concussed 4 times in about 3 months. Back then, the science on concussions was nowhere near what it was today, so I'd play the week after a concussion. I broke my hand. Dislocated my thumb, middle finger, and pinky all in one incident. Then, I had groin problems as well. I was unable to work properly during the week, so much so my boss threatened to sack me if I didn't quit playing. But I ended up quitting because I felt like I had the body of a 50 year old despite only being 24. I don't regret playing, but I'm glad I quit when I did. I played in defence mostly, and it was my job to get hit and put myself in some really dangerous and stupid positions. It still blows my mind how some pros can play in that same position and play for 15 years.
This is the best sport in the world and finally with TH-cam reactions like yours the world is beginning to see how great it is. Perhaps watch “what is AFL” and check out the only American in the league, Mason Cox, such a great story about how he got here.
I played an amateur game of this today. My eye got poked pretty bad, both calf’s cramped simultaneously, pulled a a groin muscle slightly and am a bit beat up from crashing into other players for about 120 mins (preseason game was longer 6 quarters instead of 4). It’s a hell of a fun game to play.
Non Australians watching AFL is the funniest thing. Loved playing when I was a younger man I was knocked out once, was not a well boy that night. Was great fun!!
Try to remember this is a compilation of BIG HITS. There is incredible skill in AFL but there not showing you an average game of AFL.Once you know the rules the punishments etc of the game it's a fast paced, exciting game to watch .Afl fans are quite fanatical which heightens its intensity. Great sport to watch on the weekends too.
" you know how exciting this is? It doesn't stop!! " got me in stitches y'all gotta watch you AFL rules explained trust me there's more rules than y'all are thinking 😂
Aussie rules is one of the best games in the world. I’ve lived in many parts of the globe and AFL rates in my top three. It’s extremely fast, entertaining watching players. They avg running 15 to 20 km per game, which is insane. Also, can be very dangerous. Incredible.
I'm 54 still playing in the masters league..started playing in the men's grade at 14. This is the greatest game on earth. We have stamina and foot skills equal to if not better than soccer. We hit as hard as rugby. Jump higher than basketball and have plays and strategies equal to NFL.
There are 18 players on each team infield at a time…it’s a lot of players but without an offside rule and a big field it’s still very challenging to cover the field and you’ll find every player who makes it to the top grade has incredible endurance.
What your actually missing here is the “aftermath”. Most of these guys taking massive hits spring up from the ground straight afterwards and continue on playing. It’s not like soccer where they fall to the ground, clutching their ankle, trying to “milk a penalty” from the referee because their opponent gazed in their general direction. Shit happens. They just “get on with it” (although a bit dazed and worse for wear).
Yeah, spot on. You just have to get up and keep contributing unless you break something or are actually unconscious. I think a main point of difference is that is we kick a snag our celebrating may be a quick fist pump as opposed to that bullshit soccer players go on with or the choreographed dances of American footballers.
@@leglessinoz Don’t they have to get rid of the entire team at some stage, and run on a new team? Offence and defence? Adjust their padding? Put on a helmet? Talk to the coach? Take a knee? The AFL players usually “take a knee” to the chest or the back. Then they get up off the ground and keep on playing. “Time Out” for a stretcher is acceptable.
The AFL 2023 season starts March 16th, I am not sure where you can see it. The game is not all huge bumps and breaking necks, it is also a bit like Soccer with setting up goal, it is a great sport, but in these videos they only put the best and roughest parts of many games. Watch the games from the 16th of March. You could also watch 25 years of the USAFL, there are quite a lot of AFL clubs playing in the USA, so if you live near one of these clubs you could play or watch a game there.
Hi guys - not all of these hits are legal. If you are going to lay a hit (the proper term is a 'hip and shoulder') on someone, the onus is on you to ensure you don't make contact with the other person's head. If you do, you will be reported by the umpire (the AFL version of a yellow card, I guess), and the incident will be scrutinized after the match and the infringing player will have to plead their case as to why they should not be penalized. Generally speaking, if your eyes are on the ball and feet are on the ground when you make contact with someone's head it will usually be deemed an accident and no penalty given. As soon as you take your eyes off the ball or your feet off the ground and you make contact with someone's head, it will likely be considered careless conduct and you receive a fine or suspension, depending on the level of impact and the severity of the other person's injury. Some players have received suspensions of multiple weeks after seriously concussing their opponents. Concussion is the most common injury in the AFL so it is taken very seriously. I recommend checking out What is AFL, or the updated version A Beginner's Guide to AFL - both are videos put out by the AFL, going over the basic rules and gameplay.
