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[@NapTownKid410]

I'm 45 years old, born and raised in Maryland and I've been a AFL fan for almost 40 years. I thank early years ESPN for that. My childhood dream was to play for Adelaide. When I was in college AFL was in its initial years of being played in the States. I saw a team had started nearby, so I showed up one day and they embraced me. Not quite my childhood dream; but I got to play a couple of years. AFL is my favorite sport to watch, with Rugby League being a close second

[@originalotto7126]

Mate, as soon as you crack the trifecta and discover a love for cricket as well, you'll be adopted and made an honorary Aussie.

[@christomorpho]

Go the Crows!!

[@joeldriver9734]

Adelaides my favorite team, i love ya bud

[@joeldriver9734]

@@christomorpho GO YOU FUCKING CROWS

[@disco1446]

Have you ever worn a Baltimore cap in the owners box?

[@dutchroll]

I think you're getting confused about the aboriginal representation. There is a team called the "Indigenous All-Stars" comprised of all aboriginal/indigenous players. They're not a regular team in the AFL competition, but more an exhibition team. About 1 in 10 AFL players is of aboriginal heritage, which is quite a bit higher than their representation in the general population. The Indigenous All-Stars play a regular pre-season match against one of the established AFL teams. "Geelong" when said with an aussie accent comes out a bit like "Ja-long" or "Je-long". There is a much better "What is AFL?" video on the official AFL KZbin channel with an American VoiceOver.

[@EBGamez1]

69th like :)

[@craigauty8874]

That No5 player wasn't getting kicked in the head by accident, he threw himself in front of the legs to stop the kick. It's called a smother when you stop the ball that way. Also the guys in high visibility yellow are the referees.

[@jacobwansleeben3364]

Funny how they couldn't see the many referees of the field the whole video who were wearing bright fluorescent clothes XD Could just be because they didn't know what they looked like and the camera never focused on them and they probably weren't looking that hard for them

[@xaj1543]

Craig Auty Umpires not referees.

[@stephenbedford1395]

I love watching Americans react to Australian football, rugby, cricket etc. It's great that you guys are interested in sports from other countries, keep up the great work... cheers (from the Land of Oz).

[@theperfectduck2718]

The only true Australian sport is Australian Rules Football (AFL). The rest you listed are English sports.

[@dethvyper3136]

@@theperfectduck2718 .......So it's all UK despite it being our national sports hahaha. The OP clearly said "Australian football, rugby, cricket", not UK football, rugby and cricket. No one said anything about their origin.

[@ryankincade]

Best sport in the world.

[@trainco1643]

Facts mate 👌

[@timoteoferguson6443]

No doubt. Only sport I watch. Watch AFL site for all the matches and they also have every match from 2017 to today. 165 bucks compared to 400 for 4 months of Sunday Ticket for the lame NFL. NO CONTEST!!

[@DieFlabbergast]

That's what everyone says about their own sport. You'll have to do better than that :)

[@rustyfalcon1414]

I agree with best sport ever

[@quartz2066]

Hands down

[@bluegorf]

I’ve watched sport all around the world, but the atmosphere at the AFL especially at the MCG is the best thing I’ve experienced

[@primategaberocco]

Just to clarify, it's 18x per side. There are 36x players on the field. Nowhere to hide. 👍

[@jenlangley2930]

The Black and White striped team is Collingwood and they do have a majority of white people on their team including American Mason Cox.

[@darrenhill2326]

So funny that anyone would think Collingwood is represented by mostly aboriginals.😆 Nothing could be further from the truth.

[@geoffmaloney2717]

@@darrenhill2326 considering their questionable past

[@benjaminrowley]

@@geoffmaloney2717 don’t y’all even fucking go there

[@loomaplayzbmgo6778]

😂

[@666Crenado]

Boo Collingwood, see the Bombers fly up! Up!

[@harpermcalpineblack8573]

Don't worry about how the Finals system works. It's confusing. In any case, the two deserving teams play off in the Grand Final and the winner gets the cup. Key skills on such a big field of play are stamina and peripheral vision. It seems like a hybrid sport - a cross between basketball, rugby and American football? - but it's actually older than them all.

