There is an English guy like yourselves with his own channel Rob Reacts that reacted to the same video about a year ago and got hooked on the game and started watching every week and started following the Sydney Swans. He got so passionate about it he and his wife flew to Australia last week to see Sydney beat Collingwood to go into the Grand Final. After the match he said that it was the most exciting thing he has ever seen and this is coming from a Junior Soccer Referee.

Great reaction guys. Your man almost had the scoring right. 20-10-130 means 20 goals x6 points each = 120 pts + 10 behinds (points) = 130 total points. You can have less goals than the other team, but more total points which is the winner. When you take a mark (catch) you can play on, (keep going) or stop on the spot and take a free kick where the opposition is not allowed to touch you. 16 yards is 15 m in Australia. What they should have said is that you have to bounce the ball any time “BEFORE” 15 mtrs. Most players bounce after a few steps to avoid going beyond 15 m, which would see a free kick given to the other team. These guys are super athletes, who run flat out for up to 15 km per game, whilst being harassed, bumped, and tackled. Each quarter with extra time runs for about 30 minutes, which means they’re running around for two hours apart from breaks between the quarters. Freekick is given against a player who kicks the ball over the boundary line on the full, or purposely kicks it towards the boundary line. Otherwise if the ball runs over the boundary line during play, a boundary umpire tosses the ball back in over his head. Two tall players called ruckmen jostle and try to hit the ball to one of their own players. That makes a neutral contest. There are too many ways free kicks can be given to mention here. Best to search the Internet for the rules of AFL. Yes that oval ball won’t bounce properly unless you know what you’re doing. However considering that most Australian babies have a football in their hands before they can walk, they have plenty of time to grow up practising it. Junior clubs are all over the country, and there are kids of all ages that bounce the ball perfectly, as well as mastering the other skills. The top team at the end of the regular season is called “minor premier.” But we don’t care about that really, it’s those finals and who wins the grand final that we go nuts about. Tomorrow Saturday 24th of September is the Grand Final, to be played between the Geelong Cats and my red-and-white Sydney Swans. If you search around, you will find a broadcast of the Grand Final in your country. (2.30 pm Australian time.) Aussie rules is played as an amateur sport in many countries in the world including yours. If you look it up you’ll find AFL leagues in your area. Because it’s amateur it’s nowhere near as brutal as our game, and it’s more a social type game played for fun with beers and barbecue afterwards. In America they have the USAFL, which comprises 40 different leagues including a women’s league. Beginning in 1858 our game was codified before any of the other sports, it was actually invented to keep cricket players fit during the off-season. Some aspects of the game were taken from the aboriginal game known as Marn Grook, where aboriginal people have been kicking a pig skin around for centuries. Welcome to the most exciting game on the planet. Cheers

So at the end of the season the top 8 teams make the finals. The top-4 play each other in Qualifying Finals (1 vs 4, 2 vs 3) and the teams finishing 5-through-8 play each other in Elimination Finals (5 vs 8, 6 vs 7). The teams that finished in the higher position play the match at their home ground. (For example, in 6 vs 7, the match is played at 6's home ground) The winners inside the top-4 go straight through to the preliminary finals and get a week's rest. The losers inside the top-4 play the following week at their home ground. The winners of 5-through-8 play the losers of the top-4. The losers of 5-through-8 are eliminated. There are now 6 teams left. The following week are the Semi-Finals. The top-4 losers and the 5-through-8 winners play for a spot in the preliminary finals against the Top-4 winners. The losers of these matches are eliminated There are now 4 teams left. The winners of the Semi-Finals play the winners of the Qualifying Finals in what we call the Preliminary finals. The winners of the Qualifying finals get to play at their home ground. The winners of these 2 matches go through to the Grand Final and the losers are eliminated. The Grand Final is always played at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground). The winners of this match are the Premiers. Also to answer your question about if it matters where you finish in the top 8: All the top 4 get a second chance if they lose the Qualifying Final, and top 2 get to play this match their home ground. The rest of the 8 just get a single chance but 5 and 6 also get a home final so have an advantage. If you finish in top spot there is no prize, but you are labelled the "Minor Premiers." It doesn't really mean much but it is recognition of a fantastic season and as mentioned before it gives you an advantage in Finals.

With the top 8, the top four teams get a second chance, if they lose their first final but the next four only have one chance. Also the higher you finish the more likely you are to get a final on your home ground Yes, Delta is performing at the Grand final (tomorrow) along with Robbie Williams.

Had to smile when I saw your post. About 12 months ago another KZfaq r from the UK posted the same video you’ve put up, he didn’t understand everything of course. Laughingly he said, Aussies were crazy and insane 😂 He and his wife flew thousands of miles to Australia, first time ever here, last week, why? To go to the footy lol. They saw pre grand final game and his team won by one point - he’s totally hooked. Now, I’ll watch your reaction lol.

