Australian Rules

About

• FAQ A great place to learn about the sport
• Australian Football Association of N. America FAQ
• World Footy News Provides independent reporting on all the international Australian Rules footy news, articles, stats, polls links etc with an emphasis on the leagues and clubs outside of Australia
• SportsToday
• Fantasy league -ARFFL
• Thomas Wills And Henry Golden Harrison founded the Melbourne Football Club (Tom Wills was a cricketer who had been educated at Rugby). The rules of the game were derived from the games playedat English public schools...". See Wikipedia and more below
• Beginners guide FAQ from Rec Sport Football Australian, covering in particular playing the game, player positions and their roles, pitch details, umpire signals, details of the play etc
• The Game From the International Australian Football Council; includes Laws, field dimensions, player skills and much more
• Background From Wikipedia
• The Game From US Footy, covering all aspects of the game and its play.
• Some alternatives views of the sport From Urban Dictionary
• The Drafter Is dedicated to AFL (Australian Rules Football) Draft news, information, ratings, rankings, statistics and predictions.

History

• The story of Tom Wills co-inventor of Australian Rules
• Footy Stamps AFL - a brief History
• Early History of Australian Football From Wikipedia
• Full Points Footy Devoted to the history of Australian Rules Football; Chronology from 1858
• The first 60 years Of Tasmanian Footy; "In 1864 a club existed at New Town but disbanded soon after ...." Origins of the game from Footy-stamps;"Football was first played in Melbourne, Victoria, perhaps as early as 1840 although there was probably little resemblance to the game that is played today. The origin of Australian Football has long been in dispute. One theory is that it originates from an Aboriginal game,
• Thomas Wentworth Wills The first hero of Australian Rules football.
• Brownlow Medal winners From 1924; Wikipedia
• A brief History From SmartGambler; includes teams in the Victorian Football Association in 1877

Servers-Blogs-Forums

• Try The Footy Banter Team For a lighter approach
• Culture Stew and Australian Rugby
• US Footy Forums Announcements, clubs, college, general, Juniors National Championships, Umpires
• Talking Football Forum From Australia; general, betting, polls, unhappy?
• Australian Soccer Links OzFootball. A very informative and updated set of links to the full Oz Scene
• BigFooty Share your passion! message boards, fantasy football, members calendar (your birthday is not a secret!)
• AFL Footy News Talking football Forum and newsdesk
• OzRules Forums, chat, news, clubs, broadcasts, AFL ladder, fixtures, stats on clubs, players, matches and premierships, links etc
• Realfooty From The Age Fixtures, ladder, live football, news, fixtures and results for AFL clubs, columnists, International links, best of the 90's, city and country...
• The Bladder Ezine with an alternative look at Australian Rules

Overview

• Danish AFL

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• UK (BARFL)

England

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• Canada (CAFA)

Overview

• US Footy

Overview

• Melbourne Demons Official site.

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Overview

• New Zealand AFL