What is AFL? Aussie Rules Explained 

Brian Amory we are older than most sports that exist today trust me

Our baseball is cricket

Except Aussie Rules is one of the world's oldest games 😊

Luke Higgins lmao no it’s not even close

@Chrissy McEvoy Depends on how you define America and whether you only look at modern organizations. Lacrosse has been played by first nations people for over 900 years. European "immigrants" picked it up by the 17th century.

Accurate.

You mean the AFL games are continuing despite the 'lockdown' ?

patcom101 They’ve stopped They had 1 round with no crowds right before Australia started to rise in cases They are starting again on June 11 because we are starting to have single digit rise in cases

It’s shite

@@hmu05366 As are you, my dear sir.👌

Yeah and also Eddie betts and Devon smith

Like mugsy bogues

Anthony MacDonald-tipungwuti

Soccer is the greatest sport on Earth and is massive in over 240 countries. Every country on Earth loves Soccer. Afl is only big and relevant in 4 Australian states. Its a minority sport in Qld, NSW and ACT. Soccer will be the number 1 sport in Australia by 2050 and every country on Earth by 2100 ihxhb

@@mufc3316 NO ONE CARES AND THERE ARENT EVEN 240 COUNTRIES

thought i was the only one starting to care about this league

AFL has been canceled. Rugby League is still going ahead. They're talks of it being shown ESPN

@@no_shoes6706 the AFL season is postponed until late May and the season will be shortened. The NRL also postponed their season and is in financial trouble due to bad money management.

@@aboriginalbrotha9947 yeah, I commented that before the season went out the window.

@@no_shoes6706 the NRL season might not come back this year.

except watching it live would suck 36 people on a giant field. seems pretty badass but the NFL is more badass GO HAWKS!

+tyler burkhart Watching it live is actually better than on TV, TV has too narrow a focus to see the entire flow of play, and of course you miss the atmosphere- which is really something. If you ever visit Aus, get to a game and see for yourself!

+Frost As an American who doesn't like American Football as much, you're not an American! (Just kidding)

You should give it a try, it's a very interesting sport!

+FrostDesigns | Graphic Design AFL massive in australia, nothing like watching a game with 100,000 others:) really exciting the whole way through as well

spot on

what happened rd 4 this year?

+Joshua “Baby J” Ryan Are you the Bob the builder!LOL

+Joshua “Baby J” Ryan lol yeah

+Joshua “Baby J” Ryan we could alot 10 years ago

good on you mate

Seriously

Love the photo

Me too

what about now?do you still laugh about it

I don't understand the shape of the field. What shape do you call it? What are the dimensions? It seems it would be difficult to play in public as its such a big field and needs so many players. i don't get it

@@nofurtherwest3474 It's an oval, but pretty close to a circle. Dimensions differ slightly between different stadiums, but close enough. The same fields are used for cricket, so there's plenty of appropriate fields around the world. Yes it's a lot of players, but they're not all involved at the same time, they all have their own roles.

@@joynnywheels I see thanks

Historically who is known as the best team?

@@PipJim80 Essendon, Carlton, and Collingwood have won the most premierships, 16, 16, 15 respectively. They are three of the oldest and biggest clubs with the most historical success. But lots of clubs have had their eras of dominance.

+JV Show this to the umpires!

True

+JV yA

HAHAHAHAHAHHA OMG!!!!! AND THE UMPIRES!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

Laughed too much

as an american, AFL is meh. why does the rest of the world think that running around like 5 year olds is fun to watch? that's why americans don't like soccer or rugby and afl is no different...its just a bunch of grown men running around like 5 year olds. thank god we have the NFL where every play is planned, every person has a specific assignment and the team works together in unison to achieve an objective, 'MURICA!

notice Americans are the only ones who think so your NFL is for soft cocks wearing full body armour

+SVanTha Americans don't like soccer? Average attendance for Major League Soccer is now higher than the NBA and NHL. What about the massive American presence at both the men's and women's World Cups? The sport is the faster growing spectator sport in North America. Aussie rules won't get there, but your reasoning is incredibly flawed.