[6:40] The Score board is divided into (G)oals, (B)ehinds and Total Points (TP). G x6 +B = TP. Collingwood 20 10 130 20*6+10=130 Carlton 18 12 120 18*6+12=120 If your weak on your 6 times tables then just focus on Total Points.

When I moved to Australia 14 years ago I couldn't grasp it all. But now I absolutely love it. It's a bloody great game.

Per head of Capita it has the highest attendances in the world, the record attendance is 121,696 in 1970, since then the MCG has replaced some standing room with seating and it only holds about 100,000 people now.

Good timing. The major premiership is won through the finals/playoffs system. The Grand Final is tomorrow (Saturday) and crowds of 100,000 plus will pack the Melbourne Cricket Ground to watch. Go Swans!

The first number is the amount of goals kicked, then the second number is the amount of behinds kicked and the final number is the total score

Scoring: 20 goals worth 6 points each (20 X 6) plus 10 behinds worth 1 point each (10) = 130

Cricket pitches aren’t a standard size or shape. But they are generally ovals and not perfect circles. That being said, most AFL/Cricket stadiums look circular enough in aerial photos. It’s not like they’re 3 times as long as they are wide There’s also a newer version of this video that was released in literally the last month or two. It’s completely new, and gives mention to the womens competition which didn’t exist when this video was made and has a few little fixes in the script that fills in a few gaps people noticed in this video (the main things it explains better are that a mark is any ball caught after being kicked more than 15m, whereas this video kind of makes it sounds like you have to jump to take a mark, and the new video also shows a scorecard and explains it rather than just being like “here’s a scorecard” and highlighting the numbers and doing nothing to explain it) Also, the premier ALMOST always comes from the top 4. Since the top 8 was established, 1 team had a miracle win from 7th, but the way the playoff are structured, the top 4 teams are given a second chance, so the eventual winner is almost always one of them. The team that finishes on top has actually had a pretty bad run lately to be fair. I guess it puts a target on your back. Knowing that you were TECHNICALLY the best team across the season must motivate your opponents slightly more. My team, the Richmond Tigers won premierships in 2017, 2019 and 2020, all from 3rd place, but we actually finished in 1st in 2018 but we got upset in the ‘preliminary final’ (which you would call the semi final, the round of 4 if you will) I think to compare the finals thing to English football it’s worth pointing out that we don’t have European cup qualifying etc. This is the only major league of this sport in the world, so without the finals, there would be no knockout style tournament. There’s no relegation and promotion in our sport either (some state leagues utilise relegation and promotion a bit, but the 18 AFL teams are set in stone). So you guys are used to the league being determined by the table, but then all these seperate cup tournaments happening around the country and between countries. But we don’t really have that. You’ve just gotta zoom out a bit from the way you’re used to interacting with English football to understand why we don’t do things the same way Also also also also ALSO! You asked about “scrums,” so I just wanted to list the types of stoppages and restarts that happen 1. The ball is kicked over the boundary line on the full - the team who didn’t kick it receives a free kick from the boundary at the point the ball went out 2. The ball crosses the boundary line in any other way (carried, tumbles, bounces, ricochets), a boundary umpire throws the ball high backwards over their head back into play from where the ball went out. The ‘ruckmen’ from both teams (the two tall guys) do the basketball jump ball thing, trying to get the ball to their team and play continues 3. The ball is trapped under a pack of players with little chance of coming out - the field umpire blows the whistle and calls a ball up, and again, the ruckmen step up, the umpire tosses the ball about 5 metres in the air and the ruckmen do the basketball jump ball thing and play continues (a chain of 2, 3, or 4 of these can sometimes happen if the ball is tapped straight to someone who’s immediately tackled straight to the ground with no chance of getting the ball out. These kind of chains tend to happen most in very defensive games) 4. A free kick is given for some sort of infringement of the rules - the team determined to have been wronged is handed the ball to have a free kick and play continues from there. If outlandishly rough conduct or abusive conduct towards the umpire happens from the team that has been penalised, the umpire has the option to give a 50 metre penalty, and the player who would have been taking the free kick is able to advance 50 metres up the field unmolested and take their kick from the new position Those 4 things are the only forms of restarts (unrelated to scoring at least. After a goal, it’s a jump ball in the centre again, after a behind, the defending team kicks the ball out from the square drawn in front of the goals (it’s basically a goal kick as you’d have in English football)

Cricket is played most often on an oval but there is no set rule on oval sizes so some are more round then others and some use ropes to change the boundaries.

There is a womens AFL competition also. The girls play just as hard as the boys do.

hey guys im a former AFL employee and thanks for making your video. AFL was created as a way to keep cricketers fit in the winter back in the mid 1860's. It derived from an indiginous game called Marooka and Galic football from Ireland. The bumps are real, the tackles are real and those big marks taken when we jump on other peoples back to taking that speccy or hangers they're real too. Its a great game and thanks for the video.

If the ball goes out of bounds the boundary umpire throws it in

A lot of our footy grounds are shaped the way they are because previously we're used for a variety of sports. Our local ground is the same size as the mcg. It was used for footy, also as a outdoor velodrome for cyclists, cricket ground athletics, horse racing ect. Was used for all sorts of things.

