🇦🇺 FIRST TIME SEEING AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL: BIGGEST HITS & COLLISIONS IN THE AFL | TEACHER PAUL REACTS

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

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[@Jespa_007]

How anyone can find similarities between the AFL and rugby is beyond me. Not only is the gameplay nothing alike, but one is played by athletes while the other is played by absolute meatheads.

[@ImGodTheMaryBanger]

Facts!

[@burra66]

@@Jespa_007 Only a meat head would criticise other codes just because he follows a regional sport that has no international competition.🤮

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

It really bothers me how Americans always default to "oh its like rugby", when most Americans have never watched rugby either, and the games look nothing alike apart from short shorts

[@shmick6079]

Game is literally called football: “Oh, you can kick it?” 😂

[@Aussiedave54]

No, you can't kick a FOOT ball, that's illegal LoL, Americans have turned stupidity into an Art Form 😂

[@stuarthancock571]

NFL could be renamed Throwball

[@tcullen3684]

You do realise "Football," no matter the code, is called that because it's a game played on foot. It has nothing to do with kicking the ball. If games were named as a way to describe the way the game is played, then Soccer should be called Kickball. Or better yet, Diveball or Flopball.

[@drewbateson2873]

When you run 18 kms a game you can't be jacked like a nfl player the game doesn't stop

[@falchoon]

Is there a weight limit? no, but skin fold tests exist.

[@kieranjoel5251]

We don’t have NFL - Australian Football is light years ahead of every other sport in Australia. Please don’t ever be misled by rugby fans, AFL has one of the world’s biggest crowd attendances and three times the participation numbers. They will tell you it’s bigger in QLD and NSW despite the AFL teams there having bigger crowds and memberships per team and growing rapidly.

[@ImGodTheMaryBanger]

We do have 7 American football league's played at the state level. It's growing (slowly) and they even recently tried to implement a national championship with the best sides from the 7 leagues but dropped the plans. Maybe I'm 10 more years we might see a national championship

[@Spinsaweb]

When I played every hit in this video would of been deemed legal, hopefully a post woke world will bring back the glory days of AFL

[@steve8510]

1st game in 1858, greatest attendance is 121,696 people, it's the most spectated sport in the world per head of Capita, in fact that record attendance was set between 2 suburban clubs back in 1970 before the league went National in 1990.

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

Big Lads cant run for 90min straight you have to have lots of stamina , NFL guys would be dead by half time lol

[@jsegal8385]

AFL players average 6'2'', more stamina than a soccer player and have better ball handling skills than an NFL player. They are probably the fittest and best conditions athletes in any team sport in the world. I've seen some comments that this or that NFL player would cream the Aussies if they ever got on the field. The NFL players do not have the stamina, explosive speed or the athleticism. They wouldn't get a start. Check out Mason Cox, the only guy from the USA to play AFL at the highest level. Pat McAfee a now retired NFL punter, has a good take on the AFL, the ex AFL players who changed your game and a very interesting view on Cox's journey into theA AFL

[@tomoliver2961]

If NFL players had played AFL all their life ( with NFL current body types ) they destroy afl players for 5-10 minutes and then gas out. Athletically they are generally superior athletes and much more explosive than AFL players but I agree have nowhere near the stamina. But of course they would not compete having not grown up with AFL and although Mason plays it’s only due to his height. We will not see a player playing midfield that is American any time soon.

[@wendygroves8296]

The best vid to watch first is the rules of the game it explains everything about the Legendary game. 🇸🇭

[@ImGodTheMaryBanger]

The video is called "what is AFL?", it's the better one to watch

[@mddawson1]

Australian Rules Football is the oldest football code in the world. The rules were written and codified in 1859, four years before soccer's first rules were written and codified. There is amateur level American football played in Australia but it ranks well behind in popularity to AFL (Australian Rules), NRL (Rugby League), Rugby Union and Soccer.

[@absinthedream9668]

Rucks, Key Forwards & Key Backmen are very big guys, lean through the core perhaps compared to other football codes as they cover so much ground.

