INDIAN Reacts to What is AFL? Aussie Rules Explained 

Got it guys .. Australian football not Rugby !! 😁

An interesting fact for you as cricket fans is that we play AFL on all the major cricket grounds in Australia - Sydney at SCG, Brisbane at Gabba, Adelaide and Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, West Coast and Fremantle at Optus Stadium, and of course at the MCG for the majority of the Melbourne teams. Great reaction team! Keep enjoying our great game

Yes, played on cricket fields. Originally to keep cricketers fit during off season. But became professional and specialised.

Yes we still play rugby too, but rugby is a foreign game - not from Australia. AFL is our Game, and it goes back to 1860s, so it’s an old game.

There are amature teams popping up all over the world now and its men and womens teams. There is a strong presence in the Uk as AFL is played on cricket grounds. Ricky Ponting took the game to India when he was coaching an Indian cricket team . Its now becoming very popular with lots of Indian Aussies who also take it back home to India. Of course they like the Richmond Tigers . There are also 150 teams in the US . The game is fast , athletic ,and skillful .

They do not have a drop-in pitch at the Gabba. The Brisbane Lions play on the pitch area and the grounds keeper fixes it all up in the spring time for cricket.

Australian Football began in 1858 in Melbourne as a modification of football rules of the Rugby School in England. As a main aim was to provide exercise for cricket players in the winter 'off season' the Rugby game was modified to reduce the chance of injury. A hand-written version of first laws of 'Australian Football' (which can be seen at Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground) date from 1859. Rules of the Melbourne Football Club - May 17, 1859 I. The distance between the Goals and the Goal Posts shall be decided upon by the Captains of the sides playing. II. The Captains on each side shall toss for choice of Goal; the side losing the toss has the kick off from the centre point between the Goals III. A Goal must be kicked fairly between the posts, without touching either of them, or a portion of the person of any player on either side. IV. The game shall be played within a space of not more than 200 yards wide, the same to be measured equally on each side of a line drawn through the centres of the two Goals; and two posts to be called the "kick off posts" shall be erected at a distance of 20 yards on each side of the Goal posts at both ends, and in a straight line with them. V. In case the ball is kicked "behind" Goal, any one of the side behind whose Goal it is kicked may bring it 20 yards in front of any portion of the space between the "kick off" posts, and shall kick it as nearly as possible in line with the opposite Goal. VI. Any player catching the ball "directly" from the foot may call "mark". He then has a free kick; no player from the opposite side being allowed to come "inside" the spot marked. VII. Tripping and pushing are both allowed (but no hacking*) when any player is in rapid motion or in possession of the ball, except in the case provided for in Rule 6. VIII. The ball may be taken in hand "only" when caught from the foot, or on the hop. In "no case" shall it be "lifted" from the ground. IX. When a ball goes out of bounds (the same being indicated by a row of posts) it shall be brought back to the point where it crossed the boundary-line, and thrown in at right angles with that line. X. The ball, while in play, may under no circumstances be thrown. * 'Hacking' was kicking the legs of opponents. Since then Australia Football has had 'Laws' - the current version is here: www.afl.com.au/about-afl/laws-of-the-game

The Indian (Cricket) Premier League in 2024 has an average attendance of 42,129. The Australian Football League in 2024 currently has an average attendance of 38,605 However the AFL's average and total attendance are the highest in the world per capita of the country's population.

Afl is played on the cricket grounds in winter .Its been that way since the 1850s

AFL is played on cricket grounds, the whole cricket ground, it was started to keep our cricketers had something to do in an Australian winter when cricket is not played.

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Glad you like the best sport in the world. The field is played on cricket grounds, it was developed to keep cricketers fit in the winter.

Australian football and rugby are two different games.

NOT RUGBY

You guys are such fun to watch 👍❤️

Guys - you have half of the playing screen cut out. Can I suggest that you reduce yourselves to a thumb image and enlarge the playing screen. Thanks - I hope this helps.

Welcome back, beard guy.. 🙂

This is not a version of rugby. It is an independent game that was invented in Melbourne in 1858 as a way of keeping cricketers fit over winter. This is why it is played on cricket ovals. The reason for the drop-in pitches is probably less about protecting the pitches and more about improving the quality of the ground for footy. Before drop in pitches, the centre was very hard when it was dry and could result in injuries. After rain, it would become a mud pit which made for poor quality football to watch. Much of the terminology of the game is similar to cricket (umpires rather than referees, laws of the game rather than rules, boundary rather than sideline). After the AFL season was over, they used to play exhibition games overseas, including at the Oval in London. I went to a game there in 1999.

Depending which code of football u follow & what state ur from depends on what code u follow, you'll call both AFL & NRL footy. There's a huge difference between Rugby League & Rugby Union, AFL is a totally different game again just like Soccer. We have 4 codes of footy in our country but the NRL has taken over AFL in participation sport but cricket is our national sport as it's played everywhere in Australia unlike the footy codes

Okay, there is rugby league, rugby union then Aussie rules.... 3 completely different sports all using the ovoid football..... then we also have soccer, using the globe football (called football in the UK etc.) All these sports have very different rules. Rugby league and union probably are the closest to each other. But they have differences as well. lol.... sorry it's all very confusing.... but each are worthy of getting to know :D

It's NOT Rugby, that's like calling Snooker... 8-Ball or Drafts... Chess. AFL or Aussie rules is NOT an adaptation of Rugby like Netball is not Soccer but they both use a round ball & play on an oblong field/court & have to score by getting the ball in the net.

Aussie Rules is NOT our 'version' of rugby. It's as different from rugby as it is from soccer.

yeah, its not rugby

AFL ground turf is real not the synthetic fake stuff

It's NOT rugby or like it !

not rugby

Watch here afl comes the boom and afl know your enemy please

Be careful comparing it to rugby. Most Aussie rules fans are not fond of rugby. It is a vastly different game with the only similarity being the tackling. Rugby is only played mostly in two states, NSW and QLD. Just a regular weekly game last week had 94,000 fans for two teams low on the ladder. Rugby is lucky to get 15 to 20,000 to their match of the day. The reason for the crowds is a game is played at a fast pace, is high scoring and highly entertaining. 🦘🦢