When you mark the ball, your opponent has to stand the mark. You will see the umpire point to the spot on the ground where the ball was marked and the opposing player has to stand there (if the marking player has chosen to take an unimpeded kick). The marking player can then take basically as long a run up as he wants, but he cannot pass the mark before kicking the ball. Taking a run up gives his kick greater power and thus the ball travels further. The marking player has 10 seconds to kick the ball before the umpire will award it to the opposing team. If the mark is taken inside 50 (metres), you have up to 30 seconds to kick. This allows for the likelihood that there are lots of players inside the 50 metre area, so you need to plot your kick more carefully to get around them
You can knee an opponent in the head when taking a mark so long as your eyes are on the ball at all time. If you get on board with the Collingwood army you are destined to experience the greatest highs and crushing heartache the game has to offer. We are hated more than any other club because we have the most loyal and passionate supporters and are always contending despite many heartbreaking losses in grand finals.
Well done gentlemen and love you're enthusiasm. Big dues to you BP2 in recognising that the name of the game is Australian Rules/footy as opposed to AFL. The AFL as an organisation (not unlike Coca Cola) have systematically over the last 30 years hijacked the name of the game. The AFL is indeed the premier competition when it comes to the game of Aussie Rules, HOWEVER, there are literally hundreds of other leagues Australia wide that cater to all skill levels and both genders. I l played in excess of 300 games of footy in my career from age 8 through 34 in different states, clubs and leagues yet was not good enough to make it to the AFL. I take great pride in saying I played Aussie Rules and don't have the right to say I played IN the AFL.
What team to follow? Collingwood (The Magpies). Black and White - A team with one of the strongest following and history. Only team to have won 4 premierships in a row. And a team where if you don't love them, you hate them! Although a lot of non-Collingwood supporters have found themselves conflicted this year. They changed their game style to all out attack from the opening bounce. At the end of the year opposing supporters were admitting "I can't believe I'm saying this but I really enjoy watching the Pies play"! After finishing 17th (second last) in 2021 they were so close this year - they lost to both Grand Finalists during the final series - to the Cats by 1 goal, and missed out on making it to the Grand Final by losing to the Swans by 1 point! The biggest rivalry? It would have to be Collingwood/Carlton (The Blues). Since their first meeting in 1897, they have played each other 262 times, the Pies have won 130, the Blues 128 and 4 draws. They have played each other in 6 Grand finals with Carlton winning 5 of them.
@Sam Benefield Cheers Sam, we got the idea of the game and the scoring, we are just working out which teams we are going to follow individually and then we will be all set for the new season.
One more fun fact. My team the Melbourne Football Club (Melbourne Demons) is the oldest professional football club in the world!! It is the oldest foot ball club in the word still in existence except for some ammeter Irish soccer club.
It took about 35min to clear the crowd off and continue the game. Its a tridition that the crowd runs on for 100th goal in a season (hasn't happened for a few years now), plus 1000, plus when the overall record is broken (when Tony Lockett kicked his 1300th career goal - he still holds the record at 1369 or similar). His record may never be beaten. The previous record of 1299 had stood since the 1930s!
Not sure if already mentioned in comments but in regards to comment about jumping on shoulders vs having to tackle below the shoulders. The difference between them is when going for the mark, players will for most part have eyes only for the ball. If the player attempting the mark makes un unrealistic attempt at the mark ie. taking eyes off the ball/looking at player, jumping to early and taking player out etc. this can all be deemed by the umpire as a possible free kick.
The funny thing about Brits putting on an Aussie accent is that it sounds exactly like a Melbourne private schooled person - so not wrong, per se. Kneeing someone in the head is legal if you have eyes on the ball. If you use your hands at all, it is high contact or in the back.
