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With modern Australian rules football there is a decreased emphasis on set positions, but followers generally cover much more ground than other players on the field. Ruck —their role is to contest with the opposing ruck at centre bounces which take place at the start of each quarter or after each goal and also at stoppages (i.e., boundary ...
The Carlton interchange bench in a match against St Kilda, 2011. Interchange (or, colloquially, the bench or interchange bench) is a team position in Australian rules football, consisting of players who are part of the selected team but are not currently on the field of play.
Australian football match at Linkbelt Oval in Nauru, where Australian football is the national sport Countries in red have participated in the International Cup, held triennially in Australia. During the colonial period, Australian rules was sometimes referred to as Australasian rules, reflecting its popularity in New Zealand .
Australian rules football is known by several different names, including footy and Aussie rules. This list is an alphabetical glossary of Australian rules football terms, jargon and slang. While some of these entries are shared with other sports, Australian rules football has developed a unique and rich terminology.
In Australian rules football, the followers are the players in the following three positions: ruckman, ruck-rover, and rover.These three players are known as followers because they have traditionally been used as players that follow the ball all around the ground, as opposed to playing in a set position.
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Like many other codes of football, the primary way to score points is to score goals. In Australian football, there are two types of scores: a goal and a behind. There are four posts at each end of the ground, each 6.4m (7yds) apart; the two middle (and taller) posts are the goal posts, and the two outer (and shorter) posts are the behind posts.
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