Back in the 1800s you had to bounce every 6 yards, its been increased over the years, now its set at 15 metres as maximum travel length without bouncing, which is roughly 10 steps at a run. The game was originally played on Cricket Grounds, now cricket is mostly played on AFL grounds.

A goal is 6 points, a behind is 1 point, so 20 goals = 120, plus 10 behinds, equals 130 points total. Hence 20 10 130. The team that finishes the home and away season on top, are the “minor premiers”, but really, it’s the big dance that matters. The Grand Final. 2023, Collingwood Magpies are the minor premiers, and hopefully we’ll take the Silverware !

O.K the scoreboard , the score you cited was "18 - 12 - 120 " this video doesn't make it very clear but it's really very simple . It's in three columns , "Goals" (times 6 points) "Behinds" (times 1 point) and then the total . So it says 18 goals ( times 6 pts equals 108 pts ) plus 12 behinds ( 12 points) and then the total of these two (108 plus 12 ) is equal to 120 . So all you really have to pay attention to is the last column , being the total points .

The team who finishes on top of the ladder is awarded the minor premiership and is given the McClelland Trophy. It's still all about making it through to the Grand Final though.

It was developed originally by the Melbourne Cricket club as an off-season fitness activity. That is why you really need a cricket ground to play it on.

The team that finishes first in the home and away season is crowned the minor premiers

Well done guys, and welcome to the AFL.

If you win the season (top 4) your first final is a home game - the bottom (5,6,7,8) are away games

Yeah ... as others have said, the 16 yards is because it was made for American audiences - it's actually 15 metres. .... Also, it's awkwardly put here ... but it's not that you have to bounce it EVERY 15 metres, you just can't run further than that without passing or bouncing. It isn't marked on the ground but it's something you get a feel for when you play it - 10 strides or so, depending on the size of the player. The ball can be handballed or kicked in any direction. You cannot throw it. Average distance covered by AFL players is 12-14km per game but of course, some do less and some go way harder depending on the position they play. They don't explain the scoring very well either. The first number is the number of goals kicked (6 points each) the second is the number of behinds, and the third is the total. 20 10 130 means 20 goals (x6 = 120) + 10 behinds = 130. The whistle was blown to pay the mark (catch) but he decided to play on ... it's the player's choice. The team that finishes on top is called the "minor premier" ... it doesn't mean much though if you don't take home the chockies. The incentive is that teams in the top 4 at the end of the season have a double chance. If they win the first week they get a rest. If they lose, they play the next week against the winners from the other half. Teams in the bottom half of the 8 have to win every game to make it to the big dance. Very few have done it. Bulldogs did it in 2016. Our Grand final is on tomorrow at 2:30 Australian Eastern standard time.

These guy are some of the most athletic on the planet! They quite often cover over 15K a game, all while getting tackled from any direction. They will "MARK", (catch....), the ball 12' in the air over a pack! And if you watch a 'Greatest Goals' video, you can see they can sometimes score goals from 80 metres out!! The game is designed to be FAST, action packed - (that's why any punch on, is ON the field. Fans very rarely have any 'argy-bargy' off field.......)

The ‘minor premiership’, ie. finishing the season on top of the ladder, doesn’t really mean anything in AFL. Being higher does have its advantages in the finals (in terms of who you play, avoiding preliminary finals, etc) but the only thing that really matters is how far you progress in the finals.

Hi guys…what a lovely surprise to see you reacting to Aussie Rules. Are soccer fans still separated at games…my experience of this was some 20 years ago so perhaps that has changed…it quite shocked me at the time. Aussie rules is the premium code in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tassy. QLD and NSW are historically rugby fans but the AFL has made huge inroads there and there are now 2 AFL sides in each of them. I live in Melbourne, Victoria - home of the MCG….or as we call it The G. We love everything, cricket, rugby, soccer, horse racing…tiddlywinks..but AFL is king. It is our Grand Final tomorrow at the G. Geelong versus Sydney. Neither are my side….but hoping for a great game.

You get the minor premiership, McClelland Trophy for finishing top after the regular season but generally no one cares about that as the finals is where it matters most. The finals is played at a higher intensity and more exciting to watch in general as in most cases its sudden death.

