As an expat Canadian (who played baseball and gridiron) I can tell you that the playing field is enormous...the first time I went to a ground I couldn't believe it...I figured you'd need pack a lunch and take plenty of water just to get from one end to the other!!!
Aussie Rules was created in Melbourne in the 1850s. Yes, there are 18 players per side on the field, so 36 on the ground in total. The game is essentially played on cricket grounds, so the field is huge. Rugby is a completely different game which is far more similar to American football than anything Aussie Rules.
@@CanuckDownUnder There are some videos of some very early silent b&w footage of footy in the1900s on youtube somewhere.. I think it was Carlton v Essendon. Worth a look.
@@MichaelRogers-et8dq Not true, not much cricket (AKA None) played at the Gold Coast Suns home ground, Same for the GWS Giants. Pre Optus oval no test matches were played at Subiaco oval
hi just subbed from australia, welcome to the greatest game in the world, the current season is about two thirds through, there are plenty of highlight videos to watch on biggest hits, best goals, and best marks, or individual player highlights as well as highlights of the greatest games through history, the choice is up to you, enjoy
I live about 5kms from the great MCG, and when there's a crowd of 100,000 fans, I can sometimes hear their roar from my house. Being in a crowd that big is awesome - your chest rattles with the massive roars. There's nothing like a nail biting AFL game.
If you get the chance, check out these 3 videos 1 - " A beginner's guide to Australian football | AFL Explained " ( the newest version from the AFL ) ( 4:56 mins long ) 2 - Mason Cox : " Don't believe in never " Mason is an American playing AFL. Mason journey from the U.S. to the AFL. ( 7:22 mins long ) 3 - " The 50 AFL Marks Of All Time " ( 15:24 mins long ) Enjoy cheers thanks🤠
@@Mirrorgirl492 this one is designed to show to Americans for recreuiting efforts like the one that found Mason Cox, the one from the AFL better explains the rules and play
No, it's not rugby. There are actually many differences. The main difference is the pattern of play. In rugby, the teams line up opposing one another (like American football) and the player with the ball generally passes the ball sideways (and slightly backwards) to his team mate. In Aussie rules, the players of opposing teams are distributed all over the ground (field) and you can pass in any direction. The player is responsible for the opponent he is "manning". There is also a vertical component, since the ball if often kicked relatively high and this leads to one of the most iconic aspects of the game, that distinguishes it from other codes: the mark. Because you have the opportunity to take an unimpeded kick after a mark (a catch taken on the full from a kick of at least 15 m from a player of either team), the mark is incentivised. This can lead to spectacular marks, as shown in the video. Other differences include the shape of the ground (Aussie rules is played on an oval, often one that is used for cricket in the opposite season), the size of the ground (an Aussie rules ground is usually around 170 m x 150 m, so much larger), the method of disposal (no throwing in Aussie rules, no hand ball in rugby, kicking is much more common in Aussie rules), method of scoring (kicking through the goals rather than scoring a try), higher scoring in Aussie rules, the Aussie rules ball is a bit smaller, etc etc. Yes, Aussie rules was invented by Australians. It was designed to keep cricketers fit in winter (the off season for cricket). The first game was played in 1858 in Melbourne and the game was codified in 1859, making it one of the oldest football codes in the world. Yes, 18 players on the ground per team, so 36 total. This is necessary because of the size of the ground. Midfielders (the ones who follow the ball) can run up to almost 20 km per game, so if the teams were any smaller, they would probably die of exhaustion before the game was over. As they mentioned in the video, there are four on the bench who can be rotated during the game and one emergency in case of injury or just to inject "fresh legs" towards the end of the game. Yes, it is a very free flowing game. The play does not stop when the player is tackled. The tackled player has to correctly dispose of the ball (kick or hand ball it), if possible. There are some stoppages, for example, after a goal is scored, when the ball goes out of bounds, when the ball is stuck in a bunch of players (after which the umpire throws the ball up). However, the clock stops for these. The total actual playing time is 80 mins (4 quarters x 20 mins) played over about 2.5 hours, start to finish (including breaks between quarter). I read that the average actual playing time of an NFL game is only 18 mins played over a total game time of 3 hours and 12 mins (www.profootballnetwork.com/how-long-is-a-football-game-breaking-down-the-time-between-the-first-and-last-whistle/ ). Yes, serious injuries do occur. The commonest injury to keep a player out for many games is a knee injury. Concussions also occur. The rules have been tweaked to try to minimise the risk of contact to the head but these still occur. Yes, rugby is a separate sport. In fact, there are two versions of rugby: rugby union (also, confusingly, called "rugby") and rugby league. Rugby union is the more popular version around the world and is very popular in New Zealand. It is played in Australia, especially in schools, but the national competition is not so popular. Rugby League is popular in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra). The national competition is the NRL. Aussie rules is more popular in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory (as well as southern New South Wales).
@@shmick6079 Yeah, I’m 70 and I remember it being called a cricket field when I was young. I had to google it to make sure lol *Is it a cricket pitch or field? Outdoor cricket is played on an oval grass field. In the centre there is a flat strip of ground called the pitch.
Season 2023 attendances: Australian Football League: 8,139,464 (Has teams in 5 states - soon to be six) National Rugby League: 4,335,876 (Has teams in 3 states, plus one in the Australian Capital Territory and one in New Zealand.)
A set of handwritten rules for a match survives from 1859. A meeting of 7 club delegates on May 8th 1866 at the Freemason's Hotel in Melbourne is more definitive as being 'officially codified'. They can be seen here: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138046782
There was actually a fallow Canuck that played AFL for the Sydney Swans . He was really tall and came from a rugby background . The endurance , speed and unique skill sets combined with full contact make this a hard sport for people who haven't grown up playing it , to play at the top levels. That's why there are so few international players making the switch Mason Cox is an American that's done it and there is a video of his journey called Don't believe in never. There are however hundreds of teams all over the world playing the game at amature level, including Canada , and many women are also now playing .
Working out the score can be confusing to start with, the first number(20) is the number of Goals scored(20×6=120pts); the second number(10) is the number of Behinds scored(10×1=10), and the third number(130) is the Total Points scored(120+10=130).
What adds to the game's uniqueness is the shape of the ball leading to the random bounce of the ball. Players have to be on high alert at all times due to this factor as the way the ball can bounce means that it can go off in any direction. This fabulous game is older than any other similar game and perhaps inspired by the local indigenous people, the oldest living culture in the world, who played a game called 'marn grook'. As to the physical hits, players can be seriously hurt and the repercussions of that can damage health at the time and in later years. I dislike that part of the game. Thankfully the game has been cleaned up over the years from much willful hurt. After the game an overseeing panel will give the necessary suspensions and fines to players if wrongful actions/behaviour occurs during the game.
I would recommend reacting to the AFL companion video "A Beginners Guide to Australian Rules Football", this may help to clear any confusion; they are a pigeon pair of videos.
The rules maximise fast play. No throwing, no hunkering over the ball, you've got to dispose of the ball legally if an opposition player catches up to you. It leads to kicking being the most efficient way of moving the ball over distance. It may appear chaotic at times but once resolved flows into beautiful sequences of play. 20 minutes per quarter but the 10 minutes can lead to 2 hours of play not counting the breaks.
There is a lot of great info already but just came to add that I am a Melbourne girl, born and bred and the basis of its history is in Victoria. Western Australia and South Australia also played it but the reason the Grand final and most of the games are played in Melbourne, as well as majority of the teams is because the history of it is largely Victorian. It was known as the VFL up until I started high school in fact. I want to also say that I am a fan, have my team and to watch it LIVE, is the best way to go. Nothing beats a live match at the MCG. My team is one of the oldest and most successful (and if not yours, also most hated LOL). BUT, I want to say that outside of a grand final, the most exciting, hair raising and best games to watch is that of the ANZAC day match between Collingwood (my team) and Essendon. Anzac Day matches are historically always played between these two rivals dating back to the late 1800's and its the day we pay respect to our past & present soldiers who have defended our country. Every year, it draw a crowd of 95,000-100,000 people and at the beginning of the match, an ARMY member plays "The last Post" and there is a one minute silence to pay respect. I've had the honour of going to one of these and you can hear a pin drop. Once done, the roar of the crowd is like nothing else. Its a phenomenal game to watch live, especially when close between the two teams til the end.
each quarter goes for 20 minutes but with extra time they add up to about 30 minutes each. its actually quite rare to see a quarter so go less than about 28 minutes, So technically the game time adds up to about 2 hours or just under for your average game
There’s some debate about its origins- it’s a bit of a mix of Gaelic football and there was an aboriginal game called Mark Grook which is similar too. I suggest you find yourself a whole grand final to watch- including the half time show. 2022 was pretty decent if you can find it
Aussie rules is more like soccer in that the play is free flowing and dynamic, there are stoppages, but there’s not the constant stop start nature of rugby and American football.
Played 20 years of country footy, (ovens and king league Victoria) and loved every minute I spent on the ground. The Spectacular marks were still a regular feature, (though not by myself ) as these were the leagues the younger blokes came up through, to be picked up by the equivalent of talent scouts. It's a tough game on any level, but was a great way to blow of steam. Most of my teammates were farmers or shift workers, whose opportunity for hobbies and fitness were limited due to work constraints. Our footy teams also contribute socially to community projects and issues. As well as maintain a junior league, and these days thankfully, catering for both boys and girls. Female adult teams have been growing since the advent of the AWFL , and similar to women's basketball, at times offers better competition to view than the men. It's a great sport requiring much athleticism and strategy, a good coach and game plan can outmanoeuvre and work around a skilled player, or nullify their influence with a skilled tagger.. I hope you get half the enjoyment I do as an Aussie, as anymore and I think you'd move here..lol. Ps, Most footy clubs (footy being a winter sport.) have a fellow or conjoined cricket club that uses the same ground in the summer. So most footy players used to play cricket and vice versa. These days with professionals in both competitions, this is only occuring in the "minor" leagues so to speak. You may have noted that tha AFL Grand Final is always played on the MCG< Melbourne Cricket Ground. A clear reference to the crossover use of the field.