[@burra66]

AFL is only kick and giggle. Never took off internationally.😮

[@AussieMusicInfo]

It didnt take off internationally because they dont have any ovals big enough

[@inflatablepenguin]

"how many injuries come out of this?" AFL: How many do you want?

[@kieranjoel5251]

These are only best collisions of 2023, be way better to see all time

[@oldboyswok]

Is there a weight limit ? well mate.. you have to be able to run for an hr with hardly any breaks.. that's the weight limit.

[@peterhoz]

It is definitely the most popular sport in Australia. Biggest crowds by far, biggest TV ratings too. Soccer is a distant 4th behind Footy (AFL), and both rugbys, although it (soccer) is not far from overtaking rugby union. Being the sport with the 4th biggest average domestic crowds in the world should tell you something (the other 3 being NFL with a population 13x that of Australia), EPL and the Bundesliga). Footy was first codified in 1857, played in 1858. You can watch games on Sky Sports in the UK, season runs from early-mid March through to the last Saturday in September.

[@MartinInBC]

These are consummate speed athletes despite their size and skill. Their knowledge of kicking technique is unmatched in the world ... which is why they now dominate as college football punters in the USA. Half of the punters in the top college levels are now Australian. The Ray Guy Award for best college punter was won by Australians five years in a row. The Australians, with experience learned in AFL, are able to play as 'full contact' players in college (instead of the delicate flowers generally fielded for punting by America at both college and NFL level), and yet still punt the ball longer than Americans. The Australian takeover of college punting has changed the game, because the Australians' ability to hold the ball and move at an angle away from the rush still confident they can get a kick away when opponents get near them, allows them to delay the punt until the coverage players are well downfield ... giving no opportunity for a punt return. In addition, punt defending teams are no longer able to just pull back and set up the return, because the Australian ex-AFL punters, if they see no rush arriving, are perfectly capable of taking the ball and running for a first down.

[@JackieYoung-q6t]

Watch AFL explained video, then you will see that they play on a field bigger than a soccer field, with 18 on the field and 4 on the bench on each team, so 36 players on the field at once. The game is over 120 years old, older than any American sport.

[@aplund]

This is why many Australians get frustrated with the stuff that goes on in association football. They seem to go to ground easy and then magically get up fine. If players go down in AFL, it's rarely the case that they just like rolling around on the ground.

[@bramba1953]

"They are very thin,is there a weight limit" Love that comment it is a huge field and they have to cover it all up to 12 miles a game so you cannot do that if you carry weight. Bigger guys are up to 7' and weight 220 lbs midfielders 6' 2 plus and weigh 180 lbs small forwards a bit less but they all have endurance even the umpires.This game is so much more than this video,very old,made to be difficult so no throwing just handball, running but limited by bouncing the ball every 15 meters. We have points as well as goals so a draw is rare. Watch 'this is AFL' and you will get a better handle. AFL is Australia's most popular sport followed by Rugby League, Cricket, Rugby Union and Soccer. League and Union are played in NSW and Queensland almost exclusively AFL in every state and cricket is the sport followed by all Aussies. AFL rules were set out in 1850's Melbourne and the first game ever played was at the MCG and where the grand final is played every year in front of 100,000 fans. Have fun. Mason Cox's "Don't believe in never" is worth watching.

[@AussieDebb]

This is actually more dangerous than rugby league, I think. They do train how to fall. We have womens teams too of all football codes. Our Womens Rugby 7s have won olympic gold in the past.

[@tonym7012]

You are watching relatively rare incidents many of which were illegal because of contact with the head.

[@jsegal8385]

The rules to AFL were codified in 1858 before Rugby soccer and American football. You said you havent seen anyone huge, Try Nic Natanui, 6'8'' and 242 pounds who can jump on to other players shoulders to catch the ball. He is big but not a hulk, He is also fast and athletic/

[@wallywombat164]

Why would Aust have or want a american football team? 😮😮😮😮

[@roryChampion-re2zg]

All these blokes would have played this when they were 6. Then came up through the auskick, then junior grades at their local country or amatuer clubs. Most would have played in the second tier competitions SANFL VFL WAFL etc.They get drafted from there. I serriously doubt a wide receiver would last more than a quarter.

