A.F.L. | Australian Rules Football
The greatest game on earth
MELBOURNE | home of Australian Rules Football
Melbourne loves it's footy! Aussie Rules is not just a weekend sport, it's a religion. Football fans are knowledgable, passionate and proud of the game, it's players and their team.
The Australian Football League comprises 18 teams located in 5 states, played over 22 rounds, then a finals series culminating in a grand final with produces a premier team. Australian Rules Football [AFL] is the oldest coded sporting competition in the world.
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VICTORIAN TEAMS
Richmond Football Club | TigersThe Yellow & Black is the best known catch-phrase in football and belongs to the mighty Tigers ~ Richmond Football Club.
Not only is the Yellow & Black the best known catch-phrase in football, the Tigers also have the best club song, rated by supp
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Carlton Football Club | BluesThe Carlton Football Club is the 3rd oldest club in the A.F.L and were the first premiers of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877.
Its nickname the 'Blues' comes from the navy blue colour of its uniform.
Carlton has traditionally be
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Collingwood Football Club | MagpiesThe Collingwood Football Club is the biggest and most famous sporting club in Australia having won 15 premierships and contested more Grand Finals than any other club.
COLLINGWOOD Football Club has a tradition of performance that is unparallelled
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Essendon Football Club | BombersSixteen premiership cups, seven Brownlow medals, the 1874 best & fairest trophy, the league's first premiership team, 'talking lockers' and much, much more.
Where can you see it? Only at the Essendon Hall of Fame.
Situated at the Windy Hill p
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Geelong Football Club | CatsThe co-founder of Australian Rules Football, Thomas Wills established the Geelong Football Club in July 1859, making it the 2nd oldest club of any football code in the world.
Wills formed Geelong Football Club for the same reason he and his cousin
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Hawthorn Football Club | HawksThe Hawthorn Football Club (Hawks) competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The Hawthorn Football Club has a proud history, having grown from a small suburban club to become one of the powers of the national league.
The Hawks' starte
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Kangaroos | North Melbourne Football ClubThe North Melbourne Football Club emerged from humble origins in 1869 out of a need to provide local cricketers with a sport throughout the idle winter months.
While the Club claims no actual 'founder', James Henry Gardiner is widely recognised as
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Melbourne Football Club | DemonsAs one of the oldest football clubs in the world, the Melbourne Football Club has had many significant events influence its history.
1838 - Formation of the Melbourne Cricket Club.
1852 - The MCG is established in Yarra Park (then Richmond Paddoc
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St Kilda Football Club | SaintsSt Kilda figures boldly throughout the history of Australian Rules Football with one of the earliest recorded references to the game in 1859 mentions a 'scratch team from St Kilda'.
Despite being a foundation team, St Kilda have appeared in 7 Gra
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Western Bulldogs Football ClubSince joing the league in 1925, the doggies based at the Whitten Oval have won only one premiership in 1954 but enjoys a strong following from its passionate supporter base.
The Western Oval is located in West Footscray and was renamed Whitten Ova
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INTERSTATE TEAMS
The states and territories without teams are Canberra, Northern Territory and Tasmania.
Hawthorn and North Melbourne play a number of "home" games in Tasmania.
A.F.L LINKS
Grounds & Stadiums
(ANZ) ANZ Stadium, Sydney; (AO) Adelaide Oval; (AU) Aurora Stadium, Launceston; (BA) Blundstone Arena, Hobart; (CS) Cazalys Stadium, Cairns; (ES) Etihad Stadium,
Melbourne; (G) The Gabba, Brisbane; (MCG) Melbourne Cricket Ground; (MS) Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast; (PS) Patersons Stadium, Perth; (SCG) Sydney Cricket Ground; (SO) StarTrack Oval, Canberra;
(SP) Spotless Stadium, Sydney; (SS) Simonds Stadium, Geelong; (TIO) TIO Stadium, Darwin; (TP) TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs; (WS) Westpac Stadium, Wellington NZ.
Victorian Grounds
Melbourne Cricket Ground | M.C.G.
Brunton Avenue, Jolimont, Vic 3002
Etihad Stadium
Harbour Esplanade, Docklands, Vic 3008
Simonds Stadium
La Trobe Terrace, Geelong, Vic 3220
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