Dang! I was going to suggest you go for the Geelong Cats because I just love ‘em. But seeing you ruled them out, Collingwood has a long and interesting history, perhaps they are worth a closer look. I like the way you guys have treated your check out of this new game for you. Respectful and with sensible questions… some Yanks I have watched do an intro to AFL have come over as quite disrespectful and downright stupid in their comments and questions. So thanks. I shall return. PS. I have just finished rewatching the 2021 semi final between Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs… wow…it goes right to the last kick to find the winner. Good chance to see the sideline throwing and the support staff tending to the players mid game… not just at halftime as in soccer…. I mean drinks and fruit etc. Very different than EPL where support staff would be red carded if they set foot on the field mid play with handouts for the players. Love your wild attempts at our accent.🤣🤣🤣
My first Spontaneous Pitch Invasion was in 1971, at the age of 9. My mother (a mad Doggies supporter) took my sister and myself to the final game of Bulldogs Legend EJ (Teddy) Whitten. We got there really early and had seats right behind the goal posts. As we were nearing the end of the game, my mother perched both my sister and I on top of the fence, with one simple instruction: "Go Get Him!" When the siren sounded, over the fence we went with mum in hot pursuit. Ah fond memories. My second spontaneous pitch invasion was at the MCG when Lillee and Marsh retired. I managed to get to Dennis Lille pretty quickly and gave him a pat on the back, before being surrounded by the crowd. SPIs are pretty much always a jolly affair in Australia.
I'm an American who's been watching for about 6 years and love the game, but that always gets me too. High tackling is illegal, but you can pulverize someone's skull if you're going for a mark, lol. Oh, footy fans can be brutal towards the opposing team's players, they take it all very seriously. And it always makes me laugh how the players are constanly banging into each other for no reason, anand pushing each other around at every opportunity, it's almost like they are doing it for show half the time. Because after the game everyone is friendly.
Unwritten law. Can’t push a player in the back, but you can in a marking contest. But guess what? If you attempt to ride on someone for a mark, but you’re not successful in marking the ball, then it will be paid as a push in the back. So it’s all about whether you pull off the mark or not.
Correct umpires don’t send players off the ground. Umpires can however report a player to the Tribunal for striking another player or kicking in danger (near an opponent’s head) for instance, and they will have to front the Tribunal before their next match . Players may have to face match forfeits and/or $ fines if found guilty of an infraction of the rules.
It is legal to climb on someone’s shoulders to take a mark. That is flying high. This year the Grand Final at the MCG broke all records with a crowd of over 105,000. Watch Buddy Franklin score his 1,000th goal. Yes, that was while the game was still on. No one hurt Buddy, if you watch the crowd lift him if he is getting a bit squashed. They have made it too hard to get 1,000 goals again. Not the Bulldogs. Collingwood or the Swans.
You should check out an extended video of the 1000th goal, basically the whole damn stadium floods the pitch eventually, it was ridiculous. Doubt I’ll see anything like it again. Took quite a while to play the last minutes of the game haha
So a few other things for you. Opposition players must stand still on the mark. (apart from being the word for catch, mark is also describing the spot where the opposition must stand where a player has marked the ball.) If the opponent moves before the player takes his kick, the umpire will award at 50 meter penalty to the kicking player, meaning he will be brought forward 50 m. 50 meter penalties can be given for a number of other reasons, including if the opposition player picks up the ball and does not throw it directly back to the kicker, crashing into the player at the moment he marked the ball, another opposition player running between the marking player and the guy standing on the mark. Arguing with or abusing the umpire will also cost a 50 meter penalty. As told, hitting the goal post becomes a point, but if a player hits the outside point post, it is considered kicking out on the full, which gives a free kick to the opposition. When a player is tackled he must dispose of the ball by hand or foot immediately. The umpire will bounce the ball if he considers that the tackled player did not have, “prior opportunity” to release the ball. The tackling player must roll to the side of a player when they hit the ground, because if he falls straight in the players back it will be a free kick against the tackling player for “in the back.” If a player takes a mark, or is given a free kick before the siren goes, The player is still allowed to take a shot on goal if he is deemed to be in reasonable distance of goal. There’s quite a number of other rules, so via the Internet you can pick up videos or books that explain the lot. Hope this is a little extra help. Cheers.