One of the most fun and contact sport I've played. Rugby for 4 years, AFL for 10 and I would say AFL is one of not just the toughest, but fittest games to play. You start a fight in afl, they continue the game, any other sport, they stop the game and penalise.
This is the greatest game in the world and watching a game at the MCG is just the best. Was so much tougher years ago owing to its very rough working class roots. All Americana should watch a game at some point
@@sammy_dog and how does that change the fact that mason cox ISN'T the only american to be recruited into the AFL , if holmes never played a single minute he was still recruited onto an AFL list .
@@muncheesuppar there is a clue in the first few words of the op's statement You need to check out Mason Cox Don't Believe in Never why would you want to see a 10 sec highlight package Jason Holmes also there are more American that were recruited Shae McNamara being the first others include Eric Wallace Patrick Mitchell and Matt Korcheck also Sanford Wheeler AKA Mathew Wheeler played about 40-50 games he was American born but his family moved over here when he was about 7-8
Bro, The atmosphere at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 'MCG' is the most incredible experience ever. Especially when it's rival teams ie. Carlton vs Collingwood
Crazy sport. I play for school in my year 9/10 firsts team (all girls age 14-16 ish), watched a girl tear her ACL after getting tackled a few years back and continuing that game was scary to say the least. In one of my games this season, a girl got a black eye, one broke her arm, 2 threw up from the heat, a hand full came off bleeding and even more ended up covered with bruises. We all got back to training the next week feeling pumped as ever because injury proves we are putting it all in. Love the sport. Too bad some girls schools are banning AFL because of concussions. Americans reacting to AFL is top tier entertainment :)
Always great to see people taking an interest in AFL!! Just wanted to answer a few questions brought up for anyone interested; -The height of the goal makes no difference in score. -AFL players wear mouthguards, but they're fully within the mouth. I can see some NFL mouthguards have an external part just outside the mouth. Having said that, losing/chipping teeth is still a real risk. -Each team has 18 players on the field. -There's some rules about how you can tackle/bump other players and a few of these hits would've resulted in a penalty... although like most sports the rules were a bit more lax back in the day. -When you see another player leaning over a player who went down hard, they're usually just checking to see if they're ok. -AFL requires a fair amount of skill to play. The "Aussie Rules Explained" video said it best; height of a basketball player, hand and foot speed of an NFL wide receiver, and stamina greater than a soccer player.
No one has died playing AFL. How is this fun?? I played from under 18 to mid 20s and it was the best days of my life. Requires commitment and guts, you give and take it and at the end shake hands with the opposition.
@@darrenpants2700 Every town and suburb (just about) has a club , playing in a league with roughly nine other teams.And each league varies in the level of quality played.Even at a senior level we have the first eighteen and the seconds, so everyone who wants to play, despite their level of competence, can get a game.And if you just want to watch, you don't need to go to the AFL, you can wander over to your local park and see a game, during footy season.Even if you go in the morning, you can see the juniors kick the dew off the ground.They don't have those options in the U.S..Once they finish high school and if they are not good enough to play college level, their career is pretty much over.
watching the biggest hits complication is going to make the game seem brutal and scrappy but its not really like that. these only happen like 1/5 games
The old clips are the game I loved - they changed the whole spirit with rule changes etc. it’s much faster now and more technical and not so much brutal physicality
We do wear mouth gards when we play footy an the odd head helmet is worn just depends on the person if they want to wear them or not. I love hearing you boys talk about our awesome game it's grate fun to play 😊
There's 36 players on the field 18 on each team, 4 each on the bench. This is what you call real footy. The Australians wouldn't have the game any other way. Back in the 70's and 80's it was a brutal blood-sport until they cleaned it up in the 90's.