36 players on the field, yes. 18 per team (plus the bench) that might sound like a lot of players on the field, but it's a bloody big field. The playing surface is as wide as an NFL field is long and is as long as two NFL fields (probably). The stoppages are frequent, more frequent than the NFL, but the stoppages are resolved immediately and take about 3-5 seconds. There's no Offensive and Defensive teams nor special teams, it's more like soccer where all the players are on-field all the time. If you like Hockey, you'll like this.
I'd never considered hockey as a comparison. With the exception of field size and height attained above ground..General pace and physicality is very similar. Thankyou, I will use that when trying to explain to other international friends.
A quick note for anyone not familiar with AFL/NRL/ARU ( Aussie Rules Football/Rugby League/Rugby Union). Rugby and Rugby League are similar to one another, but BOTH are nothing like AFL, except the egg shaped ball. As for popularity by the number of followers it's probably as follows: 1st: AFL - (AFL - Aussie Rules / Australian Rules Football) They can get 50,000+ to a random weekly game - If the ground holds it (predominantly played in Victoria/South Australia/Western Australia/Tasmania. I recent years a few teams have popped up in New South Wales and Queensland. I believe that AFL was invented in Australia's early days 1850's? as a winter sport for cricket players to play in Winter, cricket's off-season. 2nd NRL - (Rugby League) - Some games struggle to get a few 1,000 live supporters. Predominantly played in New South Wales & Queensland. There is an annual STATE OF ORIGIN Series, played between the best players who were born/played first in their respective states. Sadly in recent years, dominated by Queensland. They usually play one match in Sydney(New South Wales), Brisbane( Queensland) and a neutral city. Recently in in Perth(Western Australia), Adelaide(South Australia) and most recently in Melbourne at the MCG(Melbourne Cricket Ground). Credit to those Victorians, although its not their sport, they LOVE sport and would "turn up to an opening of a wound". They have packed out the MCG that holds 90,000-100,000 live supporters. Rugby league was a break away game from Rugby Union, started in the 1890's in the UK and in Australia in the late 1900's(1908?) 3rd RUGBY - (Rugby Union) - Not very popular in Australia. Its seen as the White collar game, played by Private Schools/Universities/Lawyers/Doctors. There is a Sydney competition that struggles to get much of a following. The game is more popular in South Africa(National team: Springboks) & New Zealand(National Team: All Blacks) ~~~~~~~~~~ Both "Rugbys"(League and Union) have their history rooted in the United Kingdom. And Like every Sport they develop in the UK, the rest of the world picks it up and then teaches them how to play it. While AFL, is predominantly ONLY played in Australia. I am not from an AFL dominant state and find it funny that each year they pick an ALL AUSTRALIAN SIDE (the best players). Unlike the NRL who have a state of Origin Series to play out our best teams. The Victorians just name their all Australian team, with no opponent to test their skills. Hopefully this brief rundown helps. Aussies hearing any foreigners or locals for that matter calling the egg shaped ball code by the wrong name is more than a tad frustrating and is the cause of many a fist-fight ! Loyalty to your code runs deep in Australia ! All this from a New South Wales NRL nut supporter, but as my Sydney team that is playing in the Victorian based AFL league is on top of the ladder and set to take the flag, AFL is growing on me. Just don't tell my bar fly mates... they call AFL --> "Areal Ping-Pong, stupid game played by Mexicans" (They call Victorians, Mexicans, as they are South of the border from here in NSW). Not sure when it last happened but the AFL have played a game of mixed halves against an ALL IRISH team of Gaelic Footballers. AFL is hard enough to follow let alone that game and they use a round ball like in soccer in Gaelic Football. Now I read all the other comments here it appears I have just paraphrased them all, hopefully with a bit more meat to help explain. So now I will go away 🙂
4 types of football are played in Australia. I list them in popularity order 1 AFL (Ozzy Rules) Rugby League, Rugby (Union) and Soccer. It is debatable which order Rugby and soccer would fall in.
It is Aussie Rules. You have stated Ozzy but that name belongs to the lead singer of Black Sabbath. It is Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi. No body cheers for Ozzy Osborne at a Footy match. Just clearing that one up.
It is a really physical game and there are frequent injuries. The league is really good at protecting players, though, with rules to stop excessively dangerous play. Every team also has their own doctors, physios and medics to keep players in top form. Even with all that, knee and shoulder injuries are common, along with torn muscles and ligaments. Just this week a player got tackled hard enough to break a rib which punctured his lung.
The game doesn't stop for injuries unless you need to be stretchered off the field, if you can get to your feet then you have to get yourself to the interchange area so you can be replaced on the field, player can run between 18 - 20km each game.
A good one for Rugby League, if you already know a bit about Rugby Union (or even if you don't!) is "Russell Crowe explains the rules and laws of rugby league | NRL"
Yes there's 36 players on the ground. The oval is huge and as there are no offsides, play can go in any direction at any time. It's very open and fast paced so even with 36 players on the ground, some midfielders run up to 15km a game. There's so much ground to cover.
Rugby is usually accepted to be Rugby Union, which is popular in Australia, but not as popular as Rugby League or Australian Rules. The history of Rugby Union vs Rugby League is interesting, if you are into sports.
G'day, I've just subscribed after watching 3 of your videos, rugby and AFL are different sports both are winter sports but focus on games is split geographically. Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania and Perth focus on afl, whilst Sydney and Brisbane are NRL (National Rugby League). However there are teams that cross the borders. Melbourne has a NRL team and Sydney and Brisbane both have 2 AFL teams but media mostly focuses on NRL there. Both are playing their seasons at the moment with finals coming up in early September and throughout that month. Try to check out watching a full game of each, even if they are replays of old games? It's easier to understand and learn the game by following it rather than this video, however it does give you a beginners guide to the basics. Looking forward to more content.
The type of stoppages you are talking about are specifically related to rugby style games, this includes American football. Yes, each team has 18 players on the field at once. Aussie Rules is a unique sport, in itself; played on a egg-shaped(cricket) oval shaped field, which the preferred measurements are between 165m long and 135m at it's widest point. The game is played over four quarters, with the average game(including stoppages and breaks between the quarters) around 2 hours plus; an average player will travel anywhere between 12km to 15km, whilst a top athlete travelling upto 20km per game. You need to be SUPER FIT to play this game.
If you want to watch a game, I recommend the 2023 grand final. I’m probably biased because my favourite team won but it was a great match in my opinion
Yess both teams have 18 players on the field and 4 on the bench, which means 36 on the field all up and 8 on the bench plus each team and an extra player each for substitute players . Alot is going on at a single time over 4 quarters, each quarter going between 20 odd minute's plus extra time which could be an extra 5 or 10 minute's of stoppages of play. I'm Australian and for newbie's of the game, will take a fair while to get use to the game player and it is hard for you all
The only time play stops is when someone is stretchered from the field. If you have a broken arm you walk off. Broken leg...stretcher. Check out something like AFL biggest hits or try the old school one AFL enforcers or AFL a line in the sand. The sport has been cleaned up in the last 20 years. As it should have been, actually. It was brutal.
I was never really into footy until later in life. Now I'm sorry I missed the glory days through the 70s ~ 90s when the rules were much (shall we say) looser. But even now, the game is very addictive and looks great in 4K with big sound. If you can watch it, you won't be disappointed but previous full games are pretty easy to find online.
AFL is somewhat like Gaelic Football which is played in Ireland (and elsewhere including by the Montreal Shamrocks). I'm not sure if Gaelic Football played any part in the history of AFL but it may have. From Wikipedia... "Is Gaelic football similar to Australian football? Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football ... Both Gaelic football and Australian Football are openly contested and free flowing games. The main difference is the awarding of a mark for any clean catch of over 15 metres off a kick in Australian rules, which results in a free kick or possession of the ball."
AFL was developed by a cricket coach that wanted to keep cricket players fit in the offseason he saw Indigenous kids playing a game called Marngrook and created a scoring system and rules as the original only consisted of kicking and catching a ball made from possum skin filled with charcoal (kind of like forcey backs). It is a great game and worthwhile learning about 👍
"he saw Indigenous kids playing a game called Marngrook " I'm sorry, but there is zero evidence that Tom Wills ever saw Marngrook. It is just supposed that he could have. What is documented is that he attended the Rugby School in England and played football there. See also: 'Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby' trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180838827
With NFL the BIG FINAL half time is the big deal. With AFL the Half Time entertainment is merely a hinderance where barrackers eat a pie or have a pee.