When you consider he is only the 5th to achieve that in the history of a game codified before English football, it is a huge achievement. Also the pitch invasion was by Swans and Geelong fans, the opposition - it was just a great achievement and everyone was there for "The Moment" - regardless of the team.That is the way AFL is - the Yobbo's are soon removed from a stadium and if you breach rules such as hurling racial slurs at players or spitting etc. you get a lifetime ban from attending games. They have your picture at the gates - it keeps it a family friendly environment.
Probably the two teams that hate each other with a passion are Adelaide and Port Adelaide think of Rangers (Adelaide) and celtic ( Port Adelaide ). The players have had blues ( fights ) hours after the game has finished at a local pub.
6:05 As long as your "prime objective" is the ball, what would otherwise be deemed illegal contact (too high, in the back, etc) is deemed to be incidental contact as is ignored. If you push then go for the ball, it is illegal, but as long as you're trying to mark the ball, and it is one movement, you're ok.
I’ve been a diehard supporter of the game since my first breath. I grew up in a region that slept on the beautiful game for the not so good local Rugby League team (Newcastle Knights 😂). I really love watching foreigners watch our beautiful game, it’s truly an underrated global sport that combines the best aspects of the best sports in the world including European Football, American Football, Basketball, Rugby and Gaelic Football. I just so happened to be at the Buddy 1000th Goal Match and had the best seat in the house. I remember standing on the fence exactly behind the goals Buddy was kicking towards. I remember seeing the ball go straight through the goal posts right above me, then I jumped off the fence and ran straight for Buddy who was 40 metres away from me. I was one of the first people to get to him, I can see myself holding a green clapper in the close up shots too. It was a really special moment in my life as someone who’s childhood hero was Buddy Franklin coming from a region where I was bullied so much for loving a rival sport. I especially loved how Buddy’s 1000 happened in a city very similar to my home town in terms of how Rugby League has always had a strong presence in Sydney (happened also right down the road from the National Rugby League Headquarters 🤣). I hope you enjoyed what you saw and I hope you enjoy the sport just as much as we do. Go Hawks! ❤
In regards to how far can a player run up to kick the ball. The umpire marks the position where either a mark or free kick is awarded. Then the opposition player will stand on that spot (on the mark) The player taking the kick is then able to walk back as far as they like to buy them space to run up to the mark, where the opposition player is standing. This is what we call "The Run Up", which gives the player momentum to get more power into the kick, getting maximum distance with the kick and getting enough elevation over the opposition player guarding the mark.
Buddy Franklin has first nation people ethnicity. The first nations players are excellent footballers and 'punch above their weight' in terms of their number playing in AFL.
Does that even matter mate? Treat everyone as equal's, he is mixed blood so why dont you talk about his Scottish/ Irish or English roots. But no one does that, my daughter is 1/8 indigenous but she is 7/8 something else and we as a family dont focus on that 1/8 anymore than we focus on the rest as she is Australian, so stop with the virtue signaling. It is tiresome.
@@iankearns774 I'm talking about the fact that first nation people are good at football and they are also good at other sports. It is in their DNA from thousands of years as a very physical culture. Don't lecture me on something that you have taken out of context. I've worked with first nations people and I've got part indigenous Australians in my family, that also have British ethnicity, too. So what!
@@barnowl5774 These days everyone is first nation if they have a speck of indigenous blood in their ancestry. But they totally disregard the 90% plus that's not. You say "so what" and I say you are a virtue signaling flog and brainwashed by the academics and their current trend of white shaming. I see you race baiter, I see you for what you are. Like most woke people your high ground is very flimsy and based on a need to make yourself feel good. It is a very weak ethos.
Buddy is the best. Ever. He’s from my team (yes we lost the Grand Final but at least we made it there!) First indigenous player in history to score 1000 goals.
Yes, I like this latest video explanation - one thing you asked about taking a speckky and potentially interfering with another player.... the umpire will focus on intent to go for the ball . If a player is obviously "playing the man" rather than focused on "playing the ball" then they will inevitably give a free kick to the innocent party... OK?