Brandon Johnson www.businessinsider.com/sports-leagues-top-salaries-2015-5 average salaries of pro players: 1. NBA - $4.58 million 2. MLB - $4.17 million 3. NHL - $2.62 million 4. NFL - $2.11 million 5. MLS - $0.31 million if soccer is as popular and selling out more than NBA and NHL, where's the money going?

+SVanTha then what is nfl?

Aussie Rules is awesome!

@EpicET27 If you pay the flight - yes! 😉

Ur welcome...anything else u want to know, we also have NRL as another sport. I’m a born Aussie, let me know

You are inspiring the next generation of backpackers to come to Australia.

I hope you like the sport in Germany as well as the Aussie English lesson to

Google usafl and find a club in your area

It’s a great thing

Brent I play AFL

It’s a really great sport I love it I’m Australian

Yeah look doesn’t get much better then being australian, I couldn’t imagine being from anywhere else lol

True

Same

same!!

same

josh gough same

You have got to see a final at PACKED MCG. It will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!

AFL es una Chimba parcero! saludos de Australia.

@@davidhowes9634 nada como el futbol, pero chimba que no pierdan su identidad

Soccer is the greatest sport on Earth and is massive in over 240 countries. Every country on Earth loves Soccer. Afl is only big and relevant in 4 Australian states. Its a minority sport in Qld, NSW and ACT. Soccer will be the number 1 sport in Australia by 2050 and every country on Earth by 2100 idxnt

@@mufc3316 Soccer: beloved by lady boys the world over...

eagles flyers From the comments I’ve read Americans seem to love it the most outside of Australia, and to be honest I didn’t expect it. I guess it’s different to what y’all used too. Canadians seem to love it also.

@@SirSSau Yeah and we shouldn’t care if they like it or not. It’s our great game

T56X 712X Be humble

@Hitlerismydaddy69 Australian football is such an awesome game, would definitely recommend going to a game if you go to Australia🇦🇺

Same here, I said something on twitter about it and the AFL of USA sent me this link

Good choice up the swannies!

Good luck in the grand final Yhis came from a bulldogs fan

TheDastardlyPineapple good choice!! go the swannies hope you'll be watching them in the grand final tommorow !!

CARN THE DOGS!!!! 62 YEARS OF WAITING AND WE WON!!! I'm sorry, I had to...

+yambarudan Good on ya mate, I didn't actually know the history behind the crows song! You taught me something :)

+jooosha From what I heard, the tune is an old English drinking song. Rather apropos for both organizations that use it!

yambarudan Crowies 2017!! ❤💛💙

Good choice! GO CROWS

From one crows supporter to another, We Fly as One! Go Crows!

Us Aussies love Indians for their passion of Cricket, always such common ground between the two nations! Right on brutha

I like that cricket is something that draws India and Pakistan together. Two great nations brought together by their love of a game. Sure there is intense rivalry between the teams, but it's something people from both nations can agree on, without becoming political.

Awesome

I didn't know ricky bought it here. I would love us to have a league

The only reason I’m watching this is because I’m from Australia and my boyfriend plays this so late night studying

+Zé Mário ...But who do you follow ?

+muffarroony Adelaide Crows!

so close but so far from the better sa team

so close but so far from the better sa team

+OFFTAP Eww, Carn the Power

+Alessandro Stuppia nice! glad we are reaching out to other nations :)

I’ve seen it

There has been lots of sons of Italian migrants who have made an impact in the AFL names like Liberatore,Dipierdomenico,Alessio,Silvagni,Roccas ( brothers),Misiti,Montagna ,some premiership players and winner of the best and fairest player of a season called the Bronwnlow medal ( Tony Liberatore)

@@johndonnellan5794 Orazio Fantasia

Noice mate

You should come to australia one day and come watch a footy game!

