Australian Football League
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Tuesday 18 September 2007 |
 AFL is commonly called Australian rules football. It is a modified form of Irish football and originated in Victoria. Now it is a national game with a national league. An oval ball is kicked and hand passed from player to player. The ball is kicked between goal posts, whereupon six points are scored. There are two other post set 6.4 metres from each of the goal post. When the ball goes between these areas, i.e., between a goal post the the shorter outside post it is called a "behind" and one point is scored. There are 18 players in each team. Three of these are able to roam the field while the others must remain in a zone or mark an opposing player. A player can run with the ball but he must bounce the ball once every 15 metres whilst running. When a player is held by an opponent he must either drop, throw or kick the ball immediately. The objective is to get a a'mark". This is achieved by cleanly catching the ball, using the bodies of opponents if necessary, when the ball is drop kicked by a teammate. This gives the marker the right to drop kick for goal unimpeded. |
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