She Knows The Rules

She Knows AFL

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:52:00 +1000

Given that AFL is such a fast game and the antithesis of a long drawn-out cricket match, what do AFL and cricket have in common? Well, a lot actually. AFL was originally invented to help cricketers stay in shape in the off-season.

Jim

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:05:56 +1000

As per the front page, what exactly DOES qualify a player for a stint in the sin bin - considering there's neither a sin bin nor a sending off rule in AFL? Whoever is writing your stuff needs a quick glance at the rules himself.

Jim

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:07:01 +1000

Or herself, of course.

whatwhat

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:37:54 +1000

I understood AFL derived largely from Galiec Football, with our heavy Irish convict heritage, and also from a game observed from northern Aboriginal tribes where they would kick a possum about...

Invented for cricketeers?

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:35:56 +1000

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Noni Primrose

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:22:58 +1000

OK. Initially the game of AFL was cobbled together from an indigenous ball game called Marn Grook. It was done so to give cricketers something to keep fit with, and to make use of the grounds in the off season. Gaelic may have seasoned the game, but it was definitely an indig game to start things off. Sin Bin is called the tribunal.

Elle_Bee

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:43:26 +1000

And there is a great show on NITV called the Marngrook Footy Show. Vastly superior to Sam Newman's excruciating antics on Nine.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:40:04 +1100

the sin bin is some where for bad players like B.Hall to go when they are naughty during the game. it should be reintroduced.

MR

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:18:28 +1100

There are great opportunities for woman of all ages to play footy from 'youth girls' to open age womans competitions around australia including state teams.See your state or regional body to find out more.
Its also important to remember there is no knock-on in Australian football (the name of the sport), No ankle taps allowed (all tackles above the knee)and no offside.

Primmy

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:22:30 +1100

In afl there is NO sin bin. The coach may pull the player off the ground to cool down a bit, and the umps may give a free kick or 50 metres, but no player can be banished from playing out the game by the UMPS. Their number is taken and recorded, and it goes to the review board on the Tuesday for assessment. No red cards. No 10 minutes in the bin. No time out. No foul. It makes a game edgy when you know either one of your mob, or one of their mob, is going to be judged in the cold light of day (night) by independant judges with no axe to grind.

Michael C

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:22 +1100

Aust Football is no more a hybrid than is soccer. Marn Grook played no solid line part initially (perhaps a dotted line via Tom Wills who grew up in Western Vic with a fair exposure to indigenous culture).
Anyway - the game was based around a committee who referenced various sets of schoolboy 'football' rule sets from England. Plus other notions based on experience no doubt.
Prior to late 1850s, football was more once a year (eg Queens B'day holiday, or Shrove Tuesday) and the rules were....well.....debateable at least.
Australian Football pre-dates English soccer (London FA 1863 and further merged with Sheffield FA by late 1870s). Rugby was mainly a schoolboy game with some old boys playing local variants - - often as per local conditions and the input of others.
A common set of rules required.
Melbourne achieved this - and the Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs are living history. Really, each year, the Melb v Geelong match up should be the most significant game on the calendar!!