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What is AFL? || British Rugby Fan Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2024
- What is AFL?
Thank you so much for watching this afl reaction video.
During this reaction i found a lot of respect for the afl!
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One of the best reactions to this video. I think the BT channels in the UK show afl. The season usually starts late March.
A lot of countries have their own local AFL leagues. I don't think it's played professionally anywhere else though
Thank you! I'm trying to improve it every video! That's annoying as a stubborn brit I only pay one subscription for sport and that is sky as it has most soccer.... may have to look at getting BT now. When does the new season start?
@@TheBeesleys99 season usually kicks off in March. If you haven't picked a team yet I follow port Adelaide power. They are the only suburban club outside Victoria to enter the AFL
Thank for letting me know. I havnt picked a team and have no connection to any certain places in Australia. Any suggestions on how I could pick one? I was thinking maybe a quiz online for a video.... let me know if that's a good idea or not! Awesome great to know your team I will look out for them in videos are they any good in the league?
@@TheBeesleys99 Watch for a season, then pick a team.
Go the Tigers buddy . I will fill you in next year as the season progresses to another Tiger Flag 👍👍👍👍👍
"Maybe they only breed these types of machines in Australia" 😂🤣😂
Great reaction!
The announcer “they play the grand final at the Melbourne cricket grounds”
Beesley “is that the MCG, I believe it is but I could be wrong”
Ahah my bad ahah!
@@TheBeesleys99 We just call it 'The G'
@@triarb5790 NO! you calling the Melbourne Cricket Grown, the MCG, calling it the G is been LAZY
because just up in Brisbane we have "The G" - The Gabba (Brisbane Lions),
@@paulwilliams5208 The MCG was the G long before the Gabba.
@@paulwilliams5208 bahahah the Gabba has NEVER been known as the 'G, ya clown
im glad you pause the video when making comments, it annoys me when reactors look away and talk over the video and miss key points of the video! :)
I try my best to get it all! Still trying to improve though :D
Interesting little fact, We have a Public holiday just for the grand final when its playing (Too many people took the day off xD)
Oh wow that's awesome ahah!
The public holiday is for the AFL Parade, the day before the Grand Final which is on a Saturday. It is only Victoria.
What a lot of people don’t mention is that it used to be the VFL. Most of the teams are all from Melbourne and it has only been in recent years that the other teams have been added.
Only in Victoria
Only in Melbourne
@@birdley9577 And we had the SANFL which had just as many teams and same again in WA.
as mentioned about the bounce every 16 yards, you generally just adapt and know when to bounce. but alot will take there bounce every 8-12 yards doesnt have to be spot on 16 yards
Yeah I got you. You just get a feel for it!
The player must bounce or touch the ball to the ground.
Each step when running is approx a metre. The umpire counts 15 steps or metres, any extra steps then a free kick is paid to the opposition. It is not easy to count if the play is congested.
Like all things in this game it is up to the umpires' interpretation of the rules. The fast paced nature of the game doesn't allow you to dwell too long on good or bad decisions.
It is this uncertainy which adds to the game. Like the uncertainy of the bounce of the ball, which cost St.Kilda a grand final victory against Collingwood.This uncertainy adds to to excitement especially in a close game.
Carlton's down field free kick against Fremantle in 2020 which resulted in its after the siren kick to win the game.
That decision created so much discussion as to the umpire's interpretation of the rules. Many commentators said it was correct and just as many said it wasn't.
Umpires have a very difficult job, but most people only remember the last minute decisions and not the earlier ones paid in the game.
@@TheBeesleys99
We don't count yards... EVER.
That would be 15 meters. And yes, you get a feel for how many steps that is based on your individual stride length.
Minimum kick distance for a Mark to be paid is also 15. Used to be 10 but people just kicked it around playing keep off and soaking up time going nowhere
Everything said above is spot on. This video was mostly made for the US market. 16 yards ~ 15 metres. Basically, as described above, most players and umpires have a 'feel' for it. Usually counting strides. In my observation, most dispose (kick, hand ball) well inside the 15. I haven't seen a lot of penalties for 'traveling' since I've been following AFL.
It's the greatest game on earth, There's no other sport's can compete with it!!!
That's just factually incorrect. If no other games were able to compete with it, it'd be played by everyone. It's a decent game but how good it is is subjective and the people who have played only Aussie Rules and no other sport their entire life is going to think it's the greatest sport on earth. Aussie Rules hasn't seemed to have taken off anywhere other than Australia so it can't be that good imo
@Galaxy Gaming Ease up bud, I'm just stating my opinion as was he. I live in Australia and have played it myself. Like I said, it's a decent game, but the ones who say it's the best thing ever are ones who have never played any other winter sport.