I love AFL because it’s such a fast, exciting game. Notice that these guys don’t wear any padding and it can get pretty rough at times. A player can tackle another player if he has the ball or collide into another player accidentally, but the the collision shouldn’t be deliberate or he’ll get suspended. Remember too that this is not just one game, but highlights of incidents from different games. Great reaction guys👍
More information required before criticism. When you watch a video that is titled "AFL biggest hits, you should expect to see the worst of the worst of them. When you learn more, you'll appreciate the game so much more. Please don't send the f'ing snowflakes our way to ruin our sport. It is the best game in the world with plenty of reactors proving that fact. The game has been shown to so many other sporting organizations that all have the same opinion of it being a highly dedicated, physically improbable sport unless they had seen it with their own eyes. There is not another game on the planet where you can use other players as a step ladder to fight for possession of the ball. This sport is played with a hell of a lot more skill than you have given it credit for and i know you'll appreciate a sport that is older than most other sporting entities that you could name. The league itself is almost 150yrs old.
If. You haven’t already watched a full match then you will want to watch the 2018 Grand Final. It was a tough, hard fought game and is considered one of the greatest grand finals ever played, at least in the modern age.
Players can range in height from 5'6" up to 7'+. Mason Cox is an American from Texas, is one of the tallest players in the current AFL. Players range in weight from 63kg(139lbs) to 114kg(251lbs).
lol Aussies are wild, they have to 10 deadliest snakes, deadliest funnel web spider (house), killer jellyfish, crocs, sharks, Cassowaries (killer bird) so yeah this is what we do on the weekend for fun……. We get 90k odd spectators to just normal weekend games etc…… started playing when l was 5 to 33…. Hardest and toughest sport lve ever played :) love it ….
The greatest game. I played a few games when I was young. Kicked a few goals. Got a broken nose for my trouble. A guy jumped on my back once, for a mark, winded me. Play goes all ways, so you need good peripheral vision. I recommend the greatest marks (catches) - the most spectacular and unique part of the game. (The playing field is a big oval because it is played on cricket grounds. AFL is a winter sport. They play cricket in those stadiums in the summer.)
they do, actually, have mouth guards (They are even mandatory now), but very very few wear any form of padding other than a couple wearing padded helmets after significant head injuries. These guys are BIG... they look average but the taller guys are approaching 7', and the "sort guys' are generally around 6'1. They also run the 100 in 10 and change, and run around 10 miles every game. They are serious athletes
Bro, watching Americans react to afl is one of my favourite things
Facts.
With the opening bounce of the season just around the corner and the reactions from Americans just beginning to learn our game, really tickles my fancy. I love footy and am so thankful…I know what the f*ck is going on.
Same! They are so fascinated by it, I love it.
Yea I dunno why I enjoy it so much ay. But I really do. Aussie gang!
Lmaoo bad, kinda wish it blows up on memes or something because it sucks no one knows about it
Nothing entertains me more than watching internationals react to AFL. I love this sport
Same. These guys are hilarious.
Hahaha it's awesome
No sport requires a bigger range of skills than AFL. Running, tackling, kicking, dodging, sheer toughness. Awesome game, and DANGEROUS!
Tackling and dangerous lol what drugs are you on
Amen bro, im die hard Dogs...."American football" is like a slow moving game where they wear body armour! LOL
MMA
AFL Has a lot of skill but definitely not tackling, not one game have I seen that has proper tackling technique, if you want to see it go watch rugby league.
And a massive cardio
4:20 Mouth guards are pretty well mandatory in this sport. Players who forget to bring and wear them tend to regret their oversight.
And sometimes they get anwhite mouthguard with a black square fl😂
We love seeing Americans see our game for the first time!
It’s one of the world’s oldest, if not the world’s oldest codified sport.
Being in the crowd at a good match is just one of life’s greatest joys. The crowds are full of children, old ladies, everyone, and the members OWN the clubs!
Deaths are extremely rare. Injuries are not rare. Head injuries are recently become a hot topic and rules have been changed to prevent concussed players going back into the game and so on.
We love our game! Footy is the most exciting sport in the world.
Women play too in their own league, they are astonishing. So tough and skilled.
Welcome to footy!
Rugby was codified a little before Aussie Rules, but Aussie Rules was codified before all the other kinds of football including Association Football (soccer).
You guys reactions to watching this is a great comedy act. This is real men's sport, no padding, no helmets. Tough as nails.
For context, these types of hits don't happen all the time every game. They are also being progressively removed from the game because of the danger of damage to the head. No doubt it's still a very physical game though!
So glad someone said it!