AFL supporters are NOTHING like Football (Soccer) fans. You can sit among opposition fans (no segregation) and have no fear for your safety. You get the occasional muppet who tries to get violent but, it is very rare. Go the Carlton Blues. 👍👍
Clearly you weren't at our 2016PF against the Mutts. Their behaviour was appalling Generally your right though, I have been comfortable Arltunga the G as part of about 1k of us and 92k Tigers fans at the 2017PF with no issues.
You need to react to buddy franklins highlights aswell. His 1000th goal was special but the moments leading up to it made it what it was Also great channel and reactions!
There’s a slightly longer explainer by a British channel, Nimh Reacts I think, that breaks down the positions and uses a lot of football (round version haha) analogies to explain the roles.
Hi guys. Firstly, the newer vid from the AFL explained some things better but left other stuff out, like player size. Our game is played by all sizes, with the only requirement being super athleticism and toughness. Nonetheless, you now have a better idea of how the game works. The Buddy 1000th goal footage was a short version and didn't show how many people ran onto the field. Ther were more fans on the ground than off, and one woman was sprinkling her dad's ashes, while others bought wine and sat on blankets and enjoyed a picnic. The guy who caught the ball after the goal bolted from the stadium with a very valuable trophy in his bag. He later returned it to Buddy. Some players were trapped on the field opposite the rooms, and they exited the ground and walked around the stadium to re-enter and join their teammates. It was total pandemonium, and the game hadn't finished!! Great scenes, and only possible when fans are united in their love for a sport, and not embroiled in hostility and thuggery. The two teams with a massive rivalry, and who attract 100,000 fans to a single game, is Collingwood (The Magpies), and Essendon, (The Bombers.) The ANZAC day game is bigger than the Grand Final. Cheers from OZ. 👍
As long as you don’t use your hands to climb on the guys back, most things are legal. Adversely, if you don’t take the mark, can be ruled an unrealistic attempt and free kick given to the other team
Hi guys, I love you channel and how you react to AFL. I usually watch rugby league but am now a solid AFL fan. I support the Brisbane Lions, which I think is a good team for one you to support. On RU-vid you can watch highlights. Some of these are ten to twenty minutes long. You learn as you watch. Cheers Michael
Go blues, the carlton football club is the team you should support. They have 16 premiership and the jumper is navy blue with a white emblem. They also jhave over 100,000 members. The were also one of the founding clubs in 1864
Suggestion for your teams. Collingwood Magpies [black and white] vs Sydney Swans [red and white]. 1. These teams finished 2 and 3 behind Geelong Cats. 2. You will have intercity rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne.
@EnderOllie 4 Guess Who's back... Thanks for keeping the comments alive in our absence, although we don't think anyone actually noticed. 🤣🤣 We hope to do a live show this Friday if you really have noting else to do, come say Hi. Cheers
Hi again, since getting back from Turkey, I can’t seem to stay awake after 10pm, anyway, more football, Australian again, is this the one that’s quite brutal? Yes it is. Wow, you can use your opponent as a step ladder, omgosh. If this was the UK they would be wearing suits of armor. It is compelling viewing. Great upload and reaction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Seeing you’re Chanel is now ‘’ The Bulldogs “, I suggest one of you follow them & the other follows the team that beat them in the 2021 grand final….that being the mighty ‘’Demons’’ who are the Melbourne Football Club. That would also be a great game to react on guys. While I have your attention, I can’t help myself by suggesting another Amira performance, that being “Flower Duet” with Corlea Botha. Cheers again Graeme.
When I was young, growing up in a non-AFL area, I had no idea AFL even had rules. Such a quick game, we used to refer to it as Aerial Ping-Pong. Having watched it on & off for another 30 years, I have more respect for the game & the players.
Much respect mate. I’ve grown up and lived in the Hunter Valley which is obviously a huge Rugby League heartland and I’ve copped a lot of shit in my time as someone who’s supported AFL since day 1. Really means a lot to me that someone else from a similar region has some sort of respect for the game ❤
I watched the Mayne Football team at the Windsor Park Oval back in the mid '70's - took me forever to get the drift as I came from Canterbury/Bankstown territory, "Berries" as they were then. Never saw AFL before and it astounded me that the Mayne Club was started in 1924. Amazing to watch after stop / start League or Rugby. Such a free flowing sport. Also as a teenage girl the eye candy was waaaay better than the over-muscled macho morons who played league. Too many league players have most of their muscle between their ears.