I love it when non Aussies try and understand our 'footy' sports.... we have Rugby League, we have Rugby Union, we have Soccer and then we have the AFL aka Aussie Rules.... all can be spoken about as 'footy'...... until you hear the names of the various clubs.... you don't know which sport an Aussie is talking about. It also goes by states lol..... NSW and QLD will mostly be talking about Rugby League... Victoria and Tasmania and South Australia will mostly be talking about AFL.... various states will talk about Rugby Union.... and mostly NSW will be talking about Soccer..... it's just the way it is :D
G’day there. I’m glad your enjoying our game, but I should point out that the first “rules” video you watched is unfortunately full of small inaccuracies and some obvious omissions, and that’s odd since it was the Australian AFL ruling body that commissioned it. The very first thing to be addressed, is that this game is NOT a mix of other games. And unlike a lot of other American viewers (naturally and understandably) assume, this game has absolutely no historical link whatsoever to gridiron. As mentioned elsewhere in other comments, it was invented years before gridiron, and there was also very little cultural contact between Australia and the USA before WW2. AND whilst It is absolutely understandable why most might think that there is a link between AFL and other ball games, but it’s simply not true as every game that looks like it might have a few similar shared roots, like volleyball and basketball etc we’re invent many years (even decades) later, we’ll after AFL became established. Here are a few things to clear up, and to start of with, it’s 15 metres “before” your required to bounce the ball, it’s just been rounded to 16 yards for the mainly American audience, for which the first typical video most get to see was created. Also, you don’t just have to bounce it, you can alternatively bend down whilst running, and touch the ball to the ground as well (although rarely seen nowadays). The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) actually holds over 100,000 people, not 90,000. I know the Vid said 90,000 plus, but this implies a lower true figure, so it’s a very poor choice of words. They play on Cricket pitches, hence the round oval shape, and since cricket pitches are all of various different sizes, there is no standard pitch size for AFL, so any figures that will get quoted, are only average estimates. The 20 minute quarters can have 10 additional minutes PER quarter, not 10 minutes for the whole game. The stoppages of play that are mentioned, are nothing like what happens in Gridiron, and they usually only last for a few seconds, with a mandatory time limit of 30 seconds for the longest one, and that’s for when a player is kicking for goal within the 50 metre arc (other videos do explain this). This is a truly 360 degree game, so when they say no offside rule, it’s a massive understatement that you will only understand after watching a few minutes of continuous play. And you really can get hit from Any direction at all. And what isn’t mentioned at all, is that their is absolutely no “Time Outs” of any description at all, for eg. if a player is injured, the game still continues on around him without stopping. The only exception to this is if he needs to be stretchered of, other wise the play goes on as the injured player walks off. There is video on TH-cam with players with clearly broken arms, walking off, as the game still continues on around him. This 1st video suggestion is an updated version from the AFL, that fixes most (but not all the) issues and omissions in the Americanised version of the video that most people see first. (To be clear, the errors are our fault, i.e. us Aussies, as it was the AFL who wrote the script to help educate US citizens). th-cam.com/video/u_SqfNNfhmM/w-d-xo.html This 2nd video is done by an Englishman, and it does a better job of explaining the basics (in regards to the original AFL,s own video), but since some of the rules have changed, it’s also slightly inaccurate too, but not in any fundamental important matters though, and it does give a list of offences that none of the others do, so it’s well worth a watch, just for that. th-cam.com/video/Mnv32s8jPz0/w-d-xo.html. This next vid helps fill in some gaps, but still it leaves stuff out too, so it’s only really useful as a supplementary video, but it’s still good for what it does do. th-cam.com/video/64elNqf3Kxg/w-d-xo.html Before we move along and in support of the previous Videos closing remarks about Aussie AFL fans. Here’s what happened When Buddy Franklin Scored his 1000th goal (yes that really is One Thousand Goals, NOT including behinds I.E. the One pointers). This milestone has only happened 5 times previously in the 150 year plus history of this game. That’s why the crowd reacted the way they did. The anticipation for this moment was absolutely huge all game. And it also took nearly half an hour to clear the cricket ground (pitch). th-cam.com/video/HgM3W6gnJGg/w-d-xo.html These next videos are not rules related as such, but a bit of everything else of potential interest. To start of with, If your interested in the history of the game, as it’s arguably the oldest game on earth, well at least certain aspects of it are anyway. The following videos should help to enlighten you why this is case. At the 1:27 min mark, they specifically mentioned how the AFL Ruling body, has finally recognised the influence of Marngrook on AFL. th-cam.com/video/8pJftbDqFfY/w-d-xo.html To be Clear. It’s the jumping up high (I.E. marking) of the ball component of Marngrook, that’s of specific importance, and is what was carried across to the new game. th-cam.com/video/7UlHJgrkgM8/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/k8dPdHMZiQg/w-d-xo.html This little Documentary has certain facts that have since been clarified and confirmed, as shown in the earlier video suggestions. But the History of Tom Wills is still accurate. Take Note: At 4:31. Specific mention is made of the hand written rules, including a photo of the original hand written rules of what’s now called, Australian Rules Football. th-cam.com/video/fv6dAoUcSrM/w-d-xo.html What’s now known as Australian Rules, is indeed the first game to have a “standardised” set of “codified” rules of any football code. Another point of interest is that the Australian Aborigines have a PROVEN historical ability to remember and pass on their stories. So to go of track ever so slightly, it’s been discovered that they have racial memories (stories that are passed down over time) that actually date back to before the last ice age. It’s also a proven fact that the Australian Aborigines have the OLDEST Continuous culture on earth. (Feel free to check this out at your own leisure as it’s fascinating in its own right). th-cam.com/video/7UlHJgrkgM8/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/k8dPdHMZiQg/w-d-xo.html To be fair (and clear), just about every game ever invented, basically starts of without written rules. This is especially true of soccer as it’s history dates back to the Middle Ages. Therefore various games (of all sorts) have evolved over time, this is a universal constant. It’s just that Australian Football was specifically created for a very specific purpose right from the very beginning, and so setting out rules was an automatic imperative right from the start. Neither the early forms of soccer or rugby (or any other type of game) had this type of need in their early days. Australia (Victoria to be more specific) was the First Nation to have a 8 hour work day 40 hour work week. So we had Saturday free to play sport, before other countries, this has been postulated as another reason why it was easy for us to create a game in the fashion that we did, and why it was taken up so quickly. What translates to AFL, is the consolidated components of pre Codified Soccer/football, pre codified Rugby, Marngrook etc, as well as some other unique aspects of his own too (like bouncing/touching the ball to the ground), that was then all mixed up and combined into our very own game which we happened to write some rules down before anyone else got around to it. To put it simply, No one has ever denied the fact that AFL is made up of early forms of other football style of games with our own bits added as well. But having said that. AFL actually predates Soccer, Rugby, Gridiron, Basketball, Volleyball etc. So it’s not actually accurate to say that it’s a mix of other sports, as that implies that AFL copied those aspects and that they came first, but to be fair, it is also entirely understandable why that assumption is constantly made. There are other far more exciting videos to watch, such as ones like these. I will start of with what was a pop song in the 70’s but has become the main AFL theme song (their are others). What makes this video specifically interesting was that it was before a lot of the rules to make it a safer game, had been made. It has some spectacular footage. (Just the 5 secs from 0:30 to 0:35, prove this point). And BTW Roy Cazaly was the name of a famous player that could jump, hence the cry “ Up their Cazaly” and thus the title for the song. I maybe biased, but it’s still a damn good song. th-cam.com/video/pxM8XB61ZvU/w-d-xo.html This one is well worth reacting too. These next vids are of course subjective, and it’s only a taste of what’s on TH-cam. I’m not saying they are the best, just a good example of what’s available, and they are all worth reacting to as well. Top 50 AFL Marks of all time th-cam.com/video/7AjcFfBvIcs/w-d-xo.html AFL Greatest long Bomb Goals th-cam.com/video/ecaBlL96iks/w-d-xo.html The Best AFL Moments of all time th-cam.com/video/X54uvWYw5kY/w-d-xo.html Top ten Grand Final moments from the last 10 years th-cam.com/video/ELj7yH5wmC0/w-d-xo.html Of course there are plenty more like this that are out there, but I will finish up with one that shows just some of the biggest hits done to a strangely appropriate rap song. Here comes the Boom. th-cam.com/video/uPIQ7vLJYIA/w-d-xo.html And finally an American ex Gridiron player/Radio host, interviewing an American who plays top level AFL Pat McAfee learns Everything about AFL th-cam.com/video/XY3a_yMgvxg/w-d-xo.html And finally, If your at all interested. Here’s a documentary about the history and it’s players. Not some to react as such. But something some out there might find to be of interest. th-cam.com/video/NYk-7VGoCKw/w-d-xo.html
Both Australian and America Football have links to 'Rugby'. See for instance: 'Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby'. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138046782 "very little cultural contact between Australia and the USA before WW2" Geelong's Carji Greeves (the first 'Brownlow Medalist) was coaching Australian Football at the University of Southern California in 1929: 'trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232436086 "They play on Cricket pitches," No. The 'pitch in Cricket is where the bowler bowls to the batsmen/women and where the wickets are that the batsmen/women run between. Cricket and Australian Football are played on 'grounds' or 'Ovals'. "there is no standard pitch size for AFL" Well besides football being not being played on on pitches, the AFL Laws stipulate: " The Playing Surface shall be: (i) oval in shape; (ii) between 135 metres and 185 metres in length; and (iii) between 110 metres and 155 metres in width" A link to the current Laws is here: www.afl.com.au/about-afl/laws-of-the-game "The 20 minute quarters can have 10 additional minutes PER quarter, not 10 minutes for the whole game." 'Time off' each quarter is NOT fixed it could be any number of minutes. Duration of matches can be found here: E.G. afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2023/041920230930.html 'Stoppages' can be longer than '30 seconds' - besides due to attending to an injured played, a score review can hold things up etc. But EVERY quarter sees the 'ball in play' for 20 minutes. "how the AFL Ruling body, has finally recognised the influence of Marngrook on AFL." More a 'gesture' as there is no documentary evidence to support it. More significant was the 1866 rule of having to bounce the ball while running with it, encouraged kicking the ball - which resulted inn 'high-catching' of the ball. " It’s the jumping up high (I.E. marking) of the ball component of Marngrook, that’s of specific importance, and is what was carried across to the new game." No. Noting that even in Rugby and American Football where kicking the ball is relatively rare at times both kicks and throws sometimes in both codes end with 'high catches'. See: www.sportplan.net/drills/Rugby/Catching/Catching-a-high-ball-highball.jsp AND High catches in American Football th-cam.com/video/JNqXV0A8M70/w-d-xo.html "Specific mention is made of the hand written rules, including a photo of the original hand written rules of what’s now called, Australian Rules Football." You can see Henry Colden Antill Harrison's 1859 'hand written rules' at the 'Sports Museum at the MCG. Harrison carried them in his wallet until his death in 1929. Now for the worst: No Senior body administering Australian Football has NEVER EVER used the word 'rules' in naming the game!!! The 'rules' tag is a 'leftover' from the press in the Rugby 'hold-out' States of New South Wales and Queensland who added the 'rules' tag to suggest that nothing Australian could be anything but an inferior adaption or variant of things invented in the 'Mother Country' (the U.K.). Do you know who Bruce Andrew was? If heard you using the 'rules' tag he would have 'drop-kicked you out of the ground! "What’s now known as Australian Rules, is indeed the first game to have a “standardised” set of “codified” rules of any football code. " The first written rules of a 'football game' are the 'Cambridge Rules' from 1848. They were the forerunner of what became 'Association Football'. See: www.cambridgerules1848.com/about/ "AFL actually predates Soccer, Rugby," Nope. Remember - "'Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby'. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138046782" "Australia (Victoria to be more specific) was the First Nation to have a 8 hour work day 40 hour work week." In 1916 the Victoria Eight Hours Act was passed granting the eight-hour day to all workers in the state. The eight-hour day was not achieved nationally until the 1920s. The Commonwealth Arbitration Court gave approval of the 40-hour five-day working week nationally beginning on 1 January 1948. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day
No similarities because it was the first coded football in the world. No stoppages, if a player is down it only stops if that player is in the way of play or unconscious. It is fast and fun, played by elite athletes. My Dad brought me up to love all sports but this is hands down still the best football anywhere. I watched my Dad and brother play Rugby League, my other brother played AFL and coached juniors. My Dad was also a hockey player and a bicycle road racer. He should have gone to the Olympics for the last one but he met my Mother. After that his road training didn’t go past her house. I love sports in many Countries and I have been to ice hockey games in Canada. My son is a die hard Canucks supporter. I do not like when the crowd chants, blood on the ice. My Dad taught me to acknowledge good play from both teams and that got me hit on the head in Canada.