You should go for Carlton

Carn the pies!!!

Your pies are playing well

hugole444 Hahaha I am austrilan and I find it banger too

Lmao I love the attempt at slang xD

Good to see that our beautiful game is reaching out to other countries, good on ya France!😎🇫🇷

#based

Good choice. Although we were woeful on Friday. Go cats.

Freo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cats fan i like u now lol

Charles WoodsonGOAT out of all the teams mate 🖕🏻

Charles WoodsonGOAT I'm so jealous can't wait to go there and see it hopefully it will be mine third respectfully after same 2 as you bro

I just bought a ball in the UK

IIRC Gaelic football in Ireland is almost the same and no one knows why. AFL is way better funded, tho. So, not sure which is easier to get a hold of in UK

I'm biased being Aussie but totally agree. Imo the barriers to international growth is the physicality and complicated rules. Many outside of Australia are likely intimidated by the sheer level of tackles, bumping, etc. without much protection. Also, as someone who's followed the game for years and love it, I still dunno what holding the ball and prior opportunity is

@@pete89111 The biggest barrier to entry is the only way to watch internationally is to pay a huge fee. No one is going to pay to watch something they don't know what it is.

@@RubelliteFae Yeah this. No one is intimidated we all have our own physical contact sports. NFL, Rugby, etc... just no one knows about it

find a club in your area google usafl

@@brent3449no watch the Aussie football league

GO BOMBERS

Maisy Lawrence YEA THE DONS🔴⚫️🔴⚫️🔴⚫️🔴⚫️🔴⚫️🔴⚫️🔴⚫️🔴⚫️

Of course you were.. Go DONS!!

CHICKEN NUGGETT54 💩💉

Bombers 4 lyfe

Name of the player? Might know some details about him

@@rafiwerdiger Ronald William Wollin

Pick a team, follow all their games in a season and you'll be hooked. WatchAFL.com is for us footy nuts outside of Australia.

As a non-Canadian I approve of sledge hockey

As Australian, I approve of Ice Hockey

Good Canadian

Lol we don’t need approval. Either you like it or not, who cares?

yes we do :) but hockey better 😂

brendan bolton never had a gmail account so he couldnt show youtube videos

@NORTH EXPRESS AURORA carn you

we just lost to north I want to die

@@hustler-music ripppp

Ahaha

glad to hear your a cat aswell, go cats!

Glad to see that Aussie rules is reaching out to you Hungarians, good on ya guys! 🇭🇺

Its "Go Cats" (you usually use a nickname for your team)

Josh Clark Thanks so much for that great and important comment that was very necessary I’m sure ....also assuming I have no idea about nicknames wow!!! What are those?!?!?! I live in a state that’s home to the Dolphins,Buccaneers ,Rays,Panthers etc . and we call the panthers cats so to me it’s the Geelong cats ....if that’s ok w u....with your one thumbs up that you gave yourself...next time u feel like commenting ...just don’t thanks

Woohoo an international cats supporter! Thankyou so much!

boring

@@siridegea444 your boring

@@siridegea444 so spring boarding off of players. Free beer at the south Australian grounds is boring? Think again mate

better than ice hockey?

+Pink Arrow kind of hard to compare the two. but better than nfl and cfl for sure and i dont mind those

good on ya

Afl is basically gaelic football except the ball in afl is shaped like a rugby ball

Aussie rules actually predated Gaelic football by 30 years :) but yeah, they are very similar!

exclusively lol

Collingwood 130 points *Rolls on floor laughing*

tried to find afl game in US was not available i was disappointed

Calton scoring over 100?....90s flash back.

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Go hawks lol

Go Hawks!!!

+kurdupel80 and Western Australia, South Australia, half of New South Wales and 1/4 of Queensland

+Dan everyone agrees but queenslandians don't

screw queenslanders, GO AFL

George White I'm a Queenslander and I *hate* rugby

yessssssss

That good they are doing it there, as an Aussie I'd love to see AFL being played internationally.