You have 15 meters to bounce the ball, it doesn’t matter when you bounce as long as you don’t run too far without bouncing. About every 3 seconds, you just know without even thinking about it. Oh! There’s the - hip n shoulder (takes players out) and the tackle (to tie them up and get a free kick)

The umpire blows the whistle for “play on” if the player who marks the ball doesn’t stand still after marking. That means he has moved and so has to play on whether that is running, passing or kicking. The whistle is blown for other reasons such as fouls etc. a player doesn’t have any restrictions in how or where he moves the ball unless he doesn’t bounce it whilst running, throws the bal instead of hand passing, kicking the ball out in the full (it doesn’t bounce in field before going over the boundary line). I don’t think they mentioned that if an opposition player touches the ball, even just a finger tip, whilst going through for a goal, it is only a Behind or 1 point, not a Goal or 6 points. If the ball goes out of bounds, the boundary umpire throws the ball back into play by turning his back and throwing the ball backwards over his head. If a team only scores a point, the opposition team kicks the ball back into play from the Goal Square. Now scoring. The scoring numbers shown were not very clear so here is a better explanation (I hope): G B Final score 20 10 130 18 12 120 The first two numbers beside each team name are Goals and goals are worth 6 points and the Behinds are single points and added to the tallied goals to make the final score for each team. COLLINGWOOD 20 x 6 + 10 = 130 CARLTON 18 x 6 + 12 = 120 Decades ago, before the inauguration of AFL, each State had its own league. However, Victoria had 11 teams in Melbourne alone plus a team in Geelong which is another city just around the Bay from Melbourne. There were two States, NSW and Queensland that were Rugby League strongholds but still had regional Australian Rules teams. Of the States that were predominantly Australian Rules, each had their own competition and there were grand finals in each State. Then they made it a National League. Because the Melbourne clubs had huge memberships, they retained all their clubs apart from Fitzroy and South Melbourne who moved interstate to Sydney and Brisbane and the States of South Australia and Western Australia fielded two teams each. Now, there is an additional team in Sydney and Queensland and talk of another team in Tasmania. The MCG in Melbourne is the traditional home of the Grand Final. It seats 100,000 with additional standing room and the season concludes with the Grand Final tomorrow between Geelong and Sydney. A fellow Brit who has a KZfaq channel Rob Reacts has travelled to Australia with his wife to see his first AFL game and was a guest on a National breakfast show today. His team Sydney won its way to the Grand Final so I hope he manages to secure tickets for tomorrow. At least my son and granddaughters are going but my husband, another Brit, will be watching his team Geelong from home. Sorry for the boring screed .

Australia has the metric system. The distance is 15 metres. This video was made specifically for U.S. audience and the producers felt that Americans are too stupid to know what a metre is.

The first part of the season is for the home and away matches, with every team playing every other team twice, once at their home ground, the other at the other team's home ground. At the end of that part of the season, the top eight teams of the ladder play the final series contest, which takes three weeks I think, to determine the two best teams of the final eight. Those two teams then battle it out for the pennant in the grand final, which by tradition, is always played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

In the AFL there is no scrum or knock on. To answer based off the question on what happens when the ball leaves play: If the ball rolls over the boundary line out of play by itself, by touching a player (above the knee) or by hitting an official/umpire/referee the ball will be thrown in by the linesman/boundary umpire. The boundary umpire will throw it above and behind their head about 20 metres behind them and the two biggest players on the ground will contest for the ball (like a basketball jump ball but anywhere on the ground) and play will resume. If the ball is kicked over the line on the full (that means without touching the inside playing surface) or comes off the knee or below on a player then the ball is considered “out on the full” and a free kick will go to the opposing side from where the ball exited the field. Another crazy rule is the “Deliberate Out of Bounds” rule which occurs when a player rushes the ball of the boundary line without genuine intent to keep the ball in the field of play. This decision is at the discretion of the on field referee/umpire and is often controversial but is important to keep the game flowing.

At the end of the season after 23 rounds/games, the top team is the minor premiers but means nothing in effect of the years major premiership. This is determined in 4 rounds. The top 4 sides have a double chance. That is they can lose their 1st game but still remain in the finals. Teams finishing 5th to 8th play 2 elimination finals in the 1st week. The winners progress to 2nd round and play the losers of the 2 games played between teams finishing 1st to 4th. Those winners of those 2 games play in the 3rd round in 2 preliminary finals. The winners of those 2 games play in the Grand Final which was won by Geelong last Saturday September 24th. Geelong is a town about an hour south of Melbourne. They played Sydney and absolutely thrashed them by 81 points. Geelong are now the premiers of the major round of games. The crowd was a record of 100024. Games are played on oval grounds (not pitchs) of varying dimensions.

If you finish in the top 4 in your first final match you play another team from the top 4, and the losers dont get kicked out, they play the next week against the winners of the 5th-8th placed teams, the winner of the top 4 games get a week off. So thats the benifit of finishing higher, you also get to play at your home ground if you placed higher on the ladder than the other team except for the grand final. There is a name for the team who finishes 1st, its called the minor premiership, and it doesnt really mean anything except for the slight benifits i mentioned, and bragging rights

the 2 teams that meet in the GRAND FINAL takes home the Grand Final Cup( or the chocolates)

The whistle indicates that a mark is possible (caught off a kick, on the full, travels at least 15 meters). The player doesn't have to take it. They can choose to stop, reset and kick or just ignore it and continue playing.

7:01 The whistle was the umpire awarding the mark (catch), at which point the player could have stopped and taken essentially a free kick, but he decided to play on immediately.