AFL is different from rugby. In fact rugby can actually be 2 different sports - Rugby League and Rugby Union (the latter is generally what people think of as 'rugby'). AFL is overall the more popular of the three, but it depends on region. The rugbys are more popular in the North Eastern parts, and AFL predominates throughout the rest of the country. Which of the two rugbys will have precedence generally depends on social class. Rugby Union is more international and big in private schools, so is often seen as an upper class sport. Rugby League is more popular with the 'common man'.
19th century colonial rivalries made for the 'football' divisions in Australia. What became 'Australian Football' began in the late 1850s in Melbourne in the colony of Victoria. New South Wales at the time with its 'capital' in Sydney was the original colony (Victoria had only been 'carved/calved' out of it in 1850). Victoria was richer due to a 'gold rush' in the 1850s and more 'progressive' with the first mandated '8 hour' work day in the world, along with the first development of the 'Secret Ballot' in elections. By the time that the Australia Colonies began moving towards becoming an 'Australian Federation' the most support for it came from Victoria while New South Wales originally favoured an Imperial Federation with London as the Capital. It took two referendums before NSW agreed to being part of an 'Australian Federation'. Rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne meant that NSW stayed with the game from the 'Mother Country' (Rugby) while the Victorians went about developing the best 'football' game ever devised! Today 'Australian Football' is the dominant football code in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory, while Rugby 'League' is main code in New South Wales, Queensland, and the 'Australian Capital Territory.
Fantastic game, always fast and athletic, only stops for injuries - very entertaining! The most popular sport here is Cricket, AFL is second, Rugby third, Soccer fourth or fifth! 🙆
"only stops for injuries" Not quite! Stops for many things. When the ball goes 'Out of Bounds'. During checking video regarding scoring. While a goal umpire is signalling. Return of the ball to the centre after a goal is scored. When a field umpire stops play before restarting it with a bounce ball etc.
as a Victorian, I can name maybe two rugby teams in the whole country, I have no idea if they are League or Union teams and I don't know a damn thing about either sport. never watched a game and almost never hear anyone talking about rugby except NSW/QLD friends on social media. but if you asked those interstate friends about AFL they'd probably have a similar experience (they don't watch it or like it, no one they know watches it, etc). the main type of football people in Australia watch depends heavily depending on where you live. in VIC, AFL is king, and i know heaps of people into soccer too.
@@krystalryan9174 1908 is when rugby league started in Australia not when the Wallabies started they were around before then. Rugby has been played in Australia since the 1860s and the Wallabies were first formed in 1899. Personally I have always followed rugby league, unfortunately rubgy union has been losing a lot of its support in Australia as a result of some pretty poor mangagment over the last 10 or 15 years and as an Aussie sports fan thats been a pity to watch the decline.
@@user-bi8wp6wy3l Rugby was being played in 1850s. What became 'Australian Football' (beginning in 1858) was a variation of the 'Rugby rules' so as to reduce chance of injury to the players - as the original aim was to keep Cricket players fit during the winter 'off-season'. See: Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180838827
Both American and Canadian football started off as Rugby.....both countries kept changing the rules to stop the injuries, until the players are covered in padding wearing helmuts and the game has more over efficious umpires / referees than players . Aussie rules is the oldest codefied football ever and had the first football competition in the world.....before soccer and before rugby.
I'm always confused when reactors are confused by 18 players on the field given they've just shown how massive the ground is compared to other sports. Surely not a difficult concept to grasp.
I just don’t get it… rugby is more like gridiron than any other football code… How do you mistake rugby with football? They arnt even similar, general ball shape and tackling…
If you watch one game of AFL you'll never watch NFL the same again, because NFL is boring as bat shit with their stoppages and the play. Such hype for no sugar and as an Aussie I find it hilarious all these people and companies pay so much money for something so shit.
Most of the rules are open to interpretation so it makes the game very fustrating to watch . One umpire might give a free kick but the other umpire might not . Its a game run by Umpires that ends up deciding the results . There is hardly any defining rules to the game except the goals and points . Its more of a game of you cant do this and you cant do that but we might let you do this or do that depending on how i feel on the day
I have to set you straight. We play Rugby League (NRL). Rugby refers to Rugby Union. Two completely different games with different rules. We do play Union but it isn't as big as League.
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As an expat Canadian (who played baseball and gridiron) I can tell you that the playing field is enormous...the first time I went to a ground I couldn't believe it...I figured you'd need pack a lunch and take plenty of water just to get from one end to the other!!!
Aussie Rules was created in Melbourne in the 1850s. Yes, there are 18 players per side on the field, so 36 on the ground in total. The game is essentially played on cricket grounds, so the field is huge. Rugby is a completely different game which is far more similar to American football than anything Aussie Rules.
Amazing
Not 'essentially' it is exclusively played on Cricket Ovals.
@@CanuckDownUnder There are some videos of some very early silent b&w footage of footy in the1900s on youtube somewhere.. I think it was Carlton v Essendon. Worth a look.
It was 20 each side on the ground until 1897.
@@MichaelRogers-et8dq Not true, not much cricket (AKA None) played at the Gold Coast Suns home ground, Same for the GWS Giants.
Pre Optus oval no test matches were played at Subiaco oval
hi just subbed from australia, welcome to the greatest game in the world, the current season is about two thirds through, there are plenty of highlight videos to watch on biggest hits, best goals, and best marks, or individual player highlights as well as highlights of the greatest games through history, the choice is up to you, enjoy
Thanks for the sub!
Richmond are close to the spoon
I live about 5kms from the great MCG, and when there's a crowd of 100,000 fans, I can sometimes hear their roar from my house. Being in a crowd that big is awesome - your chest rattles with the massive roars. There's nothing like a nail biting AFL game.
If you get the chance, check out these 3 videos
1 - " A beginner's guide to Australian football | AFL Explained " ( the newest version from the AFL ) ( 4:56 mins long )
2 - Mason Cox : " Don't believe in never " Mason is an American playing AFL. Mason journey from the U.S. to the AFL. ( 7:22 mins long )
3 - " The 50 AFL Marks Of All Time " ( 15:24 mins long )
Enjoy cheers thanks🤠
Don't bother that one sucks. This is the best one.
@@brianahern5239 which one ?? The latest new version of AFL ?
@@brianahern5239 Agreed, the new one sounds like they are speaking to children; this one is for adults.
@@Mirrorgirl492 Fair call.
@@Mirrorgirl492 this one is designed to show to Americans for recreuiting efforts like the one that found Mason Cox, the one from the AFL better explains the rules and play
It is probably quite fair to say that for many Aussies, other football codes appear a little boring after watching Aussie rules.
Bingo!