That’s cool. Do many schools play it over there? Also there wouldn’t be many ovals to play it on would there?

Good

Ross 3110 I am form Australia and I play for a club called Beverly Hills lions

You are a bloody good Scottish person then!

yes

agree

I think so too Benny.

Mate on Fox footy on foxtel there is a flexible games none stop

Ethan O'Conner Awesome, thanks for the info.

+-Jastroyer- dude go on afl.com.au/video and you can watch all the higlits of all the games!

ash the train Thanks man

As an Australian, I would love to see Aussie Rules played in other countries. That would be amazing!

zennie98 actually Gaelic football can be dated back to the 14th century but the GAA was founded on November 1st 1884 and the British had been sending prisoners to Australia bringing ideas as well and over 30% of people in Australia have Irish ancestry. We can assume that AFL came from a mixture of ideas between Gaelic football and rugby and probably other ideas as well.

Nope. If the Irish brought the game to Australia there would have been a Green team. It was influenced by the local indigenous game Marngrook, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UY8snUkHA8A.html

Jeff Jaffers nope, Tom Wills (the father of footy) used ideas from rugby. Idk about Gaelic football

This is incorrect. Gaelic football has been around for several centuries earlier than the 19th and 1884 was simply when the GAA was established, which governs gaelic football, hurling, rounders and handball (Irish versions)

Exciting times for Swans fans now with Buddy back in the side. The style of football being played is a lot more attacking than what Sydney used to be renowned for. Enjoy.

Good pick mate, up the swannies

I hope you can go watch some games in China or Australia. There is a Taiwan connection, 楊昇's mum is Taiwanese. He plays for the Bulldogs in Australia.

For the past few years, Port Adelaide Power have played a game in China. (Obviously not this year though) . Go Power!

who

@@milikajanosi7301 savage men

Rip he’s now a Brisbane coach... I think (Well he’s going to be he’s on the field for Brisbane now)

You need to work on your time placing

Yeah man, AFL seems boring to people because of all the points and goals that are kicked but some unique great goals are always fun to watch, there was one last night!!!

this is an imitation of rugby

Mate - I know trolling is fun, but you just look like an ignorant fool. You know its not an imitation of rugby, just as baseball is not a poor mans version of cricket... Oh wait...

@@piginasack baseball is a rich man's version of rounders, and go red sox

S7A SHABANI you can’t spell the place you are from...

@S7A SHABANI Aussie rules is the best! 🇮🇶 Btw what AFL team do u follow?

I'm from Estonia and I played footy since was 2 years old, in the snow! and on a frozen lake too!

good

Well, there is Inter Rules or "International Rules", but it's a mix of two sports: Gaelic Football (Irish) and Australian Football (some of what you have just witnessed). There's an annual two tests of Inter Rules against Ireland and Australia where they compete to win the Cup. I don't watch it, but it's certainly out there. The few huge differences in the sport, however, is; One, they play on a rectangular field, instead of an oval. This is a Gaelic Trait. Two, they use a round-ball, but can still handpass, kick, and even bounce like we Aussies do with our Sherrin (the ball in Australian Rules). And three, probably the biggest difference is that they have 3 ways of scoring (that I know of). One way is to kick the ball into a soccer-like net, the other is to kick the ball over a bar that hangs over the net, and the last way is to kick it between two poles guarding the barred/net like a behind in Aussie Rules. I don't know where you can watch it on TV so it may be worth googling. :)

+jessie md it's shown on TV every year

uTubeDude I'd figured it was on TV, I just don't know what network shows it. Never really seen it on the usual footy TV stations like Seven, but it could be that Fox Footy broadcasts it, being a football-only station in terms of Rules, I suppose.

+jessie md 7mate on free to air

uTubeDude right, thanks mate for the help.