I’m a Cats fan, but honestly the Doggies are a great working class club and as someone who went to high school in the shadows of Whitten Oval, I can never be mad if someone picks them
Loving your enthusiasm. The Swans are known as "The Bloods" down here. Buddy kicked his 1000th early this year ... the first guy to do so in decades ... many think it won't happen again as the game has changed a lot over that time. The crowd has stormed the ground each time so they were fully expecting this. The game stopped for about half an hour. One member of the crowd ran straight into a Geelong player who was trying to get out of the way. The guy fell over and the Geelong player (Irishman Zach Tuohy) picked up his wallet and keys and chased him to give them back. CCTV captured two Swans players outside the ground ... they decided it was easier than crossing the field to get back to their clubrooms. After a 15 minute break or so, (once Buddy got back to the rooms) they resumed the game ... Swans had it under control by that stage though.
Enthusiasm? 💥💥💥 I never seen anyone more phlegmatic as these two blokes. I watch their videos only to see, if they ever show a tiniest spark of life.....and I'm still waiting! 😅
@kazva Wow, really.... not everyone behaves has to behave like a kid who has just tasted chocolate for the first time, we are adults and British. You should see us when we are bored.
@@kazacokova I guess "enthusiasm is in the eye of the beholder" in that case. If you love Aussie rules you have to understand that not everyone gets it the first cuppla times ... I think they are doing a great job ... sounds like you like to diss people for the sake of it 🤷♀
I think you should adopt Carlton blues as your second team. Western Bulldogs are you first team so fair enough. Carlton has a rich history filled with success and champions. Currently and recently Carlton hasn't had much success recently and normally finish closer to the bottom. This year was different. Not in the final eight but we had lots of changes and have played better this year for years. Next year we will take another huge step, a lot of people think Carlton will finish in the top 8. So, hop in the blues bandwagon and see success in 2023. I can even link a few videos at your request, if you'd like?
No cages in any Australian sport, spectators from opposing teams stand side by side in friendly rivalry. No fences around the the field seperating spectators from the players on the field. Of course there is the rare incident at the top level soccer games, no surprise to that. When that happens, Aussies scream ban the soccer from Australia as we take pride in the true meaning to the word Sport.
I’m from South Australia and follow Adelaide but I have to ignore the Showdowns and highly recommend you watch Essendon Hawthorn Line in the sand. These two clubs hate each other and this game probably went too far even for a seasoned lifelong player and supporter of the game
An invasion to celebrate 1000 or let alone 100 goals will probably never happen again. The game has chamged so much over the last 20 years, becoming so much more defensive. Its so so hard for an individual to kick 6 to 10 goals in a match now. 5 is the new 10.
Australians call it AFL aswell. 2 people who follow the sport, probably refer to it as footy, but it is common to call it AFL if one of those people dont really follow the sport (obviously this is a generalisation). Nobody would think it weird if you say AFL. Having said that, nobody really would say "in going to the AFL tomorrow" in this sense people would use the word footy. 👍
One of the best aspects of footy is that a spontaneous pitch invasion is a pure expression of joy. Buddy Franklin will hold that moment as a highlight of his life, and it will be celebrated as a great moment in AFL history.
They're called jumpers in West Oz. Edit I think Buddy is 6th all time goal kicker . As he was the 6th man to reach 1000 goals . Under normal conditions it's a $10 000 fine and a life time ban for invading the the oval at the MCG. Go West Coast ,they make the finals 3 times out of every 4 ever since they started in 1987.