Aussie Rles was invented in Melbourne by Cricketers so that they could keep fit in the off season. Played on cricket ovals. It is a unique sport and is a cross between Gaelic football and marngrook which is an Aboriginal game. With handballing you can hanball in any direction. Its not like rugby where you have to pass it forward. Scoring is easy. Its 6 points when its kicked through the centre posts and 1 for kicking between the two small posts. If a player takes a clean mark they are given a free kick so can take an unimpeded kick.

Grand Final tomorrow. Sydney v Geelong and 100k going. Huge day 🤗

AFL footy is based on Keeping's Off and the rules are designed to allow all body types to participate. Players can move the ball via a kick or handball (hold the hall in one hand and use the other fist to knock it to a teammate) The ball is mostly kept moving. as being caught in possession of the ball is a turn over. The only time the ball stops moving is for a Free Kick (failure to move the ball on correctly), A Mark (to catch a kicked ball) when players are given 8 seconds to move the ball on... or a Ball-Up (stalemate when the ball is trapped in dispute) when the umpire throws the ball into the air to resume play. Teams try to create a miss-match advantage using size, speed, strength, changing team set up based on opponent and weather. Players will converge on the ball to gain possession, then spread out to provide a target when they gain possession. Strategies used are : man on man or zone defense : Screens and blocks to free up forwards : Fast break or controlled possession : of any combination switching constantly. Though many players have some special talent, marking (catching the ball), kicking etc. they all need to be multi-skilled and super fit to run hard all game. As noted : Unlike most sports that try to maintain possession of the ball at all costs... AFL footy is based on Keeping's Off Therefore caught Holding the Ball is a turnover. Contention arises as players will disguise intentionally holding the ball to stop play when outnumbered to prevent an advantage breakaway or to disrupt the momentum. Players are extremely skilled at doing this, so the umpire has to make a judgement call on not just the actions, but on situational awareness. Any attempt to slow play is not allowed. Often in a close finish the umpires will put the whistle away and let the players fight for possession to keep the ball alive. Then the umpire will award a soft free kick to break up congestion to keep the ball moving. This makes it very difficult for newbies to understand the flexible rules. This is referred to as The Spirit of the Game ie: Play the ball, not the man, not the clock. Keep watching... it comes with understanding the moment in the game

Finishing on top of the league ladder after the "home and away season", before the start of the finals is known as winning the "Minor Premiership". It's a thing, but it means nothing compared to winning the Grand Final.

Gentlemen, you must RUN, not walk over to Austin Brown’s channel. React to “Two Country Singers Try To Sing Opera”. Austin and Rob from Home Free will rock your world.

Just to be clear... the sport is Australian Rules Football and AFL is the Australian Football League which is the elite competition of the sport. AFL is to Aussie Rules footy as EPL is to soccer

On the issue of the score stats. eg, 20 10 130. The 20 represents the number of goals (worth 6 points each) 20x6=120 points. The 10 represents the number of 'behinds' (worth 1 point each). Therefore: add 120 plus 10 gets a total score of 130.

Score line: 20 (Goals) 10 (Behinds) 130 (Total Score) Out of bounds: Most of the time a boundary umpire will throw the ball back into play, but it's like the opening bounce where two ruckmen face off and whoever get's it, get it's. There is an exception, "Out of bounds on the full," where the ball is given to the other team as if they took a mark on the boundary line. This happens if the footy was kicked out of bounds intentionally.

top of the ladder before finals is 'minor premier' - top 2 get the best chance(or more chances) of the top eight teams to make the grand final. Watch the final replay on the 24th in oz. So every year the premiership is decided at the last game. Whereas the 'world game' decider can be weeks before the last game.

1 goal = 6 points, 1 behind = 1 point ..eg 10 goals 8 behinds =68 points . Simple!

With the bounce, it is actually once every 15 metres and it just means no more than 15 m ie: bounce the ball once within 15 m.

I sent the AFL an email on Thursday with a suggestion that they make a more user friendly video with an Australian narrator who actually knows what's going on Also suggested they and channel 7 lift it's game with camera work as to be more like NFL which is awesome . I suggested more super slomo shots, particularly difficult angle shots on goal. I noticed in yesterday's grand final it was a little better. Drone use is a great addition

All cricket ovals are oval shape. 16 yards is 15 meters, we use the metric system but this video was made for a US audience.

Score: 20 10 130. 20 goals, 10 behinds. Each goal is worth 6 points. Each behind is worth one point. 6*20= 120 plus 10=130.

this looks fun to watch. I need to watch more.

If you finish first at the end of the regular season you are named the minor premier

Top 4 sides get a double chance in first finals week , bottom 4 play in elimination finals 5th plays 8th and 6th plays ,7th , 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd in qualifying finals . Loser of elimination finals are omitted and winners play losers of qualifying finals , the winners if qualifying finals get a week off . The winners of semi finals then play winners of qualifying finals in two preliminary finals . The winners of preliminary finals then play off in Grand final .