Good Union is Good
No, it's not rugby. There are actually many differences. The main difference is the pattern of play. In rugby, the teams line up opposing one another (like American football) and the player with the ball generally passes the ball sideways (and slightly backwards) to his team mate. In Aussie rules, the players of opposing teams are distributed all over the ground (field) and you can pass in any direction. The player is responsible for the opponent he is "manning". There is also a vertical component, since the ball if often kicked relatively high and this leads to one of the most iconic aspects of the game, that distinguishes it from other codes: the mark. Because you have the opportunity to take an unimpeded kick after a mark (a catch taken on the full from a kick of at least 15 m from a player of either team), the mark is incentivised. This can lead to spectacular marks, as shown in the video. Other differences include the shape of the ground (Aussie rules is played on an oval, often one that is used for cricket in the opposite season), the size of the ground (an Aussie rules ground is usually around 170 m x 150 m, so much larger), the method of disposal (no throwing in Aussie rules, no hand ball in rugby, kicking is much more common in Aussie rules), method of scoring (kicking through the goals rather than scoring a try), higher scoring in Aussie rules, the Aussie rules ball is a bit smaller, etc etc.
Yes, Aussie rules was invented by Australians. It was designed to keep cricketers fit in winter (the off season for cricket). The first game was played in 1858 in Melbourne and the game was codified in 1859, making it one of the oldest football codes in the world.
Yes, 18 players on the ground per team, so 36 total. This is necessary because of the size of the ground. Midfielders (the ones who follow the ball) can run up to almost 20 km per game, so if the teams were any smaller, they would probably die of exhaustion before the game was over. As they mentioned in the video, there are four on the bench who can be rotated during the game and one emergency in case of injury or just to inject "fresh legs" towards the end of the game.
Yes, it is a very free flowing game. The play does not stop when the player is tackled. The tackled player has to correctly dispose of the ball (kick or hand ball it), if possible. There are some stoppages, for example, after a goal is scored, when the ball goes out of bounds, when the ball is stuck in a bunch of players (after which the umpire throws the ball up). However, the clock stops for these. The total actual playing time is 80 mins (4 quarters x 20 mins) played over about 2.5 hours, start to finish (including breaks between quarter). I read that the average actual playing time of an NFL game is only 18 mins played over a total game time of 3 hours and 12 mins (www.profootballnetwork.com/how-long-is-a-football-game-breaking-down-the-time-between-the-first-and-last-whistle/ ).
Yes, serious injuries do occur. The commonest injury to keep a player out for many games is a knee injury. Concussions also occur. The rules have been tweaked to try to minimise the risk of contact to the head but these still occur.
Yes, rugby is a separate sport. In fact, there are two versions of rugby: rugby union (also, confusingly, called "rugby") and rugby league. Rugby union is the more popular version around the world and is very popular in New Zealand. It is played in Australia, especially in schools, but the national competition is not so popular. Rugby League is popular in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra). The national competition is the NRL. Aussie rules is more popular in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory (as well as southern New South Wales).
They play on cricket fields, hence the massive playing arena. Originally created 150+ years ago to keep cricketers fit in the winter.
Cricket isn't played on 'fields' it is played on 'grounds' or 'ovals'.
@@MichaelRogers-et8dq cricket fields are often referred to as grounds or ovals.
It’s still a field. That’s a universal term.
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Yeah, I’m 70 and I remember it being called a cricket field when I was young. I had to google it to make sure lol
*Is it a cricket pitch or field?
Outdoor cricket is played on an oval grass field. In the centre there is a flat strip of ground called the pitch.
@@bernadettelanders7306 there’s also the infield and the outfield, in relation to the fielding circle.
And of course - fielders!
Season 2023 attendances:
Australian Football League: 8,139,464 (Has teams in 5 states - soon to be six)
National Rugby League: 4,335,876 (Has teams in 3 states, plus one in the Australian Capital Territory and one in New Zealand.)
Watch (Beginners Guide to Australian Football League)AFL, AFLW League.
Codified in 1859 . 175 years old
A set of handwritten rules for a match survives from 1859. A meeting of 7 club delegates on May 8th 1866 at the Freemason's Hotel in Melbourne is more definitive as being 'officially codified'. They can be seen here: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138046782
There was actually a fallow Canuck that played AFL for the Sydney Swans . He was really tall and came from a rugby background . The endurance , speed and unique skill sets combined with full contact make this a hard sport for people who haven't grown up playing it , to play at the top levels. That's why there are so few international players making the switch Mason Cox is an American that's done it and there is a video of his journey called Don't believe in never.
There are however hundreds of teams all over the world playing the game at amature level, including Canada , and many women are also now playing .
Working out the score can be confusing to start with, the first number(20) is the number of Goals scored(20×6=120pts); the second number(10) is the number of Behinds scored(10×1=10), and the third number(130) is the Total Points scored(120+10=130).
What adds to the game's uniqueness is the shape of the ball leading to the random bounce of the ball. Players have to be on high alert at all times due to this factor as the way the ball can bounce means that it can go off in any direction. This fabulous game is older than any other similar game and perhaps inspired by the local indigenous people, the oldest living culture in the world, who played a game called 'marn grook'. As to the physical hits, players can be seriously hurt and the repercussions of that can damage health at the time and in later years. I dislike that part of the game. Thankfully the game has been cleaned up over the years from much willful hurt. After the game an overseeing panel will give the necessary suspensions and fines to players if wrongful actions/behaviour occurs during the game.
I noticed that about the ball
The actual skill of a football player is the ability to bounce the freaking ball.
I would recommend reacting to the AFL companion video "A Beginners Guide to Australian Rules Football", this may help to clear any confusion; they are a pigeon pair of videos.
The rules maximise fast play.
No throwing, no hunkering over the ball, you've got to dispose of the ball legally if an opposition player catches up to you.
It leads to kicking being the most efficient way of moving the ball over distance.
It may appear chaotic at times but once resolved flows into beautiful sequences of play.
20 minutes per quarter but the 10 minutes can lead to 2 hours of play not counting the breaks.
There is a lot of great info already but just came to add that I am a Melbourne girl, born and bred and the basis of its history is in Victoria. Western Australia and South Australia also played it but the reason the Grand final and most of the games are played in Melbourne, as well as majority of the teams is because the history of it is largely Victorian. It was known as the VFL up until I started high school in fact.
I want to also say that I am a fan, have my team and to watch it LIVE, is the best way to go. Nothing beats a live match at the MCG. My team is one of the oldest and most successful (and if not yours, also most hated LOL).
BUT, I want to say that outside of a grand final, the most exciting, hair raising and best games to watch is that of the ANZAC day match between Collingwood (my team) and Essendon.
Anzac Day matches are historically always played between these two rivals dating back to the late 1800's and its the day we pay respect to our past & present soldiers who have defended our country.
Every year, it draw a crowd of 95,000-100,000 people and at the beginning of the match, an ARMY member plays "The last Post" and there is a one minute silence to pay respect. I've had the honour of going to one of these and you can hear a pin drop.
Once done, the roar of the crowd is like nothing else. Its a phenomenal game to watch live, especially when close between the two teams til the end.
each quarter goes for 20 minutes but with extra time they add up to about 30 minutes each. its actually quite rare to see a quarter so go less than about 28 minutes, So technically the game time adds up to about 2 hours or just under for your average game
There’s some debate about its origins- it’s a bit of a mix of Gaelic football and there was an aboriginal game called Mark Grook which is similar too.
I suggest you find yourself a whole grand final to watch- including the half time show.
2022 was pretty decent if you can find it
Aussie rules is more like soccer in that the play is free flowing and dynamic, there are stoppages, but there’s not the constant stop start nature of rugby and American football.
Australian Football is the ONLY code of 'Football' where the maximum score can ONLY be achieved by KICKING the ball!
It's in the name.
Footy.
I freakin love being an Aussie..this west Aussie just subbed..Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
You’ll love AFL because of that face pace you mentioned. The whole game( other than breaks and out of bounds waiting) is flow
Played 20 years of country footy, (ovens and king league Victoria) and loved every minute I spent on the ground.
The Spectacular marks were still a regular feature, (though not by myself ) as these were the leagues the younger blokes came up through, to be picked up by the equivalent of talent scouts. It's a tough game on any level, but was a great way to blow of steam. Most of my teammates were farmers or shift workers, whose opportunity for hobbies and fitness were limited due to work constraints. Our footy teams also contribute socially to community projects and issues. As well as maintain a junior league, and these days thankfully, catering for both boys and girls. Female adult teams have been growing since the advent of the AWFL , and similar to women's basketball, at times offers better competition to view than the men. It's a great sport requiring much athleticism and strategy, a good coach and game plan can outmanoeuvre and work around a skilled player, or nullify their influence with a skilled tagger.. I hope you get half the enjoyment I do as an Aussie, as anymore and I think you'd move here..lol.
Ps, Most footy clubs (footy being a winter sport.) have a fellow or conjoined cricket club that uses the same ground in the summer. So most footy players used to play cricket and vice versa.
These days with professionals in both competitions, this is only occuring in the "minor" leagues so to speak. You may have noted that tha AFL Grand Final is always played on the MCG< Melbourne Cricket Ground. A clear reference to the crossover use of the field.
36 players on the field, yes. 18 per team (plus the bench) that might sound like a lot of players on the field, but it's a bloody big field. The playing surface is as wide as an NFL field is long and is as long as two NFL fields (probably).
The stoppages are frequent, more frequent than the NFL, but the stoppages are resolved immediately and take about 3-5 seconds. There's no Offensive and Defensive teams nor special teams, it's more like soccer where all the players are on-field all the time. If you like Hockey, you'll like this.
