AFL Explained

What is AFL?

AFL stands for Australian Football League and the sport is commonly referred to as ‘Footy’ or ‘Aussie Rules’. It is an Indigenous sport that originated in Australia and has been played for over 150 years. Australia’s premier spectator sport is one of the most skilful, tough and fast-paced games in the world and played by some of the fittest athletes on the planet, which creates a unique and exciting game!

AFL is a professional sport over in Australia and, the sport is played with an oval ball between two teams of eighteen players (men’s) and sixteen players (women’s) on a large oval-shaped field, with the aim of the game to kick the ball through the two tallest goal-posts which are set at either end of the ground.

However you may see AFL in Europe played on smaller, rectangular grounds and with 9 players per side, but the skills of the game remain the same and the passion and enthusiasm is as prevalent as it is in Australia.