If the ball is kicked more than 15 meters and caught then the whistle goes. The player can decide to play on / take a "mark" (unimpeded kick) / pass the ball to someone else. P.s. Cricket is played on an oval (the pitch is long so it is two half circles elongated by the length of the pitch).. AFL is basically the size of a large cricket ground (the MCG is one of the biggest cricket ovals).

The score is x the first by 6, the second score is what it is and then add them together - WALLUH! For years I’ve never understood this game because I grew up in Queensland with rugby league. Up intel say 40 years ago - it was VFL (Victorian Football League) and then it became AFL that was then a national sport played by all states. Still a rugby supporter and fan to this day and understand it more. You doing well guys 👍

The score was... 20 - 10 = 130 Goals 20 (x6 = 120) + Behinds 10 (x1) = Total 130 and 18 - 12 = 120 Goals 18 (x6 = 108) + Behinds 12 (x1) = Total 120 Team on top of the ladder at the end of the season are considered the Minor Premiers. The top 4 get a double chance... so a loss in the first round of finals doesn't mean elimination for them. 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd. Winners get a bye the following week, while losers play the winners of 5th vs 8th and 6th vs 7th. (Losers of which are eliminated.) Winners of those games then play the 2 winners who had the bye. Those two winners play in the Grand Final in front of 90k+ at the MCG.

Every goal is 6 points. Every behind is 1 point. 20.10 = 130 points. (20 x 6 = 120 +10 = 130) 18.12 = 120 points. (18 x 6 = 108 +12 = 120)

If someone catches/marks a kicked ball without it being touched by another player or letting it hit the ground, they blow the whistle to signal that player they can take a uniped kick or they can continue to play on if wish. Usually, the player only takes up the uniped kick when in goal scoring range or they just landed hard from making the mark up high.

Sorry to tell you but cricket is played on an oval shaped ground. The reason for this is that each wicket is the same distance to the boundary from behind and both sides ; and that is why they refer to the boundary the other end of the pitch as the long boundary.

The 16 yard rule is kinda off, in the rule book it probably says it but most umpires will count 15 steps, so rule of thumb is you have 15 steps till you need to bounce that’s at the professional level and junior levels no matter the players size

I’m American and feel ignorant that I never knew this was different than rugby. I learned something new today. Kinda like I’d never even HEARD of hurling until I visited Ireland.

There is a new video out. 'A beginner's guide to AFL 2011-2020' There are amateur Aussie footy leagues in England.

The higher you finish on the ladder (in the regular season), the more benefits you get in the Finals e.g. home advantage or a second chance, but there's no real prestige in finishing top ....... Winning the Grand Final is everything

If you ever go to Australia, its an awesome experience to go to an AFL game.

If the ball rolls out of play, a boundary umpire throws the ball back in - it is essentially a replay of the initial 'ball-up'. If it is kicked out of play on the full, kicked or knocked out of play deliberately (rare), the opposition team have a free kick from that spot - like a throw-in for football (soccer) but with a kick.

16 yards is because this video was designed for Americans, but we use metric here in Aus, so it is a more logical 15 metres. There’s no one really keeping track of it, just the players and the referee have a sense of how far that is. Also a mark is awarded if the ball is kicked at least 15 metres (regardless of if the player has jumped on someone, like the video suggests) No point having a goalie when you can just boot the ball miles over his head. The reason play didnt always stop after a mark is because the player taking it chose to play on. When a mark is taken, a player must indicate they intend to take it by stopping and walking back from the point of the catch (the mark). If they keep playing, the ref will call play on and the game continues.

If you catch a kick pass - even from an opposition player it is a mark. the whistle blows and you can stop and take a kick. If the defender breaks the rules of contest (your arms are chopped, you are hit in the head, or pushed in the back, etc) you should get a free kick. But the defender can crash into you and disrupt you, so long as they are genuinely attempting to either catch or spoil the ball (by punching it away). A good measure of a 'genuine attempt' is that you keep your eyes on the incoming ball. Having caught the ball for a mark, you can choose to play on, either by kick or hand pass. The umpire will call 'play on' so the other team knows they can continue to contest the ball. Playing on has the benefit of moving the ball quickly so the defenders do not have time to get organised in front of you. Also, many players are more skilled at kicking the ball on the run, even across their body (ie sideways), rather than taking a set shot - its more instinctive and no time for nerves. The secret is, these forwards can kick a ball through the goals, on the run, under immense opposition pressure, with the accuracy of the elite soccer players. From anywhere up to the 50m arc line. By the Way - have a look at the aerial shot of the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground). The footy pitch is circular. But every footy ground is different. Different dimensions, shape, circular-ness, etc. But they all have two 50m arcs at each end plus the centre square.

If it goes out, as long as not kicked out on the full, thrown in (generally). If the ball goes to ground and a mass of players/no one playing holding (or can't get rid of it) = ball thrown up. A mark can go back and take kick unimpeded; but sometimes is an advantage to "play on"; so player can just take kick/run on etc, but from that second, he loses the "can't be tackled" advantage, so has to weigh that up. Normally taken when they mark and no opposition players around, so running on gets extra ground. The scoring isn't that hard. 10 goals 4 equals 64 points; as 6 points for each goal.