I play prem grade rugby and I must admit, as a working man, aussie rules is attractive from the standpoint that it is less likely to cause injury to players. In fact, that was one of the reasons for its inception. Aussie Rules came from a nascent form of rugby with modified rules to attract working me who didn't want to get injured.
But then on the same token, it lacks the physicality which I enjoy very much. I found that Aussie Rules was so endurance based that putting on muscle was to much of a detriment. I also enjoyed the tactical aspect of rugby was more fun than the tactical aspect of Aussie Rules.
But hey, everyone has their opinions and preferences.
@ben smith read my other comment. Free to air is a big advantage of AFL imo
Most other athletes in the world would be lucky to play 1 qtr in the afl It's very physical and you need to be like long distance runners to even have a chance of keeping up with that intensity
@@fallguystester6029 yes it is a very endurance based sport and the endurance of the athletes is impressive. Whether that is a good quality is up to the individual. If you look up Joshua Tuisova highlights you will see one aspect of rugby, which I value, which AFL simply doesn’t accomodate for.
There are many players in rugby that would have suitable endurance for rugby however (perhaps 5% to 10%). There are also many players in AFL that would have the physical traits to play rugby.
Yeah, It's a cricket ground. The boundary line is basically the rope in cricket. So some grounds are different shapes. All the AFL grounds have cricket on them during the summer.
USAFL has 46 teams across the US and has been around about 20 years. Played for fun. Quite a few expats but many locals Check it out. Also played in a number of European countries.
That's awesome 😊
In Rugby your opponent is always coming at you. In Aus football you can get hit from any direction.
So brutal and you never know where its coming from! Really enjoying the sport!
@Ben72 "Hit" yeah okay.
One important rule which I don’t think is mentioned, is the holding the ball rule. If you have the ball and don’t kick or handball if you have the opportunity to do so and are legally tackled, this rule is implemented, awarding a free kick to the tackler. AFL is very much an umpire interpretation sport, so rules like the distance you can run without bouncing it are approximations by the umpire. Great vid
Love how its approximations and technology isnt overuling everything! Thank you for the comment! Hope to see you around more often!
@@TheBeesleys99 AFL is such a fast paced sport that technology would just disrupt everything, although we do have the occasional score review. You seem enthusiastic to learn about the sport, so I hope you enjoy it!
100% I have reacted to the enforcers and the top Mark's which will be out soon. Every video I'm enjoying this sport more!
G'day Mate score review was necessary because the TV picks up umpire errors or disputes for goals.
It’s good that umpire’s call is still recognised for inconclusive evidence
They don't explain the mark very well. A mark is just a kick longer than 15 metres to a team mate who catches it. Not ecessarily when they jump on their back. If a player takes a mark, they can either stop and have about 5 seconds where noone can touch them or they can continue playing. If a mark is taken within 50 metres from goal the player has 30 seconds to line up and shoot.
They don't make it clear about the length of a game of AFL. When they say each quarter is 20 minutes plus an additional 10 minutes for stoppages, that is 10 minutes per quarter give or take.
So the 10 minutes. Do they stop the clock every stoppage?
@@TheBeesleys99 yeah they stop the clock every stoppage. On Average, quarters run for about 30+ minutes.
Ahh ok that makes sense thank you for that insight mate!
I've watched 25+ of these types of videos and this is by far the best. Loved the authenticity of your reactions and the way you were eager to learn! If you're ever in Australia I'd be glad to take you to the MCG for some Friday Night Footy ;) keep it up man!
It's only played professionally in Australia.
America has a USAFL
@@GhostHunter4755 is great to see it well represented in the US, but it's still only amateur over there
What do you mean it’s only played professionally in Australia? How do you think they get professional? I’ve played since I was 10. And it’s very common for regular blokes to play.
@@TheJakem24 he means the only place that it is played professionally is in Australia
@@danielbenson6407 Yes, I think you get what I meant. Everyone plays the game in Australia and probably other countries but professionally where you get paid yes I think only in Australia.
The 16 yard rule is 15 meters is Australia, after playing for so long you kind of get a know how of when you’ve ran too far and it’s time to bounce it to continue running. But yeah you should look into AFL some more, it’s the best sport on the planet.
I thought so. I imagine it becomes second nature! 100% afl enforcers video coming out in 3 hours. This sport really is mad!
@@TheBeesleys99 just to also clarify, you can bounce the ball before 15 meters, once you take a bounce you then have 15 meters to run before you need to take another, generally its better to bounce as close to 15 meters ran as possible because bouncing can slow down your running momentum and make it easier for the chasing player to catch up. its not only 15 meters forward as well say you run 5 meters forward then 10 meters sideways its still 15 meters
After watching for awhile you get to know when they've run too far too, except if you're an umpire...