+the 6ix god Its hard to reach a nation dominated by NFL, especially the fact you don't have stadiums big enough to host a match, remember you can fit 2 NFL fields into 1 AFL ground.

Mate fox footy on foxtel

Fox footy channel is only on Foxtel Australia. They have to look it up on the AFL website to find out when and where its on.

+the 6ix god Fox Soccer Plus in the United States shows AFL games live. (check your guides)

its good to see people from all over the world seeing this sport

It hey were exadurating a little they made the other fields rather small compared to it

it is, you should try it sometime,u should come down to australia to watch it and hear the roar of the crowd when a team scores a goal or the siren goes for the end of the qaurter, its really good

Go for it! They're all great sports, especially AFL

NFL < AFL without any armor

just learn it and it would become easier, u should come down to australia and watch it, it seriously is a very good and hype game

@@johnl5350 You're wrong. Soccer is great, despite the con artists who fake fouls. American football does suck to me. Australian football seems to have brought some life to that boring sport. But it's OK if you like American football. Props to you. You're not alone. But I honestly can't stand it.

There is less than 13 minutes of actual game play in a college pro US football game of you time all plays from the time the ball is hiked and the whistle blows the play dead. So it takes 3+ hours to complete 13 minutes of actual game play.

@@timsummers870 I love both American Football and Soccer but don't act like soccer is more exciting simply because they don't stop play very often. 90% of the game is just meaningless passes between teammates at midfield. At least in American Football, every play is played at full speed and counts.

@@insidiouslol2682 Read the message again. The comparison was between Australian football and American football. Where did you see soccer in there?

@@timsummers870 Your other comment/your reply to the other guy

ni ho mo

what is it mean

I hope you enjoyed the doggies 2016 premiership at the G. )))

Jordan Tibballs What? The team that has lost 27 Grand Finals, that team, yeah great choice.

Ayy

Carlton were on 140 against Essendon

Hey don't you know about Brisbane lions so scored 130p in round 23 2015. And won by 10p

+dabooda49 Not sure why that's a problem. A game where 250 points are scored simply says there was no defense played by one or both sides

+GamingWithMtS It's just that its unrealistic in today's game, as games where 250 points are scored are getting extremely rare. I think we can all agree that the higher scoring footy games are almost always the better ones, which is a shame

+dabooda49 Scores are coming back up again; we had 6 games this weekend where there were scores over 100.

What team do you support?

I'm an American living in the USA and have a subscription at watchafl.com.au Love it as I can watch all games either live or replay. The pre-season is free, sign up for that and see if you like it. The 2018 AFL pre-season starts Feb 24.

Subscribe to watchafl on the internet. You can see every game of the season for about $US150 live or on replay.

Robert Brown, buy the international package from the club you support and you'll save a little and get some bonus goodies. I got watchafl for $US134 through the Pies, along with the annual book and a bumper sticker and a black and white scarf. Watchafl at the highest bitrate in HD on a big screen looks great.

Innocent beast Welcome to the Greatest Sport on the planet. AFL was originally created here in Melbourne (sporting capital of the world) in 1867 I think it was, to keep cricketers fit in the off season. Eagles are an excellent team 👍🏻

@@SirSSau cheers mate!!

Hey mate, good to hear your interested in the sport. Just making sure you know though, it’s a very different sport to Rugby. Hope you keep watching our game!

@@benwhite6261 yup mate... different from rugby and that's what it is very Unique mate!!😊👍

If you're outside Australia, like I am, you can watch online at watchafl.com.au The women's season just started and I believe you can sign up and watch that for free. The men's preseason is also free. Pick a team, cheer for them, and you'll likely get hooked.

If you’re serious about getting into it, I believe you can watch games online with an AFL pass, although the season has just finished

@@bigjacko2502 Yeah, i usally stream games online, the AFL and NRL are from like april to september yeah? I know the aussie sports season fairly well since i am a huge cricket fan and summer is cricket for the aussies!! What AFL team do you support ? Also, will you be watching the India tour to Australia this december?