G'day boys,been loving your reactions,hence the sub. Brilliant game to watch is our little game👍👍 I'm from West Oz ,yep over the other side of this big brown land..& I support the Fremantle Dockers ⚓⚓⚓ We were the big improvers in 2022 & 2023 is looking bloody exciting😉👍 Oz has 3 states that are Aussie rules footy.. Victoria,South Australia & Western Australia. NSW & Queensland are rugby league states. Tho each have a couple of teams in the AFL comp. Tassie is still trying to get a team in. The Northern Territory has no teams but plays both codes. So yeah,I'll nominate one of you lads to support Freo⚓ Purple & White 💜🤍 🍻🥃
The rivalries in the AFL are always friendly . We all recognize that we're all Australians and sports lovers and team rivalries are not anything to actually fight about . Argue about ? Definitely . Knock each other about ? For sure . But I have never , ever , heard about any physical altercation regarding football preferences . I don't expect anybody here would refute this at all .
AFL rivalries. Collingwood v Carlton Collingwood v Richmond Collingwood v Essendon Collingwood v anybody. Carlton v Richmond Essendon v Hawthorn Hawthorn v Geelong Richmond v Geelong Port Adelaide b Adelaide West Coast v Fremantle.
Im 36 and been a doggies supporter my whole life, 2016 grand final i cried for hrs like someone just close to me just died 😂 admittedly i was drunk but even still
Hey BP1, non-Aussies trying Aussie accents tend to add "i" to the "a", so gday becomes gddai, and mate becomes miite instead of m8, for some reason. So to get the accent, the "i" needs to go. But you gave it a good go. Cheers!
"the limit" comes if theyre attempting a mark. If you kneed someoen in the head when not attempting a mark its always a freekick to the other team. if youre realistically attempting to catch the ball on a legal mark you'd be allowed to. Youre right about it being friendly rivalries. Besides a few drunk macho idiots, fans sit together, youd go to games with friends that support opposite teams etc. No segregation of fans or anything like that.
Your other team should be the Lions , because , you know , you're English and the "mascot" for English teams is , quite often , three Lions . (which I confess to not understanding at all ) ( Lions are not native to England or anywhere near Britain at all ) ............ anyhoo .......Lions. Also ..... yes , Guernseys , glad you noticed that . I also find that curious . I am Australian and I can't explain it . "Marking" competitions have their own rules regarding fouls . Some things that you can't do in general play you can do in a Marking competition. For example , as you note , you can use your opponent as a "step ladder" to mark the ball , if however , you use this maneuver and don't end up catching the ball , you can be pinged by the umpire for an "unrealistic attempt" .
if you go for a mark, you need to touch the ball, or it's un realistic attempt, that is a free to the guy underneath, if you touch the ball and knee someone in the face, no problem, play on.
tackling is straight forward.You cant tackle above the shoulders,its to protect the head.And you can't tackle below the waist,this is deemed like tripping a player.When you take a mark the opposition player must stand where the mark itself was taken.The player who took the mark can then go back so he can kick it over that players head ,players generally go back about 10 or 15 metres [gives them space to run in for the kick] so the opposition player won't be able to touch it when they kick it over them either in general play or at goals.Players standing the mark can raise their hands and even jump up to try and touch it as the player kicks it but they can't go over the spot where the mark was taken,umpires usually tell the players where the Mark was taken and will award a 50 meter penalty if the opposition player goes past that spot while the player is kicking the ball.When a player marks the ball near goals you sometimes see them directed to tight angles,the umpires come to this angle by basically drawing an imaginary line from where the mark was actually taken and the centre of the 2 big goal posts that gets you 6 points
Theirs state rivals like my state has 2 teams in the game Adelaide crows or Port power Depending on your view who you follow then other states have their teams Victoria has the majority Western Australia has two teams as does Sydney also queens land has to the rest are Victorian teams
To figure out rhe rules around tackles you first need to study and understand the rules around rhe breakdown in Rugby. Then when your confident you can ref a game of Rugby chuck all that out cos Aussie rules is nothing like that. You have shown the persistence and capacity to have a chance though. As for infringing when marking the ball it's simple. If you catch the ball the umpire will forgive most sins but if you don't you'll likely be penalised. Officially that's called:- if you had eyes and focus and getting the ball anything else is incidental, if you don't catch it it's an unrealistic attempt.