Beesley sometimes it’s so wet during the rain that they have to bend down and touch the ball on the ground, because attempting to bounce it would result in the ball splatting in a puddle and not bouncing at all, or skidding and bouncing very low
@@RennieAsh Interesting. Gaelic football has a similar rule, but in Gaelic, you're not allowed to touch the ball with your hands when it's on the ground, so this solution wouldn't work. Of course, the round ball is easier to bounce!
Great reaction! Yes that was the MCG.
Thank you! Loving the sport and trying to improve all the time! Hope to see you around again :D
Thanks for watching our game...It's also a very old game . It goes back to the 1850's so it's over 160 years old .The original reason the game was invented by Mr. Tom Wills is due to cricket and probably why it is played on an oval as is cricket . He wanted a game inspired by indigenous folk that had a game of their own to keep cricketers fit over the winter He attended school in England too and that school was Rugby School so I guess the game has a link there too ..The original hand written rules still exist ..On the video as you can tell it's an American take on the game .. It looks chaotic but there are lots of tactics on plays within the players and coaches and players have set roles as part of that .. The best thing to do to really understand the game is to watch a replay game , maybe this years Grand Final between Richmond and Geelong . . It is a very enthralling game and had a lot of fantastic skills on display in a real game . Due to Covid 19 it was played outside Victoria for the first time ever since the league commenced in 1897 and only 30,000 could attend for the same reasons ...However it'd be a great advert for the Australian Rules Football ..That's the proper name of the game . AFL refers to the League .. (Australian Football League) which is the premier elite national competition ... Thanks again for the great reaction ...
No thank you and everyone for reacting with me and accepting me! I know I will make mistakes about the game as it's a learning process but I'm really enjoying what I've seen so far! And wow what trivia in that comment! A few games have been suggested to me and I will be reacting to the highlights for now. Hopefully when the new season comes i will have a team and i could possibly do watchalongs or something with you guys. Thanks again for such a insightful interaction. It would be great if you subscribed and stuck around for future aussie rules reactions!
@@TheBeesleys99 Great , mate ...Looks like you have a lot of respect and a willingness to learn about something different ..I really appreciate that ..On teams and supposing that you find our game interesting enough to follow more over time , 'your favourite team' will just happen one day . No rhyme or reason why . I've been a Richmond Tigers fan since I was a tiny kid ...I'm now 60 and seen them through some very frustrating , annoying , scary (when they nearly folded) but now joyous and successful times . If and when you decide on a team , just stick with them because it's all part of the journey no matter what happens . Cheers ...
The correct name of the game is Australian Football.
It was originally called Victorian Football in the very early days before the mid 1870's when the game was firmly established interstate.
"Rules" is a slang/derogatory term probably first used by rugby supporters.
The only sport remotely like AFL would be gaelic football. Sometimes you see some special games between Ireland and Aus (the international Rules series) but apart from that its a very unique thing.
The 16 yards is a rough conversion to imperial for the Americans
It's every 15 steps
Great content mate and appreciate you're respect for our game.
Check out the top 50 marks of all time. Everybody who discovers AFL loses their mind when seeing the high marks.
A Mark's reaction is coming tomorrow! And I can give you this spoiler....I lost my mind too. Absolutely amazing!
They dont explain the quarters thing very well either. Its 20mins + time on (around 10 mins) for every quarter. So its basically 4 x 30min quarters.
Awesome thanks!
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Gaelic footy is very similar and they actually have an annual game against Ireland and Australia using afl players
They used to, now it's called IRS. It was toned down a lot in term's of the rules because the Irish complained about the level of violence, and I didn't blame them in some cases but I don't agree with altering the rules that they agreed to simply because they're not up to it.
There are no specialist players, such as a striker, except for tall ruck men, as they all have to be capable of playing forward or defence and taking shots at goal. There is no specialist goal kicker who takes the free kick or penalty. Of course they will try to kick the ball to their best forwards. A defender may be moved forward as the team requires. The AFL full back of the century Steven Silvagni kicked more than 200 goals in his 300 plus game career.
Sandilands in the Dockers is a ruckman; his main goal is to get the ball when it bounces (at the start of a round or when it goes out of bounds), because he's so tall.
The tall guys are 'ruckmen' - they are there for their height! They compete for the centre bounce, and they are useful for taking marks
The UK has a league... not at the same level as Aussie Rules. It's also played in certain countries in Europe as well as the US and Canada.
That image of the guy in Blue (Carlton) jumping on the shoulders of the guy who was wearing the black jumper with the red sash (Essendon). The guy in blue was 191cm tall, the guy he jumped over was 200cm tall.