[@covenantor663]

Someone mentioned in the comments below American Mason Cox who plays for Collingwood. A 6’10” former Texan basketball player, up until a few years ago had never even heard of AFL, let alone played it! He has caught on to the game so well, he was named man of the match by the channel 7 commentary team at the recent Queen’s Birthday match between Collingwood and Melbourne. Another player actually won the title, but it does emphasise how far he has come in such a short period of time.

[@cale2375]

Dont feel dumb bro. Glad you love our game :) You gotta pick a team now! I go for the Adelaide Crows 😁

[@geoffmaloney2717]

Boooo :)

[@SianMarieDavies]

Up the crom

[@anthonycahill310]

Up the CROM

[@trainco1643]

Yeah the CROM ❤️💛💙

[@thefirstvoidwalker1475]

What the wooden spooners

[@noirjacques3274]

One of the unique things about AFL is that we try and attack to our own goal, in every other code u r trying to defend your own territory or goal. This signified by “own goal” as being scoring for your opponent.

[@Sarah-pq3fw]

We love sharing our passion for our sport and very rarely will someone be a dick if people are genuinely wanting to learn our sport. We’d love to share it and see it grow, it’s like Australia’s baby 😂

[@susanlawson8565]

Our season runs from march thru to September when we have our grand final. The best sport ever.

[@ytQrash]

In the Finals (the playoffs), the top 4 teams (after the regular season) play each other in the Qualifying Finals and have two chances to advance. The winners get to rest the following round and go directly to the 3rd round (Preliminary Finals). The losers of the Qualifying Finals have to play in the second round against the winners of the 5th to 8th team games. I like this because teams are rewarded for finishing in the top 4. It makes the regular season games have more importance.

[@Notric]

The diagram of players on the field only shows one team. There is 18 on each side.

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

This is a good fan made effort, but the AFL has a short vid called "What is AFL?", which explains things pretty well.

[@damianriley4403]

and it shows the different heights of the players that have played the game.

[@benjaminrowley]

Yeah that’s made in 2012 things have changed since a lot of things I wouldn’t watch that for a first timer

[@ThatguyPurps]

The one the AFL released isnt that good... It needs to explain what a mark is before explaining what a speccy is.

[@nudgeaussie]

Lol, most of the videos used in reaction videos are actually doing voiceovers of the original What is AFL, including this one.

[@theperfectduck2718]

The AFL one is horrible, they put the scores up without explaining what they mean and every reaction video you get people saying huh what does those numbers mean? Amoung other things either left out or not explained very well.

[@craigdouglas4659]

Also, there is no offside rule at all in AFL. You can move around anywhere you want, and you can kick and handball the ball any direction on the field. Players are allowed to be at all locations on the field. One other thing, the field or pitch where we play AFL is called an OVAL or we just call it a "GROUND".

[@tK-be6ns]

AFL starts around march, about when the super bowl has done. And the grand final is the last week in September. The women's league has their final round february/march. There is a preliminary series for the AFL-mens in february-march as a warmup.

[@justjack4030]

You dont really pick a team, the team picks you lol. When you watch a team and you feel the heart strings pull thats your team for life. It's beautiful.

[@leeannesmith7720]

I love that u love our footy. Keep them.coming u guys are great xxx

[@noone6559]

Another Aussie here guys.... I'm not a massive AFL follower being born in New South Wales in Australia which is NRL (National Rugby League) country :) Go Eels ;) but we are loving everyone from the USA and other countries, reaction channels reacting to our sports, history and music. Thanks for giving the country down under a nod :D

[@ThatguyPurps]

G'long, Bris-bin, Mel-bin is how we say these places... And the black and white striped team is Collingwood. They arent all Aboriginal, in fact they just were called out for being a rather racist culture. There are a fair few Aboriginal players in the game and they have a spark and magic with their abilities. It is also rumoured that the game originated from a traditional Aboriginal game "Marn grook" There are 18 players from each team on the field at a time, and the field varies in size but is usually around the 170-180m (195yds) and although its an oval it would probably be 150yds wide. Some midfield players run around the 15kms per game (9.3Miles) There are field umpires and boundary umpires and you see them quite regularly, though they try and stay out of the main line of play. Also a lot of players can kick the ball 70m and a 50m kick is nearly a standard. Ive been to a game where there were 87500 spectators and the atmosphere was like nothing Ive experienced elsewhere. Finals are weird to look at how theyre played.. but basically the higher you finish the more chances you get to progress. You should watch a whole game or at least an entire 1/4 to get a feel for how the game plays. Keep looking into AFL though guys.. love the content. Oh and the season is on currently.. actually watching a game now. Also there is 1 American that plays in the AFL.. His name is Mason Cox and theres a video on him you should react to.. You can get the AFL pass and watch games on your computer too... a few reactors watch and do live streams with us Aussies. 💜🇦🇺