I'd never considered hockey as a comparison. With the exception of field size and height attained above ground..General pace and physicality is very similar. Thankyou, I will use that when trying to explain to other international friends.
A NFL field is only about 110 yards, 100m. An AFL (cricket) ground is about 156m... about 180 yards.
A quick note for anyone not familiar with AFL/NRL/ARU ( Aussie Rules Football/Rugby League/Rugby Union).
Rugby and Rugby League are similar to one another, but BOTH are nothing like AFL, except the egg shaped ball. As for popularity by the number of followers it's probably as follows:
1st: AFL - (AFL - Aussie Rules / Australian Rules Football) They can get 50,000+ to a random weekly game - If the ground holds it (predominantly played in Victoria/South Australia/Western Australia/Tasmania. I recent years a few teams have popped up in New South Wales and Queensland. I believe that AFL was invented in Australia's early days 1850's? as a winter sport for cricket players to play in Winter, cricket's off-season.
2nd NRL - (Rugby League) - Some games struggle to get a few 1,000 live supporters. Predominantly played in New South Wales & Queensland. There is an annual STATE OF ORIGIN Series, played between the best players who were born/played first in their respective states. Sadly in recent years, dominated by Queensland. They usually play one match in Sydney(New South Wales), Brisbane( Queensland) and a neutral city. Recently in in Perth(Western Australia), Adelaide(South Australia) and most recently in Melbourne at the MCG(Melbourne Cricket Ground). Credit to those Victorians, although its not their sport, they LOVE sport and would "turn up to an opening of a wound". They have packed out the MCG that holds 90,000-100,000 live supporters. Rugby league was a break away game from Rugby Union, started in the 1890's in the UK and in Australia in the late 1900's(1908?)
3rd RUGBY - (Rugby Union) - Not very popular in Australia. Its seen as the White collar game, played by Private Schools/Universities/Lawyers/Doctors. There is a Sydney competition that struggles to get much of a following. The game is more popular in South Africa(National team: Springboks) & New Zealand(National Team: All Blacks)
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Both "Rugbys"(League and Union) have their history rooted in the United Kingdom. And Like every Sport they develop in the UK, the rest of the world picks it up and then teaches them how to play it.
While AFL, is predominantly ONLY played in Australia. I am not from an AFL dominant state and find it funny that each year they pick an ALL AUSTRALIAN SIDE (the best players). Unlike the NRL who have a state of Origin Series to play out our best teams. The Victorians just name their all Australian team, with no opponent to test their skills.
Hopefully this brief rundown helps.
Aussies hearing any foreigners or locals for that matter calling the egg shaped ball code by the wrong name is more than a tad frustrating and is the cause of many a fist-fight ! Loyalty to your code runs deep in Australia !
All this from a New South Wales NRL nut supporter, but as my Sydney team that is playing in the Victorian based AFL league is on top of the ladder and set to take the flag, AFL is growing on me. Just don't tell my bar fly mates... they call AFL --> "Areal Ping-Pong, stupid game played by Mexicans" (They call Victorians, Mexicans, as they are South of the border from here in NSW). Not sure when it last happened but the AFL have played a game of mixed halves against an ALL IRISH team of Gaelic Footballers. AFL is hard enough to follow let alone that game and they use a round ball like in soccer in Gaelic Football.
Now I read all the other comments here it appears I have just paraphrased them all, hopefully with a bit more meat to help explain.
So now I will go away 🙂
4 types of football are played in Australia. I list them in popularity order 1 AFL (Ozzy Rules) Rugby League, Rugby (Union) and Soccer. It is debatable which order Rugby and soccer would fall in.
It is Aussie Rules. You have stated Ozzy but that name belongs to the lead singer of Black Sabbath. It is Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi. No body cheers for Ozzy Osborne at a Footy match. Just clearing that one up.
Gaelic and American Football are also played.
It is a really physical game and there are frequent injuries. The league is really good at protecting players, though, with rules to stop excessively dangerous play. Every team also has their own doctors, physios and medics to keep players in top form.
Even with all that, knee and shoulder injuries are common, along with torn muscles and ligaments. Just this week a player got tackled hard enough to break a rib which punctured his lung.
The game doesn't stop for injuries unless you need to be stretchered off the field, if you can get to your feet then you have to get yourself to the interchange area so you can be replaced on the field, player can run between 18 - 20km each game.
A good one for Rugby League, if you already know a bit about Rugby Union (or even if you don't!) is "Russell Crowe explains the rules and laws of rugby league | NRL"
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@@CanuckDownUnderI've linked that one in my comment added a short time ago. Cheers 😉👍🏻
As an ice hockey you should watch and enjoy AFL biggest hits.
AFL was actually originally played by the indigenous Australian.
Yes there's 36 players on the ground. The oval is huge and as there are no offsides, play can go in any direction at any time. It's very open and fast paced so even with 36 players on the ground, some midfielders run up to 15km a game. There's so much ground to cover.
AFL was the most well-attended sport in 2023 with total stadium crowds of 8.1 million, almost double that of the NRL.
(29 Jan 2024)
Rugby is usually accepted to be Rugby Union, which is popular in Australia, but not as popular as Rugby League or Australian Rules. The history of Rugby Union vs Rugby League is interesting, if you are into sports.
My body is wrecked from this game and I bloody love it
G'day, I've just subscribed after watching 3 of your videos, rugby and AFL are different sports both are winter sports but focus on games is split geographically. Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania and Perth focus on afl, whilst Sydney and Brisbane are NRL (National Rugby League). However there are teams that cross the borders. Melbourne has a NRL team and Sydney and Brisbane both have 2 AFL teams but media mostly focuses on NRL there. Both are playing their seasons at the moment with finals coming up in early September and throughout that month. Try to check out watching a full game of each, even if they are replays of old games? It's easier to understand and learn the game by following it rather than this video, however it does give you a beginners guide to the basics. Looking forward to more content.
The type of stoppages you are talking about are specifically related to rugby style games, this includes American football. Yes, each team has 18 players on the field at once. Aussie Rules is a unique sport, in itself; played on a egg-shaped(cricket) oval shaped field, which the preferred measurements are between 165m long and 135m at it's widest point. The game is played over four quarters, with the average game(including stoppages and breaks between the quarters) around 2 hours plus; an average player will travel anywhere between 12km to 15km, whilst a top athlete travelling upto 20km per game. You need to be SUPER FIT to play this game.
Cricket and Australian Football aren't played on 'fields' they are played on 'grounds'.
If you want to watch a game, I recommend the 2023 grand final. I’m probably biased because my favourite team won but it was a great match in my opinion
Yess both teams have 18 players on the field and 4 on the bench, which means 36 on the field all up and 8 on the bench plus each team and an extra player each for substitute players . Alot is going on at a single time over 4 quarters, each quarter going between 20 odd minute's plus extra time which could be an extra 5 or 10 minute's of stoppages of play. I'm Australian and for newbie's of the game, will take a fair while to get use to the game player and it is hard for you all
Besides Aussie Rules, we also have both Rugby League and Rugby Union; as well as, Soccer are our major football codes.
Busting a hamstring seems to be the big thing at the moment
The only time play stops is when someone is stretchered from the field. If you have a broken arm you walk off. Broken leg...stretcher. Check out something like AFL biggest hits or try the old school one AFL enforcers or AFL a line in the sand. The sport has been cleaned up in the last 20 years. As it should have been, actually. It was brutal.
That was hilarious when you said rugby you sounded like a kiwi saying it. 😂😂😂😂😂
It's adapted from Gaelic football. But this is all Aussie and it is a fun game
Have to react to best of the decade marks (catches) and goals 2010-19. (Two separate videos) continue to learn with our fabulous game.
Footy is just like Hockey. But without the sticks.
I was never really into footy until later in life. Now I'm sorry I missed the glory days through the 70s ~ 90s when the rules were much (shall we say) looser. But even now, the game is very addictive and looks great in 4K with big sound. If you can watch it, you won't be disappointed but previous full games are pretty easy to find online.
AFL is somewhat like Gaelic Football which is played in Ireland (and elsewhere including by the Montreal Shamrocks). I'm not sure if Gaelic Football played any part in the history of AFL but it may have. From Wikipedia... "Is Gaelic football similar to Australian football?
Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football ...
Both Gaelic football and Australian Football are openly contested and free flowing games. The main difference is the awarding of a mark for any clean catch of over 15 metres off a kick in Australian rules, which results in a free kick or possession of the ball."
The one you are watching is outdated their is an updated version watch that one
AFL was developed by a cricket coach that wanted to keep cricket players fit in the offseason he saw Indigenous kids playing a game called Marngrook and created a scoring system and rules as the original only consisted of kicking and catching a ball made from possum skin filled with charcoal (kind of like forcey backs).
It is a great game and worthwhile learning about 👍
"he saw Indigenous kids playing a game called Marngrook "
I'm sorry, but there is zero evidence that Tom Wills ever saw Marngrook. It is just supposed that he could have.
What is documented is that he attended the Rugby School in England and played football there. See also: 'Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby'
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180838827
There are very few stoppages. Won’t even stop for an injured player unless it becomes dangerous.
With NFL the BIG FINAL half time is the big deal. With AFL the Half Time entertainment is merely a hinderance where barrackers eat a pie or have a pee.