I thought that too. In the old footage they would have got away with a lot of these, but nowadays most of these hits would end up in a suspension, especially any to the head. A pretty long one when you knock someone unconscious
yeah like its dangerous but idk if its significantly more dangerous than the NFL
@@olz33 Nfl is more dangerous, they wear pads, which increases the feeling of invulnerability, therefore leading to less restraint, therefore larger injuries
@@MrReallogs no chance, an nfl player has a 28% chance of being concussed once through their career, an afl player on average gets 6 per 1000 hours played (including training) that definitively shows that afl has more damaging injuries...
I'm a US fan who gets all of the games. 2 weeks ago, there were over 96,000 fans at the Essendon and Collingwood game. I've been a fan since the early 80s, when ESPN was first starting, and they would show the AFL. It's not as violent as it used to be. Safety issues took precedence as the years have gone on, but it's still a tough game with remarkable athletes. These are, of course, highlights, but a good AFL game is fast-paced and exciting.
I was one of those 96k people in attendance that day, crazy to think isn’t it? GO PIES
Go pies 🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
MAGPIES!
I'm from Australia and played for 20 plus year I'm only in my mid 30s and have more injuries then I like to admit (both knees are gone both ankles and my left shoulder and five of my fingers
what a legend ! so cool to hear someone that supports the sport so passionately internationally .
Most skilled game of any footy code you will ever watch once you understand the game
No
@@joelhungerford8388 you think rugby is? Or soccer? How?
AFL isn’t just a sport to us Aussies, it’s a way of life. It’s a religion
Religion ! ?
Only to some, if you live in New South Wales or Queensland your religion is usually Rugby Union, or the Devil's alternative, Rugby League...
(& Note that Yoda doesn't follow either of these: "There is no try!")
Definitely
MATE 🤣
No, it is NOT 🚫
Love from Queensland ❤🤪
I was in tears 😂 watching you guys react to this, my stomach is hurting from laughing!!
These guys are so fit and tough and they are multi skilled .
I watch Rugby League but I do have a lot of respect for what these guys do as well.
This was hilarious to watch 😂
I watch every sport globally. AFL is by far and away the best spectator sport played by the hardest and toughest athletes in the world
where are you from bro?
As an Australian not to down talk AFL but tbh there are plenty of sports for tougher more athletic people, rugby, water polo, MMA to name a few...
BUT still there's nothing quite like watching the AFL Grand Finals!
@@iLuSi0nS bro thank you. i have nothing against afl but the fans that talk out of their asses really bother me. the ones that say its the most skillful sport and use the fact they run 14km a match do my head in, as well as the ones that say its the only sport that has elements of soccer, basketball, nfl and rugby are on crack. you could 100 percent use the kicking and aerial skills for rugby but thats it. you couldnt use the skills or intelligence for any other sport
@@lukechopper3950 it is one of the tougher sports out there to play(at least regarding ball sports). No pads, massive playing field, high stamina as well as physicality and the fact that there is almost 2hrs of playing time adding up all the 4Qs. And I’ve watched most of the popular sports out there(soccer, nfl, basketball, baseball, cricket etc).
@@blazer7731 i was talking more about the skill aspect not the toughness. if we're talking about toughness, every contact team sport is equally as tough as one another just in different aspects and ways
Welcome to Australia boys. 🥃👍
These days it's a bit weak. Rather watch tennis
@@stevehandford5530Boring game and comment, watch tennis then
@@PunkyMuskRat I probably will. With your mum.
@@stevehandford5530 Women have been demanding for years that they get paid as much as the Men in Tennis. I suspect there is going to be a huge influx of men in skirts and lipstick holding up trophies.
Couldn't say it better
36 men... 4 20 minute quarters, run on average 10 mile a game. Most fit athletic sportsmen in the world. GLADIATORS
Don’t you love our commentators? 😂 they get more excited than the fans at times 💜🇦🇺
Dennis and Bruce ftw.
Exceptionally fit men that run 7.5 to 12 miles in a game.
There’s 18 from each team on the ground and 4 on the bench. These fellas have to run hard.
If you want to watch a game, watch the 1989 Grand Final between Geelong and Hawthorn. One of the toughest games I have ever seen. Most of the big hits are against the rules and a lot of suspensions were handed out after the game. But some of the players that were hit played out the game with broken ribs, punctured lungs etc. One of the best games I have ever seen . Love to watch your reaction to that game
Absolutely one of the toughest I’ve ever watched. (Was this the one where the bastards came out and knocked out Tuck in the first 5 minutes? Or was that the other Geelong Hawthorn grand final?)