[@samantha-jane4424]

We love our game, and we love it when people from around the world fall in love with it. Wouldn't think of talking people down for learning something they aren't familiar with, who haven't grown up with it. We also have a lot of Irish players in the league, and I think we will have a more two-dimensional exchange with the US rather than Australians going over there to kick in the NFL. Look up Mason Cox, he's from Texas, and is now a duel citizen and premiership player for the Collingwood Football Club (A club we all love to hate). Really hope you enjoy our great game. 💛💙

[@dantem5228]

I'm an Essendon Bombers supporter. Lots of good to come for us in the next few years. But I would highly recommend supporting the Western Bulldogs or the Sydney Swans. They're both teams that don't get a lot of hate from other supporters and are also doing quite well.

[@itsdave2506]

Great game! Thanks for watching our great sport Get watching now! 4 games left for the season (4 weeks) Then finals (play offs) 4 weeks All teams play with heart, lots of upsets, lots of hype 👌👌

[@itsdave2506]

Sorry 5 weeks left before finals

[@michaelfink64]

Nice reaction again fellas. This guy is clearly English but describes the game pretty well. Aussie rules is also old; the first game was in 1858 and the laws of the game were established in 1859, making it one of the oldest football codes in the world. Melbourne is pronounced "Melbn" with the emphasis on the first syllable and Geelong is pronounced "J'long" with the emphasis on the second syllable. No AFL club has only Aborginal players, but Aborigines are overrepresented in the league; Aborigines make up 3% of the general population but 11% of AFL players. Yes, we also call "football" soccer. No - 18 players per team on the ground. Yes, the ground is big - usually around 180 m long and 150 m wide (a cricket ground - on most grounds, cricket is played in sumer and footy in winter). Ha, ha, when you were counting players in the picture, you include the umpires (= referees, wearing fluoro green in this case). In terms of out of bounds, if you kick it out of bounds on the full (without it bouncing), the opposition gets a free kick. Occasionally players do kick or handball the ball into an opposition player's leg to force it out of bounds and get a free kick, but this is rare and it is probably better just to retain possession and pass it to a team mate. The finals set up is a bit confusing, but it is designed to reward teams that have played well throughout the season. If you finish in the top 4, you get a "double chance"; that is, if you you lose the first game, you are not knocked out, unlike teams in the bottom half off the top 8 who are eliminated from the finals if they lose in the first week. The winners of the top 4 in the first week proceed directly to the preliminary final and get a week off. The season is March to September (Autumn/fall, winter and early spring Downunder). The games are on right now. I am now watching Melbourne vs Greater Western Sydney. You are right about the range of players' sizes; they range from 5'6" to 6'11". Here is another AFL video to react to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHWUd6ydpp6Cmbc/. It features Cyril Rioli, who was a superb player and a good example of the style of play by indigenous players.

[@KingKeego16]

Season runs from March to August, Finals (playoffs) are in September, they usually play on Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night and Sunday

[@shmick6079]

Oh, and the field is huge because it’s a cricket field. The game was invented to keep cricketers fit during the winter.

[@lawsontaylor4975]

you guys should watch the 2021 grand final for australia its on 25 of september so probably 24 for you starts at 7:15 australian eastern standard time Melbourne Demons v Western Bulldogs

[@morganrussell6783]

It took me two years to learn about the grid iron game and every since then I always look forward to watch the Superbowl every year. I like when no-one knows about AFL but they enjoy knowing about our game. 🇦🇺💖💯

[@dylanshadowstar9779]

As the video said. The season is March-september. So 22 weeks of football where every team plays a game every week. Weekend tv is full of football. After those 22 weeks, eight teams move onto the finals as you saw with that graph. Here in Melbourne, the day of the grand final is a free holiday too.