The tallest people on the field, are usually ruckmen, full forwards/backs, or centre half forwards/backs. They usually are between 6'3" (191cm) and the aforementioned 7' (213cm) tall. Sandilands was a ruckman who would occasionally go forward.
Every person who runs out onto the field is a playmaker. They need to be able to spot a team mate who is free of opposition players and weight a kick to hit the person so that they can either play on quickly or go back and take a kick for goal.
The NFL loves picking up ex-AFL forwards or guys who are just getting started playing AFL, to be their specialist punters because they can kick the ball between 40-60m and can get some decent hangtime on the ball.
In terms of stamina, strength, and speed... they are world class athletes. And they play the most physically demanding full contact sport in the world.
PS: If Sandilands was running towards another AFL player with the ball in hand... they would tackle him.
PPS: I don't know whether you have done it yet, check out AFL's biggest hits.
I went to the Richmond tigers gws prelim final and when Richmond won it was recorded as the same decibels as an acdc concert purely from the fans screaming
Also every team has a song they sing if they win should check it out great vid!!
For the points to count the footy must be kicked thought the goalposts. It the footy is touched before it goes through the goalposts, off the foot, by another teammate or the opposing team it becomes a point.
It's the most amazing sport to watch in person. Every one of the players is a superstar, they're incredible athletes.
best way to learn this sport is yo not over think it, imagine its a big game of keepings off but u can only pass with kicks and handballs, then u need to kick it through the goals without being touched. the rest ul pick up as u go along
Basically for running with the ball each person basically figures out how many steps it would be. So most professional players bounce its every 7-8 steps
There’s teams in a lot of other countries however it’s only for small domestic leagues with a handful of teams there’s no large professional leagues in other countries unlike football (soccer) or rugby, there is an AFL World Cup but Australia don’t compete in it because the standard in other countries is nowhere even close to the standard here
The little guys are often crumbers. They have faster acceleration than taller heavier players. They play close to the contested ball, have excellent ability to change directions quickly to get the crumbs (get the ball when it is dropped on the ground) and they have excellent awareness of teammates and opponents to avoid tackles and quickly pass off to an unmarked team mate further from the pack of players. They also are good at getting separation from a player who is marking them to be a target for a pass. Some of the best players ever aren’t especially tall. Check out a best of video for Cyril Rioli who was also an exceptional kicker as you suggested. Almost all of his team mates were taller than him.
A mark is a post of possession so you can only go back from that point you have 15 seconds to kick the ball or decide to play on were the opponent can tackle you.
The grand final is always at the MCG every year. It is Australia's biggest cricket ground and holds around 110 thousand people at capacity, it was also used for the 2015 cricket word cup final with Aus vs new Zealand
Keep an eye out for an exhibition match in London!! They generally do one or two exhibition matches around the world at the end of each season, and tend to head to London every three or four years. I think the last ine was played at Lord's, but I could be wrong about that!!
It's not every sixteen yards, its within sixteen yards. The rule is stop the faster players from just grabbing the ball and running all the way to the goal with it, because you can handball a goal as well as kick it. AFL is mostly played on cricket grounds because the game was invented in 1858 to keep cricket players in shape in the winter (cricket being a summer sport, as I'm sure you know.)
Awesome cheers for that :D
Sorry you can't handball a goal. To get the 6 points for a goal, it must be kicked between the 2 big posts, not hitting those posts or have been touched on its journey by anyone on either side.
If you handball the ball through the goals, anywhere inside the space between the 2 smaller outside posts, the score is a behind, which is worth 1 point only.
It's been around since late 1800s. Older than most modern games. It's our natural way of life always has been. In most cases we have and still do play on dirt and rocks in most rural communities. Where most afl players decent from
AFL is exclusively played in Australia. The oldest football code in the world established 1858.
And we love it!
Since covid, Americans have gotten interested in AFL.
is that because fans in the stadiums and they miss it from their sports? or do they just need another sport to watch when in lockdown
@@TheBeesleys99 lock down. I think it is on at 3 am in america.
@@TheBeesleys99 It was also because AFL was still having matches while the American Leagues were still shut down
@@downnice95 ahh ok that makes sense. People desperately wanting to watch sport will watch the only one available and get into it! Cheers mate
@@TheBeesleys99 Well, that’s half of it. First off, many Americans just assume (wrongly) that AFL is Rugby, so they never payed that much attention, as they believe that NFL is better than Rugby. So when all their sports got cancelled and AFL was the only thing on, Americans soon discovered how great of a sport it was (and when you think about it, AFL is a sport that fits very well with Americans).
So it isnt so much as ‘people were forced to watch it due to it being the only thing on’ but more so ‘Americans fell in love with it’
Bounce can be anytime but must happen before every 16 yards while running holding the ball.
