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This is a list of clubs that play Australian rules football in Australia at the senior level. Guide to abbreviations: FC = Football Club; AFC = Australian Football Club (mainly used if in Queensland or NSW or outside Australia) / Amateur Football Club (mainly used in the other Australian States) ARFC = Australian Rules Football Club
Australian rules football is known by several nicknames, including Aussie rules, football and footy. [9] In some regions, where other codes of football are more popular, the sport is most often called AFL after the Australian Football League, while the league itself also uses this name for local competitions in some areas. [10]
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football.It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897.
This is an incomplete list of men's Australian rules football leagues in Australia. ... Adelaide Footy League: South Australia 1911 68 7 Adelaide Plains Football League:
Club formed in 1867 and adopted the rules of Australian rules football [32] The club dissolved around 1897. [33] 1867: Newington College FC: Silverwater (Western Sydney) New South Wales: Independent School’s Competition: Australian rules football was introduced in 1867 by its then headmaster and ex-Geelong FC vice-president George Metcalfe ...
The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) is the governing body for Australian rules football in the United States. It was conceived in 1996 and organized in 1997. It is based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. As of 2011, there were over 1,000 registered USAFL players.
2.1 West Australian Football League. ... This is a list of clubs that play Australian rules football in Western Australia at the senior level. National Level
Australian rules football holds the match attendance record of any football code in Victoria (121,696), South Australia (66,987), Tasmania (24,968) and the Northern Territory (17,500). The national professional competitions are the men's Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW). Nationally these are the most popular football ...