[@tK-be6ns]

My nanna was in a pub not long after she arrived in Australia, and was asked what team she supported. Not knowing anything about the ins and outs, she picked the local one to where she was living. My uncles ended up picking the one that was the same animal mascot as thier High school team. I picked mine the same as my uncles as I would watch games with them. My little brother picked the team who visited his primary school for an 'auskick' skills day (check out that program), and they play against his dads team on Anzac day, so they both watch and give each other shitdepended who lost. . My boss's kid is named the same as a crows player and has got signed merch and a baby jumper, so may end up a crows fan while his dad is not. Some families raise the next gen as fans for the same team. Some people pick the team their best friend supports (mick molloy) and spend their lives sharing going to games together. Some people will have a second team they support in the right conditions, like if the second team is in the finals while the first team is not, or support a different team for the AFL-W. Essentially, there are many reasons someone picks a team, but as long as you stick with them through wins n losses, its all good 😎

[@tK-be6ns]

Auskick school clinic , active afl players visit primary schools: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roGbqJuCd7h8hKs

[@stevemurrell6167]

When you were watching the player positions on the ground, that was one team. 18 per side plus 4 on the bench. The other team will be in the opposite positions of course. At any one time, there is 36 players on the field. The guys in the yellow shirts are the umpires (referees) and there are three of them. There are also boundary umpires who throw it back in when it goes out of bounds. There are 4 of them. It's a great game, there is so much action!

[@theroadrunner8300]

The game gets very intense when theres 2 minutes left on the clock,4th quarter and both teams are locked together

[@mikethomas4842]

You have an English guy explaining Aussie Rules. Brilliant

[@matrcdc2010]

For a specific game to watch, the 2018 AFL Grand Final was a pretty awesome game: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKu6l5lpptaWfMU

[@adamparker9765]

Aussie rules players make great kickers because everyone on the team needs to be able to kick the ball , and we have been doing it since 5 or 6 yo . The drop punt , end over end kick comes from AFL. it doesn't go as far but is a lot more accurate than the spiral punt . We also can kick so the ball curves in the air like a curve ball and this is proving useful in the NFL to as its hard to catch .

[@davemellet6878]

The fact is that any player can kick a goal given the right circumstances. As for defence or attacking play,They allow agreat deal of lattitude in positioning themselves which is why there is no offside rule.

[@davehocking4091]

Welcome to our great game guys. We cant believe its not more loved around the world. Really think the youtubers are starting to catch on. If you got any questions hit me up. Theres definitely 18 per team on the field. They often squeeze up one end of the ground where the ball is though so its still congested. We play this game from as old as we can walk and the rules are modified for little kids. In the last few years a womens professional league has taken off and female participation has gone through the roof. They go just as hard as the dudes (even if their bodies arent the same size). This is a game for all shapes and sizes. As you were watching the bulldogs sing their song there was Caleb Daniel who is around 5 foot 7 and Marcus Bontempelli who is about 6 foot 4 and they can play the same position (play it differently).

[@zeghosted8422]

In terms of picking a team I'd just suggest doing an AFL quiz to decide! 🙂

[@Goatcha_M]

If you kick the ball out on the full its a free kick to the other team, if it bounces out its a throw in. However if you intentionally knock the ball out of bounds, that is also a free kick to the other team. You can run outside the boundary holding the ball inside the line though.

[@Boxscoredicesportsgames]

As an Aussie I love Aussie Rules footy, but I still appreciate and enjoy watching American football, soccer and rugby too

[@StrayDogVideos]

Also, the men’s season runs from late March through August with the playoffs, or finals as they are called, taking place in September usually. The women’s league is starting in December this year. It took me a year of watching before my team, the Western Bulldogs, kinda revealed themselves to me and I am now a lifelong member of the club. So don’t rush it, see what mascot, colors, team song, and uniforms you like, then learn a bit about the club’s history and culture, and then you will know what club is your fit.

[@christinecoombs3536]

I really appreciate your open minded curiosity about other cultures. Even as an Australian I have learned more about Australia and America . Thank you. ☺️

[@sandrarobinson3266]

Those Marks taken at end are something they start practicing from little tackers on up very legal but they avoid digging studs on base of boots into Players being used as Ladders.