In the recent Grand Final, the smallest player in the league, Caleb Daniel. 5'7", rag dolled 6"11" Max Gawn, who got up with a bruise on his scone, much to the merriment of his team mates.
A few points not mentioned in the video - to get a goal (6 points) the ball must pass through the big posts directly from a kick. If it's touched by a hand before it goes through the posts it counts as a behind (1 point). The scoreboard shown on the video shows Collingwood has scored 20 goals (120 points) and 10 behinds (10 points) = 130 points total. The positions are shown at www.tutorialspoint.com/australian_football/australian_football_players_positions.htm. At the beginning of a game and after a goal, the ball is bounced at the centre of the field and the two rucks go up after it to get possession. If a ball goes out of bounds, there's a bounce at the position it went out, and again, the rucks go up after it. Rucks are generally very tall; rovers are small and nippy. And there's an umpire in each goalmouth to determine whether a goal or behind was scored, which he indicates with hand-signals. Tackling - you’re not allowed to tackle unless the guy you’re tackling has the ball, and you’re not allowed to push your opponent in the back. You don’t see it very often nowadays, but when I was young a player would “shepherd” for his team mate who had the ball - basically stand between him and his opponents, with his back to them and his arms spread wide, so they couldn’t get past him and tackle.
You just get a feel of the bounce distance most people play their whole lives
“UP TO” 15 m. Players bounce at less than 15 m, to make sure they don’t go over that.
Aussie rules in an indigenous game particular to Australia, no other countries play it, but we don't care, we love it. It's athletic, quick, hard, they run 15-20klms a game, there is no offside so you can be tackled from any side. They use a cricket pitch as it was designed to keep cricket players fit! The 16 yards is about 10-12 steps, so you need to bounce or touch the ball on the ground otherwise it's a foul. There's nothing better than being at game at the "G" (MCG) with 95,000 people screaming their lungs out. The 4 big clubs like Richmond (my team) Collingwood, Essendon and Carlton will get 50-80 thousand at a their games. Richmond has over 100,00 paid up members, Collingwood 80,000 etc. And when you play, you go the guy who's got the ball, no matter how big he is! It's a real man's game dude, no pansies allowed.....oh and all the teams have a theme song, Richmond tigers is the best (again, I'm biased) th-cam.com/video/Gxakg-EgCkk/w-d-xo.html
These boys have been playing since they were kids, thats why they are so good.
The best atmosphere I think is the ANZAC Day (25April) game. You get 90,000 people having a minutes silence and then the roar of them when the game starts.
Loved your reaction from a fellow Aussie, you earned yourself a sub😊
Appreciate that mate :D
The one thing they don't explain very clearly is what a mark actually is. Here's my attempt: If one player (the kicker) kicks a ball and it travels more than a certain distance (I think 10 metres) and another player (the marker) catches it "on the full" (i.e. before it hits the ground), then the marker has the option to either "play on" or stop, back up and have a free kick from the "mark" or spot where he caught it. Taking a mark close to goal is, of course, a really excellent way to maximise your chance of kicking a goal and thus there is huge competition for marks in front of each goal. The "full forward" is usually one of the best markers in a team, because it's his job to hang out in front of the opposition goal waiting to mark a kick from one of his teammates. Of course he's shadowed (sometimes called being "marked" confusingly enough) by the opposition "full back", who's is usually one of the best "spoilers" (i.e. preventing an opponent from taking a mark) on the opposing team. Full backs spend a lot of time harassing and trash talking the full forward, to put him off his game.
The is a code of football called International Rules where AFL players play against Gaelic Football players in a hybrid of both sports.
You kind of get a feel for the distance before bouncing, sometimes by counting the number of steps you have taken.
In terms of when to bounce, after playing the game for a while you just get a feel for when you're at around 10ish steps and bounce the ball. A lot of guys have a habit of bouncing it early, sometimes you'll see players bounce it 3 or 4 times in 25 meters.
Are you wearing a Saint Kilda jersey in your pic now?🤣
Way to commit my friend if that is the case! Even though I am a Geelong fan I love how you stated in another thread that once you chose, you were a Saint for life!
Onya champ🍻
I support rotherham in soccer so im use to painful teams to support but always loyal!
I know a few people mentioned it already but I've always explained the bouncing rule by likening it to traveling in basketball, you dont have to bounce it ON the 16th yard, just within that distance.
Volunteering to have a 7ft guy plant his hobnail boots in the back and wearing his knees around the eyes while his full weight crushes you to the ground? Not for me. It takes a special breed to play AFL.
AFL trivia - AFL started in the 1850’s as a work-out game to keep cricket players fit during the winter which is both why it is so dynamic, and why it is played on cricket ovals.
