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This list does not include the International Rules Series and tests between Ireland and Australia, which is played in International Rules Football and not Australian Rules Football. Tournaments and matches may differ from traditional Australian Football in terms of the ground used, the number of players fielded on a team and the number of ...
The Federal Territory League Australian Rules Football League began in 1924 with founding members Acton and Queanbeyan. [10] The following year, the premiership was contested by 4 clubs including Canberra, Federal and Duntroon. [11] By 1926, the competition had gained popularity and was contested by five clubs. [10]
This is an incomplete list of men's Australian rules football leagues in Australia. There is also a Victorian only list of former Associations and Leagues too. In the early 1900s a lot of club's would move from one association to another and other football associations would be formed amongst nearby small rural clubs and towns.
The 2024 AFL season was the 128th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 7 March to 28 September, comprising a 23-match home-and-away season over 25 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
Time and Space: The Tactics That Shaped Australian Rules and the Players and Coaches Who Mastered Them. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-7333-3369-9. de Moore, Greg (2011). Tom Wills: First Wild Man of Australian Sport. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74237-598-4. Hess, Rob (2008). A National Game: The History of Australian Rules Football. Viking.
Australian rules football is known by several nicknames, including Aussie rules, football and footy. [9] In some regions, where other codes of football are more popular, the sport is most often called AFL after the Australian Football League , while the league itself also uses this name for local competitions in some areas.
The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) is the governing body for Australian rules football in the United States. It was conceived in 1996 and organized in 1997. It is based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. As of 2011, there were over 1,000 registered USAFL players.
International rules football field. The rules are designed to provide a compromise or combine between those of the two codes, with Gaelic football players being advantaged by the use of a round ball and a rectangular field measured about 145 m (159 yards) long by 90 m (98 yards) wide (Australian rules uses an oval ball and field), while the Australian rules football players benefit from the ...