[@dreamstate1973]

"oh you can kick it?" Haha enough said...how NFL is called football is beyond me, they almost never kick it

[@tcullen3684]

Clearly, etymology is not your strong point. Originally, to separate them from games played on horseback, games played on foot were simply called Football. It has nothing to do with kicking the ball & never has.

[@Unotuchable]

That first one is ridiculous that he only got banned for a week. He launched himself off of the ground and it could have only been intentional because he's so much shorter than the opponent that he hit. Everyone at the time thought he should have missed a month of football. He's also a bit of a serial grub as he has a long history of hitting players high.

[@kieranjoel5251]

Hey mate, love your reaction to our great game of Aussie Rules Football! As stated in the video you just watched, AFL is the most attended game in the world on average per capita (population). Please check out any of the following videos and I promise you’ll be hooked to the sport of AFL. Why AFL is the best sport in the world A Beginners Guide to Australian Football The 100 BEST goals of 2023 Best of the decade 2010-2019: Best goals Best of the decade 2010-2019: Best marks AFL grand final 2023 highlights Top moments in AFL this decade 2010-2019 Best of the decade 2010-2019: Brutal bumps and tackles AFL Biggest bumps and hits ever Eddie Betts - the Pied Piper The best goals of Eddie betts’ remarkable career Kysaiah Pickett is a human highlight reel Get Excited: Izak Rankine’s best highlights Chad wingard Port Adelaide career highlights Cyril Rioli’s Career highlights Lance Franklin best 23 goals Jeremy howe best marks afl 2011-2019 Gary Ablett's 29 best ever moments, milestones and performances | 2020 | AFL AFL grand final 2018 highlights

[@tomoliver2961]

It’s true they are not as big as NFL players and the play is continuous and the game goes for around 100 min. You have to have serious aerobic fitness to play this game. However they are very strong and some of the players are still very large. All players play offence and defence also with only 4 players in the bench so there is very little recovery time. NFL players will be gassed after 5 minutes of playing AFL.

[@Jespa_007]

Just like the AFL, those in the NFL also come in differing shapes and sizes. I’ve seen some pretty standard sized to skinny players in the NFL as well.

[@anthonypirera7598]

You have just found the greatest football game in the world

[@Mezza-ld3bq]

You can kick it 😂 yes Football. 😂

[@tcullen3684]

Hate to burst your bubble, but the word "Football," is an abbreviation of the term, On Foot Ball, to differentiate it from games played On Horseback.

[@harryr52]

A hip and shoulder is legit if you hit the body, If you make contact with the head, is not legit. If you jump into a player increases the risk of head contact. Which is penalised with suspension.

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

"they're not as big as American footballers" - yeah because afl footballers need to be able to run for more than 7 seconds at a time.

[@tcullen3684]

I've seen some silly questions asked by people reacting to AFL & I do know that some sports like Boxing have weight categories, but a weight limit would literally be discrimination. In an egalitarian society like Australia, that's never going to happen.

[@lexsaunders1742]

The players are not smsllc they are up to seven feet tall.

[@katetoner3077]

they are thin because they are as fit as a person could get. their muscles are so hard they can brush mch of it off.

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

There are no less than 3 codes of footy played commercially in oz, without american. Old guys play a version for fun, called touch footy, with no tackling etc. So there wre plenty of teams to barrack for. We don't root for teams here, that word had a very dirty connotation in oz.

[@RD-xv5fn]

Australia doesn’t need nor want an NFL team. That’s a wussy game with helmets and padding. Played by the timid. Needing all that protection…😅

[@darrenpants2700]

It’s not that they are not as big as American footballers it’s that they are not as fat as American footballers. AFL footballers run somewhere between 12 and 20 km a game (8 and 12 miles) all this while playing constantly in 4 qtr lots, with only 10 minutes between the first and second qtrs and third and fourth qtrs, a twenty min break at half time. American footballers could not keep up with AFL players as the aerobic capacity is far greater in OZ.