I love it when non Aussies try and understand our 'footy' sports.... we have Rugby League, we have Rugby Union, we have Soccer and then we have the AFL aka Aussie Rules.... all can be spoken about as 'footy'...... until you hear the names of the various clubs.... you don't know which sport an Aussie is talking about. It also goes by states lol..... NSW and QLD will mostly be talking about Rugby League... Victoria and Tasmania and South Australia will mostly be talking about AFL.... various states will talk about Rugby Union.... and mostly NSW will be talking about Soccer..... it's just the way it is :D
G’day there. I’m glad your enjoying our game, but I should point out that the first “rules” video you watched is unfortunately full of small inaccuracies and some obvious omissions, and that’s odd since it was the Australian AFL ruling body that commissioned it.
The very first thing to be addressed, is that this game is NOT a mix of other games.
And unlike a lot of other American viewers (naturally and understandably) assume, this game has absolutely no historical link whatsoever to gridiron.
As mentioned elsewhere in other comments, it was invented years before gridiron, and there was also very little cultural contact between Australia and the USA before WW2.
AND whilst It is absolutely understandable why most might think that there is a link between AFL and other ball games, but it’s simply not true as every game that looks like it might have a few similar shared roots, like volleyball and basketball etc we’re invent many years (even decades) later, we’ll after AFL became established.
Here are a few things to clear up, and to start of with, it’s 15 metres “before” your required to bounce the ball, it’s just been rounded to 16 yards for the mainly American audience, for which the first typical video most get to see was created. Also, you don’t just have to bounce it, you can alternatively bend down whilst running, and touch the ball to the ground as well (although rarely seen nowadays).
The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) actually holds over 100,000 people, not 90,000. I know the Vid said 90,000 plus, but this implies a lower true figure, so it’s a very poor choice of words.
They play on Cricket pitches, hence the round oval shape, and since cricket pitches are all of various different sizes, there is no standard pitch size for AFL, so any figures that will get quoted, are only average estimates.
The 20 minute quarters can have 10 additional minutes PER quarter, not 10 minutes for the whole game.
The stoppages of play that are mentioned, are nothing like what happens in Gridiron, and they usually only last for a few seconds, with a mandatory time limit of 30 seconds for the longest one, and that’s for when a player is kicking for goal within the 50 metre arc (other videos do explain this).
This is a truly 360 degree game, so when they say no offside rule, it’s a massive understatement that you will only understand after watching a few minutes of continuous play. And you really can get hit from Any direction at all.
And what isn’t mentioned at all, is that their is absolutely no “Time Outs” of any description at all, for eg. if a player is injured, the game still continues on around him without stopping.
The only exception to this is if he needs to be stretchered of, other wise the play goes on as the injured player walks off. There is video on TH-cam with players with clearly broken arms, walking off, as the game still continues on around him.
This 1st video suggestion is an updated version from the AFL, that fixes most (but not all the) issues and omissions in the Americanised version of the video that most people see first. (To be clear, the errors are our fault, i.e. us Aussies, as it was the AFL who wrote the script to help educate US citizens).
th-cam.com/video/u_SqfNNfhmM/w-d-xo.html
This 2nd video is done by an Englishman, and it does a better job of explaining the basics (in regards to the original AFL,s own video), but since some of the rules have changed, it’s also slightly inaccurate too, but not in any fundamental important matters though, and it does give a list of offences that none of the others do, so it’s well worth a watch, just for that.
th-cam.com/video/Mnv32s8jPz0/w-d-xo.html.
This next vid helps fill in some gaps, but still it leaves stuff out too, so it’s only really useful as a supplementary video, but it’s still good for what it does do.
th-cam.com/video/64elNqf3Kxg/w-d-xo.html
Before we move along and in support of the previous Videos closing remarks about Aussie AFL fans. Here’s what happened When Buddy Franklin Scored his 1000th goal (yes that really is One Thousand Goals, NOT including behinds I.E. the One pointers).
This milestone has only happened 5 times previously in the 150 year plus history of this game. That’s why the crowd reacted the way they did. The anticipation for this moment was absolutely huge all game.
And it also took nearly half an hour to clear the cricket ground (pitch).
th-cam.com/video/HgM3W6gnJGg/w-d-xo.html
These next videos are not rules related as such, but a bit of everything else of potential interest.
To start of with, If your interested in the history of the game, as it’s arguably the oldest game on earth, well at least certain aspects of it are anyway. The following videos should help to enlighten you why this is case.
At the 1:27 min mark, they specifically mentioned how the AFL Ruling body, has finally recognised the influence of Marngrook on AFL.
th-cam.com/video/8pJftbDqFfY/w-d-xo.html
To be Clear. It’s the jumping up high (I.E. marking) of the ball component of Marngrook, that’s of specific importance, and is what was carried across to the new game.
th-cam.com/video/7UlHJgrkgM8/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/k8dPdHMZiQg/w-d-xo.html
This little Documentary has certain facts that have since been clarified and confirmed, as shown in the earlier video suggestions.
But the History of Tom Wills is still accurate.
Take Note: At 4:31. Specific mention is made of the hand written rules, including a photo of the original hand written rules of what’s now called, Australian Rules Football.
th-cam.com/video/fv6dAoUcSrM/w-d-xo.html
What’s now known as Australian Rules, is indeed the first game to have a “standardised” set of “codified” rules of any football code.
Another point of interest is that the Australian Aborigines have a PROVEN historical ability to remember and pass on their stories. So to go of track ever so slightly, it’s been discovered that they have racial memories (stories that are passed down over time) that actually date back to before the last ice age. It’s also a proven fact that the Australian Aborigines have the OLDEST Continuous culture on earth. (Feel free to check this out at your own leisure as it’s fascinating in its own right).
th-cam.com/video/7UlHJgrkgM8/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/k8dPdHMZiQg/w-d-xo.html
To be fair (and clear), just about every game ever invented, basically starts of without written rules. This is especially true of soccer as it’s history dates back to the Middle Ages. Therefore various games (of all sorts) have evolved over time, this is a universal constant.
It’s just that Australian Football was specifically created for a very specific purpose right from the very beginning, and so setting out rules was an automatic imperative right from the start. Neither the early forms of soccer or rugby (or any other type of game) had this type of need in their early days.
Australia (Victoria to be more specific) was the First Nation to have a 8 hour work day 40 hour work week. So we had Saturday free to play sport, before other countries, this has been postulated as another reason why it was easy for us to create a game in the fashion that we did, and why it was taken up so quickly.
What translates to AFL, is the consolidated components of pre Codified Soccer/football, pre codified Rugby, Marngrook etc, as well as some other unique aspects of his own too (like bouncing/touching the ball to the ground), that was then all mixed up and combined into our very own game which we happened to write some rules down before anyone else got around to it.
To put it simply, No one has ever denied the fact that AFL is made up of early forms of other football style of games with our own bits added as well.
But having said that. AFL actually predates Soccer, Rugby, Gridiron, Basketball, Volleyball etc.
So it’s not actually accurate to say that it’s a mix of other sports, as that implies that AFL copied those aspects and that they came first, but to be fair, it is also entirely understandable why that assumption is constantly made.
There are other far more exciting videos to watch, such as ones like these.
I will start of with what was a pop song in the 70’s but has become the main AFL theme song (their are others). What makes this video specifically interesting was that it was before a lot of the rules to make it a safer game, had been made. It has some spectacular footage. (Just the 5 secs from 0:30 to 0:35, prove this point).
And BTW Roy Cazaly was the name of a famous player that could jump, hence the cry “ Up their Cazaly” and thus the title for the song.
I maybe biased, but it’s still a damn good song.
th-cam.com/video/pxM8XB61ZvU/w-d-xo.html
This one is well worth reacting too.
These next vids are of course subjective, and it’s only a taste of what’s on TH-cam. I’m not saying they are the best, just a good example of what’s available, and they are all worth reacting to as well.
Top 50 AFL Marks of all time
th-cam.com/video/7AjcFfBvIcs/w-d-xo.html
AFL Greatest long Bomb Goals
th-cam.com/video/ecaBlL96iks/w-d-xo.html
The Best AFL Moments of all time
th-cam.com/video/X54uvWYw5kY/w-d-xo.html
Top ten Grand Final moments from the last 10 years
th-cam.com/video/ELj7yH5wmC0/w-d-xo.html
Of course there are plenty more like this that are out there, but I will finish up with one that shows just some of the biggest hits done to a strangely appropriate rap song.
Here comes the Boom.
th-cam.com/video/uPIQ7vLJYIA/w-d-xo.html
And finally an American ex Gridiron player/Radio host, interviewing an American who plays top level AFL
Pat McAfee learns Everything about AFL
th-cam.com/video/XY3a_yMgvxg/w-d-xo.html
And finally, If your at all interested. Here’s a documentary about the history and it’s players. Not some to react as such. But something some out there might find to be of interest.
th-cam.com/video/NYk-7VGoCKw/w-d-xo.html
Both Australian and America Football have links to 'Rugby'.
See for instance: 'Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby'. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138046782
"very little cultural contact between Australia and the USA before WW2"
Geelong's Carji Greeves (the first 'Brownlow Medalist) was coaching Australian Football at the University of Southern California in 1929: 'trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232436086
"They play on Cricket pitches,"
No. The 'pitch in Cricket is where the bowler bowls to the batsmen/women and where the wickets are that the batsmen/women run between. Cricket and Australian Football are played on 'grounds' or 'Ovals'.
"there is no standard pitch size for AFL"
Well besides football being not being played on on pitches, the AFL Laws stipulate:
" The Playing Surface shall be:
(i) oval in shape;
(ii) between 135 metres and 185 metres in length; and
(iii) between 110 metres and 155 metres in width"
A link to the current Laws is here: www.afl.com.au/about-afl/laws-of-the-game
"The 20 minute quarters can have 10 additional minutes PER quarter, not 10 minutes for the whole game."