@@gtaquizmaster I am a Fremantle dockers supporter, it can be frustrating but it means that every fan is genuine. Yeah I am also a cricket fan, this series should be great and closer than India’s 2018/19 victory. Although I am mad at Perth not getting a test match as of right now. Have you chosen an AFL team yet?

@@bigjacko2502 I've heard that Fremantle, Cartlon, Richmond and Collingwood are some of the great AFL teams, and these are the ones I know, so I may go with Fremantle Dockers since you're a fan of them! I choose Fremantle as my team! Regarding the test series, 100% Australia should be strong favorites now that the batting line up is sorted with Steve Smith, Labuschange and Pucovksi. Also, do you ever watch the NRL? I know NRL is mainly a Queensland/NSW thing, but are there a decent amount of people in other states who watch it?

@@gtaquizmaster That’s great! Well Fremantle aren’t very successful in the afl but are on the rise. However South Fremantle and East Fremantle were the two most successful Perth teams in the days before a national competition. Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond, Essendon and Hawthorn are some of the biggest and most historical clubs

+Dancegirl912 Carlton Haven't scored that high since the 90's.

Collingwood is just right

+Dancegirl912 we have won 16 Premierships doe! (yea and I kno carltons crap right now!)

Collingwood 130. *Rolls on floor laughing*

shut up i dont even go for carlton yes carlton can get to 120 like every other team

have a look at one of your fellow Texans www.collingwoodfc.com.au/video/2019-03-12/mason-cox-the-story-thats-hard-to-believe

@@sammy_dog Great Player Mason Cox. Any team would be lucky to have him

@@johnsnow88 HE IS WASTED AT COLLINGWOOD

Karen Berezny rough couple of years for u bombers

Concon2587 I know. But we have stuck through it

only because australia is this best country in the world if you had to compare it to other countries.

Its one of the best sports to watch if you find most sports boring to watch. Thats why this has so many fans that would never watch anything else.

As an Australian I just wanted to see the American people in the comments

Deede Chai there’s a Canadian who played in the grand final for Sydney the grand final and Anzac Day 25th of April are probably the best games to go to Anzac Day is probably easiest to get tickets to tickets go on sale before the season starts

lol type in Byron Pickett he changed the rules of the game

Eddie 1925 footie lol *footy

@@carbonz8484 I stand corrected. Thank you

@@Eddie-ym1vq haha no problem keep watching!!

Don’t get me started on ‘Machester United’. He’s just obsessed with it. Can’t understand that people like different sports to him

Probably some pimply-faced rodent who gets bullied by his little sister and thinks that polo and fencing are real sports XD

Cause the AFL are focusing on the U.S markets

+Dazzalinco1 less detailed comment please repeat?

They are trying to get the AFL into the United States sporting market to compete against NFL.

Dazzalinco1 omg reallly? that would be awesome! im an aussie so thats cool for me to hear. How long have they been trying to?

about 2 years now, I do believe that they have asskick in America, to start an American generation for AFL.

+Jürgen Klopp I love you Mr Klopp, go the reds

Maxwell Dendter thx

There is a few clubs in south America. Google it👍

I’m glad you’re supporting afl (and you better be going for the pies dude) but please don’t say aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi, that’s something you say if your in Australia and are Australian, sorry if I offended you and also the oi,oi, oi is said by other people or person. Also if I find out ur not going for Collingwood ur done for mate

@@Ashtonluigi why it's so important to be australian if he's supporting the sport anyway?

Dynasity please stop embarrassing our country

Great to hear mate. Have a look at a few of the better games we have had. The 2018 AFL Grand Final was pretty unbelievable, so I recommend checking that out on RU-vid.

Why, the MLS is getting better all the time!

Australian Rules Football

@@Dazzalinco1 so Australia’s version of Football mixed with Rugby?

@@warningpage8032 it's closer to Gaelic football

AFL Australian Football Rules😊

Best sport ever