Bouncing every 16 yards (15metres) is a estimated count/distance, approx 5 long full strides. Judged by the Umpire as required. Not usually a huge issue.

They didn’t originally have the finals, nor behind scores. These were both created to minimise the situation of a drawn match. There was one grand final before 1896, but there has been consistently since then. My great-great uncle played in the 1896 grand final. Both South Melbourne and Collingwood were on top of the ladder at the end of the season with nothing to seperate them. If you like soccer then you will like AFL as both are a dynamic free flowing sort of game. Rugby and NFL are more alike as the gameplay is of a stop/start nature. People see the AFL tackles and think it’s rugby but there is very little in common between the two.

So with the Home & Away season (22 Game Season) there is a trophy given to the team that finishes on top of the ladder, however it is not seen as big of a prize as winning the Premiership playing in the final 4 games of the year. The teams that finish in the top 4 positions play one another in a qualifying final to determine who gets a bye from the next week and goes straight into the Preliminary Finals. The bottom 4 of the top 8 play one another in elimination finals, the two teams that win those two games the proceed to the next week where they face the losing teams from the Qualifying Finals in the Semi Final games. The winners of the Semi then go on to face the winning teams of the Qualifying Finals however the brackets move so teams that may have faced off in the first week won't do so again in the Preliminary final. The two winning teams of the Prelim's then face off in the Grand Final to determine who is the best team of the year. While winning the league overall is seen as an achievement in other sports, for AFL it is not as celebrated as potentially the team that finished on top may have had an advantage of playing some weaker teams twice compared to other team that finished near them as our 22 game season with 18 teams, means you play all teams once over 17 games but then to fill in the remaining 5 games you play 5 teams again, which could be a help or a hindrance depending on who you play twice. Each team has at least one opposing team that they will face twice every year, for the Interstate Teams (Those outside of the state of Victoria) those teams will face their state rival twice every year, as those states only have two teams representing them. For the Victorian Teams, where there are 10 teams in the one state, it depends on the teams as to whom they have a rivalry with in the state that determines who the might face twice. As the league was an offshoot of what is known as the VFL, this is why the league is dominated by teams from one state and why the Grand Final is always (Except for certain events like Covid) at the MCG, as it is the biggest ground in Australia, so it can hold the largest crowds but it is seen as unfair by Interstate teams as they have to travel to play that game compared to the Victorian Teams that already live near the stadium and also play their games there on a near weekly basis.

The team finishing on top of the ladder are called Minor Premiership winners. Then it’s all on the line during finals.

Finishing on top simply gives you a double chance in the finals. It doesn't mean much to finish on top because all top four teams get a double chance. You do get to play on your home ground so you may avoid travelling interstate, The scoring is simple. 20 goals is 20x6 =120 and 10 behinds is 10x1=10 which equals 130 in total.

Being the "Home and Away" season about 20 games each, then the finals. The "minor" premier (team that finishes on top for "home and away" season) gets bonus $$'s IF they also wins the Grand Final.

The team that finishes the home-and-away season on top of the premiership ladder is known as the "minor premiers".

Please PLEASE don't stop trying to do an Aussie accent. We actually love it.

Finishing on top of the ladder gives you home ground advantage as well as a double chance in the finals

If the ball goes out of bounds an umpire takes the ball stands with his back to the field and throws the ball over his head into the field of play. There is no knock on if you try to catch the ball fumble if you regain control of the ball before it hits the ground it is still a mark. Bouncing the ball every 16 yards is about 15 or so paces so every 15 or so paces you need to bounce the ball the umpires have pretty fair idea of how far you can go between bounces.

When you have come first in the Home & Away season you become Minor Premiers. Then the top 8 get to the finals. The finals are fixtured so there are Qualifying Finals where 1st play 3rd and 2nd plays 4th, and the Elimination finals with 6th and 8th, then 7th and 8th. Whoever wins the Qualifying go to the Preliminary finals, then the loosers are put to the semi finals, where they face the winners of the Elimination Finals, now you have 6 teams. Eventually the winners of the Semis go to the Preliminary finals, now you only have 4 teams. Then they play off. The winners of those play each other in the Grany(Grand final) The winners of that are Premiers.

