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Australian rules football grounds, even at the highest level of the game, have no fixed dimensions. For senior football, the playing field is an oval between 135–185 metres (148–202 yd) long goal-to-goal and 110–155 metres (120–170 yd) wide wing-to-wing.
Typical Australian rules football playing field. Unlike other forms of football which are played on rectangular fields, Australian rules football playing fields are oval-shaped, and are between 135 and 185 metres (148 and 202 yd) long and 110 and 155 metres (120 and 170 yd) wide. [79]
Sports such as rugby and soccer can be readily played on an Australian rules football arena, as their rectangular fields are small enough to be set on the larger oval. The oldest Australian Football League ground is the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The ground was built in 1854 and is still used for hosting AFL matches, including each year's grand ...
The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres (560 feet) (east-west) by 149.9 metres (492 feet) (north-south), to accommodate the playing of Australian rules football at elite level. The seating capacity of the ground was 42,000 in 2010, which has been reduced in recent times due to new electronic scoreboards and corporate facilities ...
Field size: 136 m × 85 m (446 ft × 279 ft) [2] Field shape: Rectangular: ... Australian rules football Melbourne Football Club (training, 2010–present)
Field size: 168 m x 124 m (Australian rules football) Surface: Grass: Construction; Renovated: 2001; 23 years ago () Tenants; Bendigo Football Club (VFL, 1998-2014) Richmond Football Club (2020) Bendigo Pioneers South Bendigo Football Club Sandhurst Football Club (BFL) Bendigo & District Cricket Association
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 ...
Australian rules football in Nauru is the national sport. Map of the world indicating the nations where Australian rules football was most played in 2009. The stronger regions are indicated in shades of red, areas in which it was most played; areas where it was unknown or least played are indicated in grey.