It's rare that the very tall players leap onto opponents shoulders , but their bulk certainly gets used to position themselves to mark or tap the ball to smaller team mates . The smart smaller player usually position themselves within close proximity of the "talls" so tend not to get crunched by the big lads a lot . When it it does happen it hurts . Often a player will try to protect a team mate with a shepherd or block so they aren't steamrolled when contesting the ball . It's a game where injuries are expected , but most injuries are bruises and scrapes that are usually healed in time for the next game a week later . Broken bones occur and if you play the game for years as some do , they'll have had a few breaks and perhaps a wonky knee or two and can experience issues with having had too many head knocks that have resulted in concussion .
What's not fully explained in the video:
• When a player has they ball, they need to get rid of it asap. If tackled with the ball, it's called holding the football and the tackler from the opposing team is awarded a free kick. To get rid of the ball a player needs to kick or handball it, if the player throws the ball - this is called incorrect disposal and a free kick is awarded to the opposition team.
• If the ball bounces before going out of bounds, it is thrown into the field by the boundary umpire. When the ball is thrown in, only two players (one from each team) can contest for the ball. Once the ball has been contested and in the field of play - players can then contest for the ball.
•If the ball is kicked out on the full or it goes out off the kicker's foot without bouncing in the field of play, a free kick is awarded to the opposing team. If the ball ricochet's off a player's body (other than their foot) and goes out of bounds, the ball is thrown in by the boundary umpire.
• If a player has caught the ball from a kick ( 10 or more meters it's called a mark). The player has 3-5secs to take an unimpeded kick with a 10 meter protected buffer zone around them. Should an opposing player enter the protected buffer zone, a 50 meter penalty is awarded. The umpire directs the kicker to a new spot having advanced 50meters away from the original mark towards their target goal posts.
• If the ball is caught less than 10meters away from the player who kicked the ball, it is not a mark and the umpire will yell "play on"
• If the ball is caught from a handball, it is play on, the umpire will yell "play on"..
• You will know when it's a mark as the umpire will blow the whistle after the ball has been caught..
As long as they kick to the opposite goals and It’s not touched, it works
By far the best reaction 2 footy ( afl) I've seen , go saints !!!!
16 yards is for the non metric folk. It’s 15 metres.
As an AFL fan in Australia there is no significant competition outside of Australia and we want it like that, the only reason we want the sport to be popular outside of Australia is to grow the talent pool and gain some monetisation from US interest.
They should have said bounce the ball WITHIN 16 yards, not every 16 yards (which is 15m) so in other words you can bounce it as many times as you like within 16 yards but if you don't then its a free kick to the other team, the rule can be hard to interpret as its up to the umpire if you are deemed to have travelled too far.
If you catch the ball from a kick its called a MARK and you are given 10sec to dispose of the ball before the other team can tackle you but if your inside the 50m arc on the ground then you are given 30sec before the other team can tackle you.
Thank you for the insight! Every bit of info helps! It would be awesome to see you In further videos!
good stuff mate
The smaller players are usually in the centre. They run an average of 20 Kilometre’s a game. All are super athletes.
My team is the Collingwood Magpies, or the Pies as they are called. About 4 years ago we recruited an American player who had never seen a game played. We call him American Pie but we liked him. A terrible player but ours start learning as kids. He finally made it to great and his parents flew over to watch him in a semi final. It was funny when he had the ball, the crowd would chant USA.
This code of football is one of the oldest registered anywhere. We had football 10 years before America did. This game was made up to keep Cricket players fit in the off season. I think it is the best game of football anywhere and I follow teams in other Countries.
The explanation on the length of the game is a little misleading, yes they are 20min qtrs but the additional time of 10mins mentioned is per qtr, not over the entire game so most games are around 2hrs playing time.
And people start streaming out of The G 20 mins before the end when their team is doing sht, especially Pies and Bombers supporters. They clog up the trains when we're trying to get home after (yet another) Storm WIN...bloody aerial ping ping supporters...😉😆 ah Melbs, who'd bloody live anywhere else ay.
I absolutely lost it when you said Aaron Sandilands may be a specialist kicker 😂. Rucks are the worst kicks 😂.
Ball can roll thru post as long as it remains untouched
Regarding kicking a goal, it has to be kicked (not run across or handballed), without being touched, between the goalposts (the two taller posts). There is no cross bar. It doesn't matter how high it goes or whether or not it bounces.
It is played overseas as a minor sport. There is a competition in the UK. Every two years, Australia hosts the International Cup, which is a competition played by international (non-Australian) teams. Teams come from the Pacific, Asia, North America, Europe and South America. Papua New Guinea often does well.
In terms of bouncing the ball every 16 yards (actually 15 m), players, the umpires and spectators get a feel for the distance and you can just tell when a player has run too far.