love the reaction fellas! good questions you had as well! always a good time when other people are interested in the great game! RE: finals, unlike most other sports, finishing first in the regular season before finals commences doesn't overly mean much. It's all about winning the Grand Final and taking the silverware. However, that being said there is some incentive to place first in the regular season (and also some to place last), but the 2 major reasons why you might want to finish first are: Firstly - The top 4 placing teams, all get a second chance come Finals. The top 4 teams play one match against each other (1st Vs 4th and 2nd Vs 3rd) and the winner gets a week off and goes straight into a home game Preliminary Final (the match before the Grand Final), and the loser then plays the winner of an elimination final from the bottom 4 teams the following week. So then the bottom 4 teams in finals (5th Vs 8th and 6th Vs 7th) each play one elimination final. 5th Vs 8th play and the loser is knocked out, and the winner plays the losing team from the match between 2nd and 3rd. Winner of 6th Vs 7th plays loser of 1st and 4th. . The second reason is far less complex haha! So true for all top 8 teams, the higher placed team in the regular season in the Matchups for First week of Finals, will have a home game advantage. the loser of the top 4 final will also obtain a home final. Then on the flipside if you place last, you will receive the number 1 draft pick. 17th = 2nd pick, 16th = 3rd etc. usually some picks have already been traded but that's a whole other story haha! Hopefully that makes some sense and im sorry if ive waffled on a bit! we just love it ahha! Finals are anyone's game!! It is really hard to come from outside the top 4 to win it. Western Bulldogs were the first team in the history to do it in 2016 after they finished the regular season when they placed 8th. Keep up the reaction's guys, love them!

if you place in the top four you get a second chance if you lose the first game of the finals and if you win you get to skip the next round. sorry if this isnt very clear but love to see more people watching this sport

Australia operates under the metric system so the players must bounce the ball every 15 metres which is 16 yards

Out of play? A linesman throws the ball in with his back to the players. 😁 You take a mark... the whistle goes & you have the choice to keep going or stop if you are covered by the opposition.

Yeh, the scoring bit wasn't as clear as it could have been in this video. So, say the scoreline is 20 10 130, this converts to 20 goals (at 6 pts each), plus 10 behinds (at 1 pt each), so 20x6 + 10x1 = 130.

AFL started as a winter sport to give team players a reason to play cricket

The ball has to be bounce every 15 metres the 16 yards is because this was aimed at an Americans. The teams finishing in the top 4 play each other 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. The winner has a weeks rest and the loosers play the winners of the 6 vs 8 and 5 vs 6. The higher placed teams in each of these games get to play at their home ground this is a big advantage as the travelling team may have as much as a 4 hour flight and a 2 hour time zone difference.

The measurement for how long you can run before you bounce is a less arbitary 15m, the narrator just said 16 yards because the video is aimed at yanks who probably don't know what a metre is

The game has evolved over 100+ years to accommodate positive play and negate negative style. This keeps it free flowing and fun to watch. There are some scrappy games but this is usually because of rain or both defences are on top of their game. These games are still great to watch because goals are at a premium and you can appreciate the great defensive pressure. Once upon a time it was an amateur sport where blokes had normal jobs and trained twice a week. Now it is a professional, full time job. As a result, the game is fast, furious and more physical because of the rigorous constant training, gym work and attention to diet. It is fascinating to observe how hard a team will work without the ball by doing whatever they can to suppress the opposition and get that footy! Could go on forever.... it's the greatest show on earth. My only gripe is some rules introduced recently seem unnecessary. Especially the one about showing dissent to an umpire by simply raising your arms in exasperation. It results in a 50m penalty awarded to the opposition which often leads to an easy goal. This sucks because it is a tough sport where taking a dive is frowned upon - you gotta earn your kicks so cheap 50m penalties can really ruin what's going on. But hey, nothing's perfect, still a great game. Love it❤

The advantage of finishing in the top four places occurs in the manner that the finals are played. If you finish in the top four you can lose your first game without being eliminated, if you finish in positions 5 to 8 if you lose your first game of the final series you are eliminated from the contest.

The MCG plays cricket in summer and AFL in winter, they use a rope to make thesmaller circle in cricket.

20 goals = 120 points plus 10 points = 130. they higher you finish the regular season you get benefits in the finals. top 4 play each other first week to try and earn a week off. which is highly beneficial after your players have been bashed over 22 weeks previously.

The bouncing the ball every 16 yards(15m) is not explained correctly.The rule is, a player is not permitted to run further than 16yds (15m) without bouncing the ball or touching the ground with the ball.

In Australia, in multiple sports, the Grand Final which you get the Premiership cup if you win, is more important than the Minor Premiership, which is what you get if you finish 1st. Since the current finals system has been in place, (2000) only the top 3 teams have won the premiership, until 2016 when 7th placed Bulldogs won it.

This video has been edited for the USA viewers. We use metric so 16 yards is 15 mtrs.

Scoring - Collingwood (Magpies): 20 goals (6pts x 20= 120 pts) + 10 points = 130 points VS. Carlton (Blues) 18 goals (6pts x 18 = 108 pts) + 12 points = 120 points The goals are recorded as a tally.

I posted this on social media 10 years ago, still accurate methinks. "So the legend is that Australian Rules Football was started as a way to keep cricketers fit during winter, only Aussies would create a full contact running brawl for a ball as a training aid for a "Gentlemans" Sport" I am an Aussie btw. As to when the ball goes out of bounds- a sideline umpire takes the ball, faces the crowd and throws it high up back over their head into the field of play where players jump to attempt to collect or tap/punch the ball to a teammate.