[@traceyandrob13]

tonight my team is playing Geelong and we are on round 16 of round 22it starts at 7:30pm which is in roughly 1hr 30mins time

[@falcor1969]

Just for your information, when the sideline referees throw the ball into play, they must turn their backs to the players so they don't see where the ball is going. This allows for a fair ball entry and any player can intercept the ball. In other words, the refs don't favour any side as they can't physically see the players or the field.

[@fllkflkk8178]

Most of the rules are made to keep the ball and game moving quickly, you will hear the umpire's call Play On to keep it fast paced and exciting

[@mikeefren6752]

From the USA and I love Footy! Best sport ever! Goooo Geelong!!!

[@gregm959]

Its an 18 a side game where one team kicks to the right and one to the left with each player playing on there opposition player (one on one). Defenders play on forwards and vice versa. They change ends every 20 mins. The game has gone a bit soft in the last 10 yrs. In The 70s it was a very rough game with players targeting each other with intentions of knocking each other out.

[@adda58]

AFL is a winter sport. That’s USA summer time. Great vid guys!

[@brettturner8569]

Hey guys, the AFL season usually starts in March and goes through to the finals in September. Just as an example the team that won this years Grand Final (the Melbourne Demons) won their last Grand Final in 1964. As a Richmond supporter l was absolutely stocked that they won. The NFL have also had ex Aussie rules players in their teams, the ones that comes to mind are the Rocco brothers that played for Philadelphia.

[@romanfedrich6967]

You can tell the narrator is not quite Aussiefied - we drink cold, not cool, beer.

[@CalmCate]

Yes it's a Brit explaining an Australian game. Can't say I'm a fan.

[@mariatessari2698]

We have an American now here playing AFL Mason Cox and he has fitted in so well... He has the slang down pat hahaha...

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

There's no indigenous team. We did at one stage have an off-season team playing international rules that was all indigenous, but none of the 18 teams is comprised solely of indigenous players. What you saw with the dancing was a number of indigenous players that play for a team doing a pre game dance for indigenous round, which occurs once per season to celebrate indigenous contribution to the game, and sees each team where jumpers designed by indigenous artists and players.

[@sarahthompson2636]

If the ball goes out of bounds, the umpire can make a decision as to whether you deliberately put it out of bounds or not. This is called "insufficient intent" to keep the ball alive and will give away a free kick to the other team.

[@mikeythehat6693]

Yes we call Soccer , Soccer . An Aussie Rules side consists of 22 players , 18 on the field and 4 on the bench . This year there has also been added a 5th player on the bench as a " Medical Sub" who will only be played in the case of incapacitating injury . You were reading that map about the Finals perfectly , it can be confusing but you get the gist eventually. basically the top four get a second chance if they lose while the bottom four are eliminated .

[@michaelprocter1298]

There is an American playing in the AFL, Mason Cox, plays for Collingwood Magpies the team I barrack for. I remember my first AFL game then called VFL. At the MCG ( Melbourne Cricket Ground) there was about 55 thousand people there, I'm from the Northern Territory and I've never been so shit scared of a crowd in my life. The population of the Northern Territory was there in one place. The seasons on now so watch a game.... you'll enjoy it.

[@shmick6079]

AFL regular season = March to August AFL finals = September

[@sandrarobinson3266]

Unless in the Top End then it is opposite. Hello wild games worth a look for Raw Indigenous Talent.

[@shmick6079]

@@sandrarobinson3266 yes that’s true. Nathan Buckley used to play footy in Adelaide in winter and footy in Darwin in summer. No rest for the wicked.

[@Peajay007]

AFL Is life in Melbourne. I’m a die hard Collingwood supporter. My family are die hard Collingwood supporters. Your team is based on where you grew up. I grew up in Heidelberg which is close to the inner city suburb of Collingwood. So therefore. I’m a Collingwood supporter. The original teams are from towns and suburbs in Victoria and are named after their district Side note. Collingwood is the most hated team in the league 😂 we take pride in that. Bring it on!!! Our boys will come in and kick your arses!!! 😂

[@zatgeye7320]

They’re playing now. Thur, fri, sat, sun

[@michelle.Classer]

You could try watching Mason Cox Don't believe in never. He is from the US and plays for Collingwood. It's a pretty good story. Our season is on at the moment, Finishes in September.

[@bibsp3556]

I did get a chuckle out of talking about updated graphics for the twms and then pointed to the oldest one lol Also, don't worry about picking the best team. The way the team draft works every year gives the best picks to the bottom teams. theres a natural lifespan to most teams success, the game evolves nicely like that year to year.