I think that was a few years earlier. This one Brereton was shirt fronted at the opening bounce and basically put out of the game, although he played on and kicked a goal or maybe 2. Dipper and others were attacked during the game. He played the last 2 quarters with broken ribs and a punctured lung. @@jacquimott386
Love these type of reactions, we've had players finish the game with cracked ribs
This game was invented to keep the Australian cricket teams fit during winter. It's the longest running football league started way back in the 1850's. Yep, yer gotta be fit & tough to play AFL. Really like your reactions. Cheers from Sydney, AU.
G'day from down under! Good to see you American blokes watching AFL content and getting a kick out of it.
What makes our game different to rugby is that it's 360 degrees, with no offside rule. Which basically means you can get hit from any direction instead of straight on. Everybody knows it's the hits you don't see coming that hurt the most.
Would love to see more reactions to our great game. You blokes are hilarious
Cheers
Yeah i is the 360 thing that makes the game different and result in players remembering other players, who they will get revenge on.
Funniest reaction vid I've seen in a while. You guys should really come to Australia and experience a live game. You really should.
Totally. Packed out AFL stadium is the best day out.
The older days when they said "He was hit fair and square" on a completely illegal challenge haha, Hope you enjoy the footy boys. Much love from Melbourne Australia
Australian here and watching you boys react to some real footy was pure gold. We don’t have the concussion issues American league has either. Our boys know how to take a hit.
And how to land a hit. You're not trying to kill the guy, but you wanna hurt em fair and square. A good hit to the body is such a good feeling.
@@bibsp3556 absolutely! you feel the respect for each other on the field. You can take a solid hit and congratulate the guy as he gives you a hand back up. There is a genuine love for the game, not for simply winning or being “the best”
Tell that to Danny Frawley and Shane Tuck.
@@barefootbooks69 touche!
Yeah, this sport is pretty brutal. I had to stop playing when I was 24 because I was falling apart.
In the last 2 seasons I played, both shoulders dislocated, with one repeatedly coming out every other week. I was concussed 4 times in about 3 months. Back then, the science on concussions was nowhere near what it was today, so I'd play the week after a concussion. I broke my hand. Dislocated my thumb, middle finger, and pinky all in one incident.
Then, I had groin problems as well.
I was unable to work properly during the week, so much so my boss threatened to sack me if I didn't quit playing.
But I ended up quitting because I felt like I had the body of a 50 year old despite only being 24.
I don't regret playing, but I'm glad I quit when I did. I played in defence mostly, and it was my job to get hit and put myself in some really dangerous and stupid positions. It still blows my mind how some pros can play in that same position and play for 15 years.
Bullshit that's why you stopped playing, you can't get a kick, 😢😢 (jocking)
This is the best sport in the world and finally with TH-cam reactions like yours the world is beginning to see how great it is. Perhaps watch “what is AFL” and check out the only American in the league, Mason Cox, such a great story about how he got here.
Welcome to the best footy code in the world!!!! AFL!!!
Why didnt you say universe? Lol you know how stupid you make afl fans look when you say that
New Yorkers/Italian-Americans reacting to AFL should be it's own Netflix series.
I played an amateur game of this today. My eye got poked pretty bad, both calf’s cramped simultaneously, pulled a a groin muscle slightly and am a bit beat up from crashing into other players for about 120 mins (preseason game was longer 6 quarters instead of 4).
It’s a hell of a fun game to play.
Well did you win 😂
@@eded1713 no. Got rolled 😆.
Not my mum? That would be ...no...wait...was that you? ...dad...?😮
Non Australians watching AFL is the funniest thing. Loved playing when I was a younger man I was knocked out once, was not a well boy that night. Was great fun!!
Afl is strange to watch for most nsw and qld too
I live in Adelaide, South Australia and going to watch a game live is awesome
Try to remember this is a compilation of BIG HITS. There is incredible skill in AFL but there not showing you an average game of AFL.Once you know the rules the punishments etc of the game it's a fast paced, exciting game to watch .Afl fans are quite fanatical which heightens its intensity. Great sport to watch on the weekends too.