You can use your own team mates as a ladder when marking as well…. One of you definitely needs to follow the Dockers, a team from Perth on the west side of the country.
The joy on your faces at the pitch invasion is wonderful. You two are hooked. 😄 This "Beginners" video covers less game 'details' than the previous one, but "Beginners" is much clearer. Best Wishes, Chaps. ☮ G-Man. 😎 Please keep _Conan Plays Australian Rules Football With The Sydney Swans_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f8VTSGLCa1M.html on your list. While Conan is 6ft 4in, he has the sporting physique of a ten year old. At some point, it might be worth reacting to Gaelic Football, and maybe International Rules. Gaelic Football looks similar to "Footy" but uses a round ball, doesn't have the two outside posts. It does have a crossbar and goal net, in the net is 3, over the crossbar is 1. Bouncing the ball isn't enough to keep running, it must be 'bounced'/'tapped' off the toes. Less physical than AFL. International Rules is a compromise between "Aussie Rules" and "Gaelic Football". It enables an Australian National team to compete against an Irish National team using players from their respective leagues. Maybe not enough games to be anything more than an interesting novelty.
@G Bulmer Cheers G-Man for the great suggestions and links. We will try and get to those other two sports soon. We are both just back from Barcelona after a week with work and catching up. Hope you are well
If you take a speccy almost all bets are off, in terms of high contact (a full on kick in the face would probably give away a free, for instance). This is such an exciting part of the game, they basically allow high contact that would otherwise be illegal. However ... if you DON'T succesfully take the mark, you can potentially give away a free kick. Once a upon a time the umpire would have just awarded a free for high contact or for pushing in the back, but they've also started calling free kicks for an "unrealistic attempt".
Beef between teams ? Ok here's a few. Hawthorn vs Geelong. Hawthorn vs essendon. Collingwood vs Carlton. Adelaide vs port Adelaide. Fremantle vs west coast. But probably the biggest rivalry at the moment is Geelong vs Hawthorn. And as a Hawthorn supporter I absolutely loathe Geelong.
Support Geelong. They're a class act on and off the field. Don't disregard them because they just won in 2022, as they've been mocked for making the finals every year just to go out without a fight. They have the oldest player list and the next 10 years are going to be very interesting to see whether they can rebuild on the run or finally tumble down the table.
@David Hill WELL GAWD BLIMEY GUV'NA, we were just using those games we are familiar with, to get a simple idea of what was going on. We have since watched a few other games and introductions and we are much better versed in the goings on of this very well attended pass-time. We will have fun watching along with you "FELLAS" when the new season continues. Toodle Pip
you can mark but you can't use your hands above the shoulders, that is a penalty if you do. it must be un impeded. (hands remember). the game is old like baseball and cricket it is an Indigenous game, although the great sports are not recognised as Aboriginal.
The most unbelievable part of the 1000th goal for me is, that the AFL actually encouraged the fans to invade the pitch in the week building up to the game. When have you ever heard of the officials encouraging that...
@@bruz5154 What would you call it, when being interviewed about a pitch invasions , the CEO of the AFL Gillon McLachlan, smirked and says “Well, If there is enough of them, we would never be able to stop it or prosecute them. We will have to see what happens. Not that I would ever encourage that sort of thing". Then he laughed…
Much better having an Aussie explaining the rules of the game. The previous (official) AFL clip is mainly aimed at the US market (16 yards) and narrated by 1 to be make it easier to understand. Fellas, the guys controlling the game are umps , umpires ! Not refs. For another 2 teams to follow, don't support the colours you're wearing. In 1 case, you'll be hated by 90% of the football following (Collingwood (Magpies), black and white) and blue and white in North Melbourne (Kangaroos) who lost 20 games this year and finished bottom !! Don't support a Vic based team. Brisbane has been in the top 4 in the last 2 years and has a real chance next year. Sydney missed out badly this year in the GF but you can't go wrong there either. Check out the best of Buddy, Eddie Betts and Cyril Rioli to see some real skill. Has to be seen to be believed in much of the play.
