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Australian Football, also sometimes known as Aussie Rules or Footy. This code of football was first played in the city of Graz, but is now widely played all across the country and is Australia's main winter sport. Always played on an oval field, which usually doubles up as a cricket pitch (although it is rare that they will play cricket and australian football on the same pitch at the same time). It was founded because Australians took one look at the association football the English were playing and considered it way too soft for Australian men. 'Grubbers' and 'ruckmen' are offical words associated with this sport, which is just so very Australian.

The scoring is pretty simple, as demonstrated by this bit I copied from wikipedia:

A goal, worth 6 points, is scored when the football is propelled through the goal posts at any height (including above the height of the posts) by way of a kick from the attacking team. It may fly through "on the full" (without touching the ground) or bounce through, but must not have been touched, on the way, by any player from either team. A goal cannot be scored from the foot of an opposition (defending) player.

A behind, worth 1 point, is scored when the ball passes between a goal post and a behind post at any height, or if the ball hits a goal post, or if any player sends the ball between the goal posts by touching it with any part of the body other than a foot. A behind is also awarded to the attacking team if the ball touches any part of an opposition player, including his foot, before passing between the goal posts. When an opposition player deliberately scores a behind for the attacking team (generally as a last resort to ensure that a goal is not scored) this is termed a rushed behind. As of the 2009 AFL season, a free kick is awarded against any player who deliberately rushes a behind.[63][64]

The goal umpire signals a goal with two hands pointed forward at elbow height, or a behind with one hand. The goal umpire then waves flags above their heads to confirm the goal or behind to the goal umpire at the opposite end of the ground.

The team that has scored the most points at the end of play wins the game. If the scores are level on points at the end of play, then the game is a draw; extra time applies only during finals matches in some competitions.

As an example of a score report, consider a match between Essendon and Melbourne with the former as the home team. Essendon's score of 11 goals and 14 behinds equates to 80 points. Melbourne's score of 10 goals and 7 behinds equates to a 67-point tally. Essendon wins the match by a margin of 13 points. Such a result would be written as:

"Essendon 11.14 (80) defeated Melbourne 10.7 (67)."[65]
And spoken as:

"Essendon, eleven-fourteen, eighty, defeated Melbourne ten-seven, sixty-seven".
Additionally, it can be said that:

"Essendon defeated Melbourne by thirteen points".
The home team is typically listed first and the visiting side is listed second. The scoreline is written with respect to the home side.

For example, Port Adelaide won in successive weeks, once as the home side and once as the visiting side. These would be written out thus:

"Port Adelaide 23.20 (158) defeated Essendon 8.14 (62)."[66]
"West Coast 17.13 (115) defeated by Port Adelaide 18.10 (118)."[67]

I do quite enjoy this sport but I never really have any idea what is going on when I do watch it.

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American Football, also known as gridiron, apparently first emerged in the late 19th century. Like many of these codes, its origins come from both association football and rugby football.

The scoring is weird, the biggest amount of points go to a team when they score a famous "touchdown" and then they get a chance to do a conversion for another point. They can also kick it through the posts for a "field goal" and there's also something called a "safety" that gets some points I think.

Critics of gridiron suggest that there are too many stoppages, but that is simply not true - the official length of a gridiron game is 63 minutes and it is very rare that the game (including stoppages) lasts more than about 8 hours.

It is mainly only played in North America but it does seem to have pockets of popularity in some other countries too.

I don't really get this sport, but I've never really given it a proper try so maybe I'd like it a bit more if I actually watched it.

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Aussie Rules, of course. Mad, really mad, these guys. But I love watching it (occasionally) @Eurosport2

edit: Wrongly set "like" for American Fooball instead of Aussie rules...corrected
 
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