" you know how exciting this is? It doesn't stop!! " got me in stitches y'all gotta watch you AFL rules explained trust me there's more rules than y'all are thinking 😂
Aussie rules is one of the best games in the world. I’ve lived in many parts of the globe and AFL rates in my top three. It’s extremely fast, entertaining watching players. They avg running 15 to 20 km per game, which is insane. Also, can be very dangerous. Incredible.
Watches a compilation called "Biggest Hits" and then wonders why it's full of ppl running into each other.😂
I'm 54 still playing in the masters league..started playing in the men's grade at 14. This is the greatest game on earth. We have stamina and foot skills equal to if not better than soccer. We hit as hard as rugby. Jump higher than basketball and have plays and strategies equal to NFL.
There are 18 players on each team infield at a time…it’s a lot of players but without an offside rule and a big field it’s still very challenging to cover the field and you’ll find every player who makes it to the top grade has incredible endurance.
What your actually missing here is the “aftermath”. Most of these guys taking massive hits spring up from the ground straight afterwards and continue on playing. It’s not like soccer where they fall to the ground, clutching their ankle, trying to “milk a penalty” from the referee because their opponent gazed in their general direction. Shit happens. They just “get on with it” (although a bit dazed and worse for wear).
Yeah, spot on. You just have to get up and keep contributing unless you break something or are actually unconscious. I think a main point of difference is that is we kick a snag our celebrating may be a quick fist pump as opposed to that bullshit soccer players go on with or the choreographed dances of American footballers.
Or in NFL where the game just stops every time someone successfully runs 5 metres.
@@leglessinoz Don’t they have to get rid of the entire team at some stage, and run on a new team? Offence and defence? Adjust their padding? Put on a helmet? Talk to the coach? Take a knee?
The AFL players usually “take a knee” to the chest or the back. Then they get up off the ground and keep on playing. “Time Out” for a stretcher is acceptable.
Its because they're not big hits. Lol from someone who played league and union growing up it always makes me laugh when afl folk talk about big hits
It’s literally the greatest sport invented. Height of NBA players, fitness of European footballers, 70-80% strength of American footballers. Insane.
The AFL 2023 season starts March 16th, I am not sure where you can see it. The game is not all huge bumps and breaking necks, it is also a bit like Soccer with setting up goal, it is a great sport, but in these videos they only put the best and roughest parts of many games. Watch the games from the 16th of March. You could also watch 25 years of the USAFL, there are quite a lot of AFL clubs playing in the USA, so if you live near one of these clubs you could play or watch a game there.
Just like many other Aussies watching people react to AFL is great lol
It’s so much less violent now than when I was growing up in the 80s
"Take these guys to a bar".....
Craig Bradley and Tony Lockett linking their lips 🤣🤣🤣
Hi guys - not all of these hits are legal. If you are going to lay a hit (the proper term is a 'hip and shoulder') on someone, the onus is on you to ensure you don't make contact with the other person's head. If you do, you will be reported by the umpire (the AFL version of a yellow card, I guess), and the incident will be scrutinized after the match and the infringing player will have to plead their case as to why they should not be penalized. Generally speaking, if your eyes are on the ball and feet are on the ground when you make contact with someone's head it will usually be deemed an accident and no penalty given. As soon as you take your eyes off the ball or your feet off the ground and you make contact with someone's head, it will likely be considered careless conduct and you receive a fine or suspension, depending on the level of impact and the severity of the other person's injury. Some players have received suspensions of multiple weeks after seriously concussing their opponents. Concussion is the most common injury in the AFL so it is taken very seriously.
I recommend checking out What is AFL, or the updated version A Beginner's Guide to AFL - both are videos put out by the AFL, going over the basic rules and gameplay.
Aussie rules footy is awesome. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
Welcome to Aussie Rules boys and love the enthusiasm. Best game on the planet.
One of the most fun and contact sport I've played. Rugby for 4 years, AFL for 10 and I would say AFL is one of not just the toughest, but fittest games to play. You start a fight in afl, they continue the game, any other sport, they stop the game and penalise.
hahaha your reactions are gold!
4:04 monsoon saying nobody fills the stands at afl games is hilarious 😂
This is the greatest game in the world and watching a game at the MCG is just the best. Was so much tougher years ago owing to its very rough working class roots. All Americana should watch a game at some point
Lol its even a foreign sport to half of Australia. How do you expect this to ever catch on overseas. Seriously get out of ur bubble
This is the national game that boy AND girls are brought up on.
