Aussie Rules????
 

Can anyone help me?

I am at the moment watching Aussie rules on Sky sports, and I love it.

But after only ever watching it 3 times, I still haven't a clue of any of the rules and most of the time don't even realise they have scored until I realise the score has gone up

Please can someone help me:confused: , but be gentle because I still don't understand the off side rule in soccer ( it's a woman thing):rolleyes:

Steph:D

Re: Aussie Rules????
 

The rule are explained on the Official AFL Website but basically ..... [deep breath]
The ball is played around by being kicked or punched out of the hand. If the ball travels through the air for more than 10m and is then caught, that is a mark. From a mark, the player can choose to play on or take a free kick. When the ball is kicked between the inner posts without touching a post or other player, that is a goal (6 points). If it touches post or player or goes through the outer posts, it is a behind (1 point). Enjoy the game. I won't spoil it by telling you the score (it was played last weekend) but it was a good game.

Theres a better sport to see www.nrl.com www.superleague.co.uk

Re: Aussie Rules????
 

My Mrs is the same Stef, she wasn't a sports lover back home but she loves the Aussie Rules. Heres hoping you become a good Essendon fan ;)

Brisbane Lions

Bah, stay in the UK if you're gonna follow them.


:D :D :D

says someone who supports Charlton Athletic!!

Me too. Not started too well this year but then they have to give the others a chance sometime:D:D

That's Essendon's excuse. The Lions need to find their own. :cool:

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Why Essendon?
:confused:
I've been a Saints fan for a while now and am pleased to see their trip to uk for training paid off!:D I have tipped them every week on oztips and delighted to see I'm climbing the ladder:D
This is from a woman who still can't understand cricket or the off side rule in British soccer:D
BTW Bordy I'm "mmim" on oz tips:D

Nah, you wanna go with the mighty St Kilda, unbeaten after 8 games. They are the "Arsenal" of AFL. Go Saints!

No you need to support the dockers daughter goes and watches their training session on a tuesday night. She has sent us some interesting photos

Definately - the past few years proves they're the best :p


AFL is picked up a lot easier if you go to the games... there's a lot you can't see on the TV, so when you get there, get yourself along to a couple, even if its just local league :D

Rules? I didn't think they had any rules.

I have been watching the game on and off for years, and to me, it still looks like a bunch of headless chooks running around trying to see who can jump higher than the other.

They then get to kick a ball through the largest, most open set of posts in the history of sport. And when they do (every two or three seconds) respond as though it was diffifcult.

C'mon, any game that results in scores of over 100 in an hour or so, is a bit sus.

;)

You're not into snooker then?

Jeez, you got me. I have been throwing around that line about high scores for years - and never thought about snooker.

I love the game.

Mea culpa

As much as I despise Arsenal, comparing them to perennial losers like St. Kilda is a bit much. :D

Arsenal, after all, tend to win league championships. St. Kilda fluked their first and only in 1966 with that Breen wobbly kick.

:cool: :cool: :cool:
But I like AFL. Been watching it for a while and love it's simplicity over something like football (sorry, can't get to call it soccer just yet). No offside rule, passive or active, etc. Loads of thundering tackles and a goal every few minutes. What more could you want?

AFL aka Aerial ping pong!!!

What a daft sport that they cut off the sleeves from the jerseys! :eek:

It makes the girls go ooohhh. Especially if there's a hero like Matty Lloyd on the ground!

Nar heres a real hero in the footy world mate: Joey Johns

http://www.marathonstadium.com/images/2003/r02-22.jpg

I don't know - just doesn't work for me. I have the same reaction to American football and baseball.

Give me a fast, skillful game of football (the real football) or five days of test cricket (and a very comfortable chair) and I'm a happy man.

Must be a culture thing.

Test cricket? Give me a couiple of Moggadon :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

I've been in the US six years and still cannot think of American Football as anything other than Men in Tights. Stops and starts far too much to be an enjoyable sport for me.

Baseball is just hit and run cricket anyway.
:zzz:

I must admit to watching the Superbowl if I can stay awake that late (last year I woke just as the commentator screamed "and it's all over") but only for the spectacle. The Americans know how to make a spectacle of an event but the game doesn't appeal to me at all.