I think you got the idea of the mark. If a player catches the ball from a kick of at least 15 m, on the full and without another player touching it on the way, the player can choose to stop and take a kick from behind the point where he marked it or play on. Often in general play, they will play on to keep the ball moving to their team's advantage but, when within range of goal, they will stop and have a deliberate shot on goal.
Yes, the ground where the Grand Final (not the called the "Championship Game", by the way) is the MCG. The attendance is actually 100,000, by the way. Not sure why they refer to it as "90,000+" in the video.
God I love watching people discover our game
Stamina greater than a soccer player. They play on a oval field that can be at maximum, 185x135m (LxW) which is almost 3 football pitches in area. and there are 80min of play with overtime for stoppages, so some quarters can be 30+ minutes long, and although there are positions, no player is limited to where they can go on the field.
They track players on field (since 2017) and on average some players, rovers, and half forwards (and other forwards) run on average between 12-15km per game, with the farthest a player has run in a game being, 18.9km by Tom Scully for GWS as a midfielder, that's almost half a marathon. Average running 10-12km of most players.
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Appreciate it mate!
@@TheBeesleys99 if you want anymore info about football, I can tell you
I don’t think any another countries have AFL but we introduced it to I think it was China or Japan a couple years ago (i think). America does play it but it’s very small there and it’s not on tv, I think they just have little clubs
AFL is also actually a pretty big sport in Vanuatu now.. I was there a few years back and heaps of places around the Islands had AFL fields and club houses.
The USA has two amateur leagues.
China and South Africa have picked up the sport, I think they've been playing for the last 4 or 5 years now
@@siennagordon37 thank you. I was about to say that it is played in a couple of Pacific Islander countries. I’m just not sure that it’s their national sport. But I do know that AFL is present in some of those countries.
I love that you’re like the small Balentine must be a specialist and not there for the tackles. He was like the biggest bully out there. Everyone hated that guy he was always causing hard hits.
Remember how the game starts with a cantre bounce similar to a basketball ball-up? That's what the tall players are for... Similar tactics to basketball, utilise your tall players in their most useful positions. 👍
Check out Liverpool F.C. playing at the MCG, and the crowd singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' before the game.
Oh wow I bet that's an awesome atmosphere!
Ohh it was, there's no words to describe it, it was aaaamaazing!
@@TheBeesleys99 The G is the largest cricket stadium in the world, holds just over 100,000 spectators. Pretty awesome when its full, you can hear the crowd roar at The G all the way over at the NRL stadium across the train tracks. You can even tell who's winning by it! When the matches are staggered it's very common for NRL and AFL supporters to attend both games. Melbourne has a great sporting precinct right next to the city centre.
When he said Aaron Sandilands looks like a professional kicker 😂
A rookie mistake I'm guessing 😂😂
He actually was referring to Ballantyne being the kicker, he said Sandilands is there for the big hits.
@@TheBeesleys99 wasn’t your mistake mate. 👍
The rule is 15m (this video has been Americani'z'ed for American audiences) Most players will bounce every # of paces, maybe 8 for tall guys, up to 13 for smaller guys.
Yeah-nah mate the 7' blokes are their for the centre bounces (start of each quarter and after every goal) and for throw ins.
You ask about other countries playing the game. There is an international tournament in Australia every three years and Australia is the only country not allowed to take part. (Let's face it, the Wagga Wagga Under 15s would beat any team from anywhere else in the world). Twenty six countries have signed up to play. You can read about it here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_International_Cup
This has been converted for Americans. Distances in AFL are in metres so it is every 15m you have to bounce the ball. The big curved line at each end is 50m from the goal.
AFL began as a sport for cricketers in the winter and is played on cricket ovals. The Melbourne Cricket Ground gets the Boxing Day test match and the AFL Grand Final every year. It is also the home ground of some of the Melbourne teams. Other cricket grounds used for AFL are the SCG, the Adelaide Oval, the Gabba and the WACA.
Good vid. Many Brit friends and many Brit immigrants here in Oz are blown away by afl. It’s an electric game. If you see a match in great arenas like the MCG in Melbourne or the Optus Stadium in Perth the atmosphere and fans in those cities spur the teams on to have incredible competition.
You have to watch bumps and biffs afl older days it was even tougher.
There's competitions in the US and Europe. The US ones are quite structures (but a very amateur level). Don't know too much about European leagues.
One of the challenges in non-cricket countries is finding grounds big enough - so often they play modified 15-per side rules on rectangular ground (e.g. Soccer pitches).
I saw a news report years ago where apparently AFL is really popular in Japan.
Hayden Ballentine actually made his mark as a small forward. So one of his key roles was to tackle those larger players and he turned it into an artform.