You need to check out Mason Cox Don't Believe in Never...the only American to be recuited into the AFL
apart from touk miller and jason holmes you mean.
@@muncheesuppar you do know Touk was born in Melbourne and Jason Holmes only played a handful of games right
@@sammy_dog and how does that change the fact that mason cox ISN'T the only american to be recruited into the AFL , if holmes never played a single minute he was still recruited onto an AFL list .
@@muncheesuppar there is a clue in the first few words of the op's statement You need to check out Mason Cox Don't Believe in Never why would you want to see a 10 sec highlight package Jason Holmes also there are more American that were recruited Shae McNamara being the first others include Eric Wallace Patrick Mitchell and Matt Korcheck also Sanford Wheeler AKA Mathew Wheeler played about 40-50 games he was American born but his family moved over here when he was about 7-8
Cox, most over rated player.
Bro, The atmosphere at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 'MCG' is the most incredible experience ever. Especially when it's rival teams ie. Carlton vs Collingwood
Crazy sport. I play for school in my year 9/10 firsts team (all girls age 14-16 ish), watched a girl tear her ACL after getting tackled a few years back and continuing that game was scary to say the least. In one of my games this season, a girl got a black eye, one broke her arm, 2 threw up from the heat, a hand full came off bleeding and even more ended up covered with bruises. We all got back to training the next week feeling pumped as ever because injury proves we are putting it all in. Love the sport. Too bad some girls schools are banning AFL because of concussions. Americans reacting to AFL is top tier entertainment :)
Always great to see people taking an interest in AFL!! Just wanted to answer a few questions brought up for anyone interested;
-The height of the goal makes no difference in score.
-AFL players wear mouthguards, but they're fully within the mouth. I can see some NFL mouthguards have an external part just outside the mouth. Having said that, losing/chipping teeth is still a real risk.
-Each team has 18 players on the field.
-There's some rules about how you can tackle/bump other players and a few of these hits would've resulted in a penalty... although like most sports the rules were a bit more lax back in the day.
-When you see another player leaning over a player who went down hard, they're usually just checking to see if they're ok.
-AFL requires a fair amount of skill to play. The "Aussie Rules Explained" video said it best; height of a basketball player, hand and foot speed of an NFL wide receiver, and stamina greater than a soccer player.
Played this for 24 years. Hurtin a bit now 😀
Same here mate and I retired 25 years ago.
I love it, just goes to show how much of a tougher breed us Aussies are than the yanks.
No one has died playing AFL.
How is this fun?? I played from under 18 to mid 20s and it was the best days of my life. Requires commitment and guts, you give and take it and at the end shake hands with the opposition.
I started playing for my primary school, played on through under age and then seniors.
@@petermcculloch4933 me too. Just commenting on my senior years.
@@darrenpants2700 Every town and suburb (just about) has a club , playing in a league with roughly nine other teams.And each league varies in the level of quality played.Even at a senior level we have the first eighteen and the seconds, so everyone who wants to play, despite their level of competence, can get a game.And if you just want to watch, you don't need to go to the AFL, you can wander over to your local park and see a game, during footy season.Even if you go in the morning, you can see the juniors kick the dew off the ground.They don't have those options in the U.S..Once they finish high school and if they are not good enough to play college level, their career is pretty much over.
Love the reaction lads, I think almost every kid plays AFL or WAFL Iwomens), its a game with everything😉
As an Aussie I live for this stuff
The funny thing is. As boys, a majority of us started playing footy as kids, its pretty much second nature to play the game.
watching the biggest hits complication is going to make the game seem brutal and scrappy but its not really like that. these only happen like 1/5 games
Most of those guys are huge monsters.
Most players wear mouthguards
It was so funny to see your guys reactions, especially to the species and marks because thats just what kids do in school lol
The old clips are the game I loved - they changed the whole spirit with rule changes etc. it’s much faster now and more technical and not so much brutal physicality
There comes a point when you have to prioritise player safety.
Wasn't that back in the day when players were trying to kill each other?
We do wear mouth gards when we play footy an the odd head helmet is worn just depends on the person if they want to wear them or not. I love hearing you boys talk about our awesome game it's grate fun to play 😊
And the big men fly. Makes NFL look like children.
