Australian Football League (AFL)

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AFL is the biggest sport in Australia.
You's can learn more about AFL from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League

official web site http://www.afl.com.au
16 teams compete In the competition.

Adelaide Crows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club

Brisbane Lions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Lions

Carlton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club

Collingwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club

Essendon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club

Fremantle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club

Geelong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club

Hawthorn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club

Melbourne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club

Kangaroos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club

Port Adelaide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club

Richmond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club

St. Kilda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club

Sydney http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Swans

West Coast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles

Western Bulldogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Bulldogs

each team plays 22 games after that the top 8 play against each other in the finals.

1 vs. 4
2 vs. 3
5 vs. 8
6 vs. 7

winners of 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 get a week off after that game.
losers of 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 play against the winners of 5 vs 8 and 6 vs 7. losers of 5 vs 8 and 6 vs 7 are knocked out.

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Some of the venues for AFL games.

Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Victoria. Capacity 56,347
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra_Dome

Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne, Victoria. Capacity 100,000+
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_cricket_ground

Skilled Stadium, Geelong, Victoria. Capacity 28,300
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skilled_Stadium

Subiaco Oval, Perth, Western Australia. Capacity 43,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subiaco_Oval

Manuka Oval, Manuka, Australian Capital Territory. Capacity 15,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuka_Oval

Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney. Capacity 45,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground

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thats the ball used to play AFL, Footy.


thats the AFL logo.


thats the design of how the ground looks like.

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and the logo's of the teams.

Adelaide


Brisbane Lions


Carlton


Collingwood


Essendon


Fremantle


Geelong


Hawthorn


Melbourne


Kanagaroos


Port Adelaide


Richmond


St Kilda


Sydney


West Coast


Western Bulldogs

[Chris]

Which team do you support?

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Bulldogs

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Premierships

Adelaide 2
Brisbane Lions 3
Carlton 16
Collingwood 14
Essendon 16
Fremantle None
Geelong 7
Hawthorn 9
Melbourne 12
Kangaroos 4
Port Adelaide 1
Richmond 10
St Kilda 1
Sydney 4
West Coast 3
Western Bulldogs 1

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Last 4 seasons. stats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_AFL_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_AFL_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_AFL_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_AFL_season

and the draw for 2008,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_AFL_season

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Jerseys / Footballers

Adelaide Crows / Andrew Mcleod


Adelaide Crows / Simon Goodwin


Carlton / Anthony Koutoufidies


Carlton / Brendan Fevola


Western Bulldogs / Brad Johnson


Western Bulldogs / Scott West


Fremantle / Matthew Pavlich


Fremantle / Jeff Farmer


Geelong / Gary Ablett Jr


Geelong / Matthew Scarlett

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Collingwood / Alan Didak


Collingwood / Anthony Rocca


Essendon / Matthew Lloyd


Essendon / Dustin Fletcher

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Sydney / Barry Hall


Sydney / Brett Kirk

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Hawthorn / Shane Crawford


Hawthorn / Lance Franklin

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some videos of Aussie Rules.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LFhE6lEeVNk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kt3ZalIB6L0&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fZH8AadKjko&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ldKzRhxuGc&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d-PFRrJQtew&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-BOzQwj4fSE&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CvUxEYCGMcY&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NRabQKD2ySo&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WC_2-aClAzo&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J47ccoM0Dvg&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1LDk8PI3E&feature=related

[MadMac]

Aussie Rules is a simple game. What makes it good is maybe the fact that it remained a local game for 150 years.
And in this time and age of players faking injuries and behaving like ballerinnas it is quite refreshing to see a game with a bit of a biffo.

I'm a long suffering Dockers fan and hope to finally get the premiership next season.

[MadMac]

Just got a news that Clinton Grybas has died last night. It's a shame, only 32 yrs old, certainly was my favourite commentator. Watchin footy won't be the same.