Up until the 90s the positions were fairly rigid with players staying in their part of the oval on the whole, but somewhere in the 90s it became the norm for pretty much the entire team to just chase the ball, leaving a scant few if any behind for defence. Which means even more stamina needed as its non stop running.
That is the MCG. Home of the boxing day test.
It's the national sport of Australia. Little bit of Trivia, there is only one other country nationally where Australian Football is the national sport, does anyone know which country that is :)?
As mentioned below there are many other amateur Leagues internationally including in the UK (ie www.aflengland.org/) and it growing very very fast in many of those markets.
Every 4 years there is also an AFL International Cup where around 20-30 countries (exc Australia) send representative Mens and Womens teams to play off over a fortnight! Some of the stronger teams include New Zealand, PNG, Ireland, UK, Fiji, Nauru (Mens) and Canada, USA, Fiji, UK, Europe (Womens).
Best game in the world bar none!
when comparing size they just show the infield in baseball when you take the entire baseball field into consideration it's much much bigger.
Very true and I missed that! MLB reaction to Milliseconds coming tomorrow. Incredible catches!
@@TheBeesleys99 you'll be impressed, also I doubt anybody plays AFL outside of Australia its too much like rugby, and that is already popular everywhere. Also, the size is not something that is not a good selling point, it means it will be very hard to fit into cites that are already pushed for space and it also means that even if you pay for a good seat you are still very far from the game, in hockey or basketball you can pay for good seats and you're there right in the middle of the action.
@@hifijohn ' I doubt anybody plays AFL outside of Australia ' there are minor/ amateur league's in England Ireland Scotland and Wales USA New Zealand Canada Japan South Africa and many many others. ' its too much like rugby' are you serious!!! WTF do AFL and Rugby have in common? NFL and Rugby are very similar, but AFL no
@@hugh_mungus0184 AFL in America,I've never seen a game on tv nor have I ever heard of any sportscaster talk about it nor have I ever met anyone who has even ever seen a game, if it exists it has to be very very small.
@@hifijohn Scott van pelt loves AFL
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Also we have had Americans come here to play it. Mason Cox is the biggest name American here.
Any American that watches it loves it.
Aussie rules has been played in the USA since 1996
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_United_States
The way most players tell the 1w years is just feel from 0laying for most of their life but as a young guy your normally taught to bounce the ball every 12 running steps
It’s not a game in Oz, it’s a bloody religion
Quarters are 25mins each and the MCG can hold 100,000 people
damn when ever I watch the footy all I think is 'hehe ball go brrr'
My understanding is that only three players have died on the field or within a few days from injuries received during a game in the last 100 years. I'm aware of one quadriplegic but there must be a list of them or paraplegics out there somewhere. Rule changes in recent years have softened the game a little bit at least.
Some other countries play it Ireland plays once a year against us but it’s with a soccer ball and there are soccer and AFL goals. Soccers goals were worth more because there would be a goalie but I also do know some countries do play the exact sport
Yeah a few have said there is some small non professional leagues throughout the world!
It's the Grand Final, no body in Australia calls it the Championship. In fact the cup is the "Premiership Cup"
That 5" 8' player would run circles around that 7" er. Thats the beauty of this game there is a position on the for every shape and size . But if you are small you had better be fast and highly skillful .
Also when you catch the ball/mark you can hold up the game because play stop and you can take your kick without being tackled
Only for five seconds. If you haven't gotten rid of the ball in five seconds then the opposing players can come at you.
Well yes
@@scrapper3494 its 15
If u wanna take a kick at goal its 30
AFL started when English migrants came across the New Australians noticed the Locals kicking a inflated Wombat bladder. Past down family history and rock art said it was around when extinction or some Native Australian species around 40,000 years+ ago . (The true Australians ,(Aboriginal) Tribes settled differences through games not war .. Do some studying . Best players are Native Ozzie's and best part there now from ,,Around the world . Dustin Martin is a Kiwi.. Nathan Cox is Americain etc ❤️
Cheers for that very interesting! And yes I've reacted to dusty and what a machine he is! I need to check out nathan cox!
@@TheBeesleys99 Unfortunately Nathan Cox is not very good . He has played one or two good games because of his Hight but that's it ...He is about to be dropped .
Oh maybe I will steer clear then ahah! But great to see other nationalities getting into the sport!
@@TheBeesleys99 it is so wonderful to see all having a go . sudanese, Pacific Islanders English ,yanks😁 Asian and Europe ,and like to see more of you yanks getting on board (brothers in arms) .. If your in Australia one day let me know . Will go to a game and get the adrenaline flowing...👍👍👍👍
I'm from england mate! But 100% Australia Is a must for me once covid is over and 100% will have to go in the middle of the season! Cant wait and obvious the booze flowing as well :D