[@jorgen7974]

Aussie, American, and British football were created around the same time. None copied each other, they are 3 completely different sports

[@TildaM1994]

If you wanna pick a team there are two that are significant in terms of special games like ANZAC match which is collingwood or essendon but honestly just find your preffered team song if you don't want to go via players and don't feel vloser to any one state or place in Australia lol I myself am a Saints supporter ^_^

[@suecottrell4003]

🤗This game was started in 1858, 🇦🇺so it’s original style of football.🥰It was developed to keep cricket players 🫶fit in the offseason.🇦🇺The bench players are needed 💕for player rotation during games.👍The stadiums are cricket fields,😘so our stadiums have a double use.👍Cricket in summer,🇦🇺Aussie Rules football in winter.🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

[@antoniettaemilyschettino9097]

Watch 2018 grand final Collingwood vs west coast

[@horatiomh]

They say the low scoring in football (soccer) is one of the reasons for the fan violence.

[@qwertyTRiG]

"Soccer" for "Association football" is like "rugger" for rugby. Both are upper-class slang from boys boarding schools. I understand why people dislike it. On the other hand, I use it myself. I live in Ireland, where Gaelic football is played. I'm quite strongly of the opinion that there is no sport called football: football is not the name of a sport; it's the name of a family of sports.

[@Palerax]

Agreed, US football, AFL, Soccer, Rugby League & Union, Gaelic are all different codes of football.

[@ditch7135]

I totally agree with you. Football really refers to the most popular football code in a city or country. In Melbourne, football refers to AFL. In Sydney, football refers to NRL. Terminology is now confusing here in Australia because the administrators who run soccer here hate the word soccer to be used as a name for their sport. They announced about 6 years ago that from now on soccer will be called football. Now when someone in Australia says football, we have no idea what code they're talking about. Can you imagine what would happen in USA if the US Soccer administrators tried doing that. We used to have the National Soccer league. Now it's called the A League and its run by Football Australia. For me, living in Melbourne, football will always be AFL and Soccer will always be Soccer.

[@Kayenne54]

Soccer in Australia is played by kicking the ball only; hands touching the ball during play on the field is a foul. That's about it for my knowledge of soccer.

[@sarahthompson2636]

EVERY player is trying to score, but the forward line (full forward and 2 center pockets) are key positions for scoring. The Half forwards are high scorers also, that generally do a lot of setup and speed entry work to the forward scoring zone, fed by the midfielders.. There is no limit on who can score for your team, and in fact, the opposition can aslo score for you, but no matter what the opposition does, it can only score 1 behind, never a goal. you will see them deliberately take the ball over the score line to prevent losing possesion and potentially giving up a goal.

[@davisng2646]

mate you should definitely watch the sport, it's the most spectacular thing I've ever watched, I am a soccer fan, and arriving in Australia, I started watching this, now I'm playing this sport

[@loomaplayzbmgo6778]

*Just a Little Bit Of Help ☺️* West-Coast Eagles Adel-aide Crows Fre-mantle Ess-en-don Gold-Coast- Suns Carl-ton Rich-mond GWS/ Greater Western Sydney Port - Adel-aide Mel-Bourne Demons North - Mel-bourne Tas-mania Syd-new Swans Gee-long Cats Coll-ing-wood Western -Bulldogs Bris-bane- Lions Saint-Kil-da

[@cadendealwis]

the tassie devils aren’t in the AFL mate

[@resiefan3258]

In Australia Brisbane is actualy pronounced Brisben or brisbun or brisbin depending on where you live and your class. Only Americans say bris-bane

[@trevordonohoe3712]

omg so funny ,,love you guys and thanks for having a go. the only way you will learn the sport is if you had a aussie with you for a season sitting next to you explaining

[@dylanshadowstar9779]

The season is in progress now you can watch games. Also look up a few games from a couple years ago. Back when stadiums were filled to capacity.

[@traceyandrob13]

March is the start of our season until September

[@jsleeio]

have never been to a grand final but have been to two Essendon/Carlton games at the MCG, both with around 95000 people attending. Pretty amazing atmosphere. Recommended

[@dougmcminn9346]

Competition starts in March - grand final always last Saturday in September ( some yrs creeps into first Saturday in October - the best is to aim at position 1 or 2 as they get home finals - so with preseason training etc players only get 10 weeks off - AFL is a religion

[@thorts]

Started as the VFL in 1897. Since then my team the St.Kilda Saints have won only one Grand Final.