[@RockAndOre]

Bro seems fixated on why we are not all dripping with fat

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Fat? Athletes aren't fat, I was talking about muscle

[@DaveOz-mx5oh]

How is it a mix of hockey!? Lol

[@TeacherPaulReacts]

Because in hockey there's fighting after a rough play

[@DaveOz-mx5oh]

@TeacherPaulReacts ahhh, yes 👍 I get you now lol. Hockey is really unique tho with the 1st man in thing, which seems to work at preventing all-ins

[@michaelmayo9048]

Big fat don't hert .100% muscle at full speed does

[@shanekopacka2945]

NFL is to slow you resets afl dosent stop it’s fast past. Night helmets or pads it’s a man sport

[@wombat5555]

I miss Barry hall and I'm not even a big fan. Poke the bear, get eaten 😁

[@blackie75]

There are way worse ones than this. Few nasty ones here, but it's mostly modern stuff after the game got cleaned up a lot.

[@Sour84-t9y]

I think the players can use a bit more protection. This is scary to watch.

[@indyspud]

A good number of these hits were not within the rules. You'll hear the whistle after as the umpire stops play and for some of them he's awarded not just a free kick, but also a 50 metre penalty against the infringing team. That's about 1/3rd of the ground. Some are fair, you're allowed to bump other players provided you do so in a way that doesn't contact them in the head, nor from the back. So a good "hip and shoulder" into the side or front on while contesting the ball, that's legitimate and just play on. But they are SO strict on concussions these days so in the modern era if you elect to bump and there's a potential for head contact, it's a free, umpire reports the incident, and it's debated at the match review or tribunal as to whether there is a suspension. Oh and players taken off the field with a concussion are an automatic 1 game sit out next week as well, so if that happens then it is an even worse look for the bumping player.

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

These are actually pretty soft. There's compilations of much bigger hits. Sometimes deliberate or reckless, but often just accidental collisions. The players really are putting their body on the line for the team.

[@lithium]

Nobody asked. You can go back to watching the 3 hours of beer commercials you call a "sport" now, thanks.

[@Sour84-t9y]

@@lithium I am not from Australia. This is the first time seeing this. So its not weird to have this reaction.

[@tcullen3684]

​@Sour84-t9y In a way, I do agree with you. Not about the protection, but as a promotion or first-time introduction to what a great spectical this game is, then this video, highlighting mostly illegal hits, is not a good place to start. There are better videos out there that explain the rules & highlight the athleticism. As far as protection goes, NFL style hard helmets & padding just wouldn't be practical in AFL. I am however a big fan of the soft helmets you'll see some players wearing. Particularly for children.

[@johnemmett188]

Can't compare these athletes with the padded up NFL players.

[@melbtom1]

These hits were so weak. Why would you recommend this? Surely there's a better video

[@shanekopacka2945]

It’s faster than nfl. It’s dosent stop like nfl with all the resets. No helmets like nfl and hockey the field is so much bigger than nfl field and it’s an older sport. Very fast

[@shanekopacka2945]

NFL players would be to scared to play afl because no helmets or padding true fact s. AFL true athletes. And fast

[@DavidPola1961]

This is not even the toughest sport played in Australia , the broken bones and smashed bodies are in the NRL its like a mix of football boxing and UFC . These guys would be hammered by NRL players who are huge . AFL players get suspended for whistling dixie or bumping into someone these days

[@shmick6079]

Yes, rugby league players are bigger and hit harder. Footy players are fitter and more skilful. Depends on whether you prefer to watch heavy collisions or fast and skilful play.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

Loosen ya grip David before it turns purple & falls off! 🤡

[@rodairs1575]

Rugby is an English game played by the 2 pommy states (NSW & Qld).Australian Football is a 360 game. tackles come from anywhere. Rugby is face on only. like hoppo bumpo FFS.

[@macdac9861]

Rugby contact is over rated, it’s front on and you absorb most of it easily. It’s not a collision sport like AFL, AFL is much tougher

[@tomoliver2961]

@@shmick6079Fast and skilful play that requires more than 3 brain cells please.

[@Jespa_007]

How anyone can find similarities between the AFL and rugby is beyond me. Not only is the gameplay nothing alike, but one is played by athletes while the other is played by absolute meatheads.