There's 36 players on the field 18 on each team, 4 each on the bench. This is what you call real footy. The Australians wouldn't have the game any other way. Back in the 70's and 80's it was a brutal blood-sport until they cleaned it up in the 90's.
Watch What is AFL
The only game of FOOTBALL that requires so much SKILL AND ENDURANCE.
I love AFL because it’s such a fast, exciting game. Notice that these guys don’t wear any padding and it can get pretty rough at times. A player can tackle another player if he has the ball or collide into another player accidentally, but the the collision
shouldn’t be deliberate or he’ll get suspended. Remember too that this is not just one game, but highlights of incidents from different games. Great reaction guys👍
You guys really need to come to Australia and see a game live!
More information required before criticism. When you watch a video that is titled "AFL biggest hits, you should expect to see the worst of the worst of them. When you learn more, you'll appreciate the game so much more. Please don't send the f'ing snowflakes our way to ruin our sport. It is the best game in the world with plenty of reactors proving that fact. The game has been shown to so many other sporting organizations that all have the same opinion of it being a highly dedicated, physically improbable sport unless they had seen it with their own eyes. There is not another game on the planet where you can use other players as a step ladder to fight for possession of the ball. This sport is played with a hell of a lot more skill than you have given it credit for and i know you'll appreciate a sport that is older than most other sporting entities that you could name. The league itself is almost 150yrs old.
I played this in the 70s, the best game I've ever played. non-stop.
My fav reaction is this two. Fukin legendary. Me and alot of other AFL fans love seeing y'all reaction....fuckin gold mate.
"Dude, how is this a sport bro!"
in that heavy accent is so good lol
As long as it goes through the big sticks without being touched it’s a goal
If. You haven’t already watched a full match then you will want to watch the 2018 Grand Final.
It was a tough, hard fought game and is considered one of the greatest grand finals ever played, at least in the modern age.
Players can range in height from 5'6" up to 7'+. Mason Cox is an American from Texas, is one of the tallest players in the current AFL. Players range in weight from 63kg(139lbs) to 114kg(251lbs).
This is probably the most genuine AFL reaction video
lol Aussies are wild, they have to 10 deadliest snakes, deadliest funnel web spider (house), killer jellyfish, crocs, sharks, Cassowaries (killer bird) so yeah this is what we do on the weekend for fun……. We get 90k odd spectators to just normal weekend games etc…… started playing when l was 5 to 33…. Hardest and toughest sport lve ever played :) love it ….
In 44 years of watching the game I have never seen a player die.
I so needed to see this today, not sure what my algorithm is doing but happy.. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie..
Love to see these boys react to Byron picketts biggest hits 😂
Most exciting game yo watch. Fast paced and brutal
You're watching big hit compilation you are not seeing the full skill and talent requires to play this game.
😂😂😂😂😂 played this game for 15yrs. I'm losing it watching your response. It's not that bad.
The greatest game. I played a few games when I was young. Kicked a few goals. Got a broken nose for my trouble. A guy jumped on my back once, for a mark, winded me. Play goes all ways, so you need good peripheral vision. I recommend the greatest marks (catches) - the most spectacular and unique part of the game. (The playing field is a big oval because it is played on cricket grounds. AFL is a winter sport. They play cricket in those stadiums in the summer.)
they do, actually, have mouth guards (They are even mandatory now), but very very few wear any form of padding other than a couple wearing padded helmets after significant head injuries. These guys are BIG... they look average but the taller guys are approaching 7', and the "sort guys' are generally around 6'1. They also run the 100 in 10 and change, and run around 10 miles every game. They are serious athletes
season is about to start! Hanging for it....Go Melbourne Demons!!
They dont stop in the rain either and end up nearly completely covered in mud.😊
You guys are hilarious. This game is a religion here in Australia. My son is 12 and has been playing since he was 4. There is also a women's league.
As has been mentioned, you're watching a compilation of hits. There's a bit more goes on lol
Dudes sat there like their watch a snuff film 😂😂
As an Aussie your reactions are hilarious
We all grow up playing this game from the age of about 4 guys, it’s a fantastic outlet for our aggression.
I love that this is the sport nearly all of our kids play - from 6 years old hahahaha
I hope these Americans don't expect continuous hits every game
AFL greatest sport ever! Play & see 4 yourself! We love it here in Canada...
11:40 "How is this fun?" Well it depends on how you come out of the collision 💥