[@crzycnt8566]

The umpires are the dudes running around in fluro yellow. 3 on field to call the game. 4 on the boundary to call 'outs'. And one in each goal to score.

[@anthonypirera7598]

This is the greatest game on earth and living in Melbourne the home of Australian football with 9 teams here and one down at Geelong 40 mins drive away the whole city is run by Australian football. What would you like to know about it?

[@tgward313]

the ground is a big oval -- you need a big oval to make an open running game

[@louiserawle8999]

I hope you see a grand final video ,it is unbelievably exciting

[@clandy1971]

There are four posts on each end of the ground, the two tallest posts in the middle are the goal posts and the two shorter posts on either side are the points posts. The objective is to kick the ball in between the two taller goal posts to score a goal, which is worth six points. If the ball hits the post, is touched by someone's Hand before it goes in, then it only scores a point. It's also only a point if the ball goes in between one of the tall posts and one of the shorter posts.

[@greghenderson6782]

Ps. There are no 'challeges' as per grid iron. Keep up the reactions.👍

[@Wayneogston]

Ironically the person who was doing the description of the game has done it better than any person I have heard. That accent makes me happy cos i know hes truly Australian even though he sounds like a pom. lol

[@scottiethegreat74]

2 of the "players" you counted are actually umpires!! 😂😂

[@stuartaylen]

Just a note, the guys in yellow are the umpires (referees).

[@bobgentleman1534]

Watch Collingwood in 2023, take my word for it!. you will love the games.

[@lukegrosser676]

You guys should listen to all the AFL team songs

[@Goatcha_M]

The guys in yellow are the umpires, they can get confusing because these days the umpires change their uniforms more often than the players do and each team, now has about 4 different uniforms as opposed to the old one. Umpires used to just wear white, it was determined they were too hard to see, so they got yellow, and then for tv now half the time they are in pink or orange or what have you.

[@rayjohnston3277]

Try searching VFL, around the 1970's, 80's and 90, it was a lot more brutal in the hits but also high scoring and big marks

[@immaseahorse24]

Go for the West Coast Eagles 😄

[@knowEyeDeer]

~ 5.25 Gee-long (that one's pretty easy, you had the correct pronunciation the first attempt). Mel-burn (because of our lazy pronunciation. I understand that there's a place in the US where the way you pronounced it would be correct, our way is different).

[@neilcampbell3212]

The team in black and white is Collingwood, the team I follow, but the team is not all aboriginal. We play from March/April through to September.

[@bradnorman7535]

Watch 2021 final between Western Bulldogs and Brisbane lions- skill level next level Brisbane have an insane forward/ half forward line and the doggies have a few as well but overall very well matched across the field.

[@carriebizz]

Don't feel too bad as I am Melbourne born and bred and in my 40s and I don’t think I know every rule in Aussie Rules.

[@MuyokuDawn]

So the finals seems a bit confusing but I can simplify it: Instead of a round robin bracket like in the NFL, the AFL rewards the top four teams effectively with double elimination. 5-8 don’t get that advantage. If you’re a top four team and you win in the first round, you don’t have to play in the second round and you advance automatically to the third round, one step before the grand final. If you’re a top four team and you lose in the first round, you can still come back the next week and win to stay in. 5-8 don’t get that advantage. They must win every one of their games to win the championship, or as we call it, the premiership. Fun fact: a lot of Aussies call winning the premiership “winning the flag”, since it’s a long-standing tradition that one of the rewards along with the cup, is a pennant, our premiership flag. Go Saints!

[@craigauty8874]

The finals is confusing but basically if you finish in the top 4 you get a second chance. The top 4 qualifying final winners go straight to the preliminary final but the losers get another chance against the winners of the elimination finals between the 5th-8th teams.

[@mediocreplays8368]

I think it would have been a lot better to watch the older official AFL version. Its still mostly applicable. This video went into too much detail for a brand new watcher and its overwhelming. The "What is AFL?" Video from the AFL channel is a lot more simplistic and made to show to someone that has no idea.