'Time off' each quarter is NOT fixed it could be any number of minutes.
Duration of matches can be found here: E.G. afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2023/041920230930.html
'Stoppages' can be longer than '30 seconds' - besides due to attending to an injured played, a score review can hold things up etc. But EVERY quarter sees the 'ball in play' for 20 minutes.
"how the AFL Ruling body, has finally recognised the influence of Marngrook on AFL."
More a 'gesture' as there is no documentary evidence to support it. More significant was the 1866 rule of having to bounce the ball while running with it, encouraged kicking the ball - which resulted inn 'high-catching' of the ball.
" It’s the jumping up high (I.E. marking) of the ball component of Marngrook, that’s of specific importance, and is what was carried across to the new game."
No. Noting that even in Rugby and American Football where kicking the ball is relatively rare at times both kicks and throws sometimes in both codes end with 'high catches'.
See: www.sportplan.net/drills/Rugby/Catching/Catching-a-high-ball-highball.jsp
AND High catches in American Football th-cam.com/video/JNqXV0A8M70/w-d-xo.html
"Specific mention is made of the hand written rules, including a photo of the original hand written rules of what’s now called, Australian Rules Football."
You can see Henry Colden Antill Harrison's 1859 'hand written rules' at the 'Sports Museum at the MCG. Harrison carried them in his wallet until his death in 1929.
Now for the worst: No Senior body administering Australian Football has NEVER EVER used the word 'rules' in naming the game!!! The 'rules' tag is a 'leftover' from the press in the Rugby 'hold-out' States of New South Wales and Queensland who added the 'rules' tag to suggest that nothing Australian could be anything but an inferior adaption or variant of things invented in the 'Mother Country' (the U.K.). Do you know who Bruce Andrew was? If heard you using the 'rules' tag he would have 'drop-kicked you out of the ground!
"What’s now known as Australian Rules, is indeed the first game to have a “standardised” set of “codified” rules of any football code. "
The first written rules of a 'football game' are the 'Cambridge Rules' from 1848. They were the forerunner of what became 'Association Football'.
See: www.cambridgerules1848.com/about/
"AFL actually predates Soccer, Rugby,"
Nope. Remember - "'Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby'. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138046782"
"Australia (Victoria to be more specific) was the First Nation to have a 8 hour work day 40 hour work week."
In 1916 the Victoria Eight Hours Act was passed granting the eight-hour day to all workers in the state. The eight-hour day was not achieved nationally until the 1920s. The Commonwealth Arbitration Court gave approval of the 40-hour five-day working week nationally beginning on 1 January 1948. "
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day
Fast running game ; a bit like ice hockey to watch 🎉 wrote this before you said it 😎absolutely not rugby 😅
No similarities because it was the first coded football in the world. No stoppages, if a player is down it only stops if that player is in the way of play or unconscious. It is fast and fun, played by elite athletes. My Dad brought me up to love all sports but this is hands down still the best football anywhere. I watched my Dad and brother play Rugby League, my other brother played AFL and coached juniors. My Dad was also a hockey player and a bicycle road racer. He should have gone to the Olympics for the last one but he met my Mother. After that his road training didn’t go past her house. I love sports in many Countries and I have been to ice hockey games in Canada. My son is a die hard Canucks supporter. I do not like when the crowd chants, blood on the ice. My Dad taught me to acknowledge good play from both teams and that got me hit on the head in Canada.
AFL is different from rugby. In fact rugby can actually be 2 different sports - Rugby League and Rugby Union (the latter is generally what people think of as 'rugby'). AFL is overall the more popular of the three, but it depends on region. The rugbys are more popular in the North Eastern parts, and AFL predominates throughout the rest of the country. Which of the two rugbys will have precedence generally depends on social class. Rugby Union is more international and big in private schools, so is often seen as an upper class sport. Rugby League is more popular with the 'common man'.
As a league fan I call it aerial ping pong!!!
When you hear the umpires call out "Play On", all the way through the game, you know then that this is a fast paced game!
19th century colonial rivalries made for the 'football' divisions in Australia. What became 'Australian Football' began in the late 1850s in Melbourne in the colony of Victoria. New South Wales at the time with its 'capital' in Sydney was the original colony (Victoria had only been 'carved/calved' out of it in 1850). Victoria was richer due to a 'gold rush' in the 1850s and more 'progressive' with the first mandated '8 hour' work day in the world, along with the first development of the 'Secret Ballot' in elections. By the time that the Australia Colonies began moving towards becoming an 'Australian Federation' the most support for it came from Victoria while New South Wales originally favoured an Imperial Federation with London as the Capital. It took two referendums before NSW agreed to being part of an 'Australian Federation'.
Rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne meant that NSW stayed with the game from the 'Mother Country' (Rugby) while the Victorians went about developing the best 'football' game ever devised! Today 'Australian Football' is the dominant football code in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory, while Rugby 'League' is main code in New South Wales, Queensland, and the 'Australian Capital Territory.
Yep the injuries are fucked, can often derail a teams chance of winning the grand final
Canada and the U.S play afl against each other, it should get more recognition.
Fantastic game, always fast and athletic, only stops for injuries - very entertaining! The most popular sport here is Cricket, AFL is second, Rugby third, Soccer fourth or fifth! 🙆
"only stops for injuries"
Not quite! Stops for many things. When the ball goes 'Out of Bounds'. During checking video regarding scoring. While a goal umpire is signalling. Return of the ball to the centre after a goal is scored. When a field umpire stops play before restarting it with a bounce ball etc.
Welcome to the greatest sport of them all.
Yep. 36 players on the ground. 8 per team
There is no hugging/scrum in Aussie Rules. It is action from go to woe.
‘Whoa’. ;)
I've tried to watch American football and it stops way to often for my liking. I was very lucky to Grow up watching and playing Aussie rules
as a Victorian, I can name maybe two rugby teams in the whole country, I have no idea if they are League or Union teams and I don't know a damn thing about either sport. never watched a game and almost never hear anyone talking about rugby except NSW/QLD friends on social media. but if you asked those interstate friends about AFL they'd probably have a similar experience (they don't watch it or like it, no one they know watches it, etc). the main type of football people in Australia watch depends heavily depending on where you live. in VIC, AFL is king, and i know heaps of people into soccer too.
React to afl know your enemy,you will love it🔥🔥🔥
No its nothing like rugby. Invented in Australia. The greatest game in the world.
Absolutely *everyone* looks blank when they "explain" the scores.
Lot's of knee and shoulder injuries, hip also
Stopages are not as long as American Foot ball
Quarters average 30 mins so 120 mins a match
That’s a long match!
An average of 20kms of running per match, per person! Fitness is essential!
Nope. 12-14km avg
@@Rob-Angus Someone stated 20kms on an information video, may be exaggerated!?
We do play Rugby here, but we play Rugby League, not Rugby Union.
We play Rugby Union as well.
The Wallabies have been kicking international backside since 1908.
@@krystalryan9174 very true, but NRL is definitely more popular as far as national leagues go.
@@krystalryan9174 But not recently!!!!!🦘🦘🦘🤣🤣🤣
@@krystalryan9174 1908 is when rugby league started in Australia not when the Wallabies started they were around before then. Rugby has been played in Australia since the 1860s and the Wallabies were first formed in 1899. Personally I have always followed rugby league, unfortunately rubgy union has been losing a lot of its support in Australia as a result of some pretty poor mangagment over the last 10 or 15 years and as an Aussie sports fan thats been a pity to watch the decline.
@@user-bi8wp6wy3l Rugby was being played in 1850s. What became 'Australian Football' (beginning in 1858) was a variation of the 'Rugby rules' so as to reduce chance of injury to the players - as the original aim was to keep Cricket players fit during the winter 'off-season'.
See: Genesis of Australian Football - Debt to Rugby.
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180838827
Dude we have technology that would eliminate goals that are closes calls yet they won’t use it as it will slow the game down 😂😂
Aussie rule's was created in Oz by lots of players
Both American and Canadian football started off as Rugby.....both countries kept changing the rules to stop the injuries, until the players are covered in padding wearing helmuts and the game has more over efficious umpires / referees than players .
Aussie rules is the oldest codefied football ever and had the first football competition in the world.....before soccer and before rugby.
I'm always confused when reactors are confused by 18 players on the field given they've just shown how massive the ground is compared to other sports. Surely not a difficult concept to grasp.
Sorry 18 per side
"Each team has eighteen players on the field".How much clearer does the narrator need to be?
I just don’t get it… rugby is more like gridiron than any other football code…
How do you mistake rugby with football? They arnt even similar, general ball shape and tackling…
18 v 18 / 36 players on that field , the origin Of The Game is possum football no white man made this game tell you now bro I'm Aboriginal and proud
If you watch one game of AFL you'll never watch NFL the same again, because NFL is boring as bat shit with their stoppages and the play. Such hype for no sugar and as an Aussie I find it hilarious all these people and companies pay so much money for something so shit.
too much Footy is never enough
aren't you supposed to actually react?
Most of the rules are open to interpretation so it makes the game very fustrating to watch . One umpire might give a free kick but the other umpire might not . Its a game run by Umpires that ends up deciding the results . There is hardly any defining rules to the game except the goals and points . Its more of a game of you cant do this and you cant do that but we might let you do this or do that depending on how i feel on the day
I have to set you straight. We play Rugby League (NRL). Rugby refers to Rugby Union. Two completely different games with different rules. We do play Union but it isn't as big as League.
No one watches rugby in Australia
Yep the injuries are fucked, can often derail a teams chance of winning the grand final