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TV audiences during the 2022 AFL season totalled 125.4 million viewers, with an average of 537,000 people watching each match; the TV audience for the 2023 AFL Grand Final was 4.98 million—plus an additional 756,000 on 7plus, for a total of 5.736 million [93] [94] [95] —and the game was seen by 100,024 stadium spectators, which was exactly ...
The game was played at night (a first) and was the first grand final to be played outside Victoria, done so due to pandemic restrictions. It was contested at the Gabba in front of size-restricted crowd of 29,707. It was the lowest VFL/AFL grand final attendance for more than a century (1917, during World War I).
The last game in AFL history was the AFL All-Star Game, held in Houston's Astrodome on January 17, 1970. The Western All-Stars, led by Chargers quarterback John Hadl, defeated the Eastern All-Stars, 26–3. Buffalo rookie running back O. J. Simpson carried the ball for the last play in AFL history. Hadl was named the game's Most Valuable Player ...
The most powerful organisation and competition within the game is the elite professional Australian Football League (AFL). The AFL is recognised by the Australian Sports Commission as being the National Sporting Organisation for Australian rules football. There are also seven state/territory-based organisations in Australia, most of which are ...
This is a list of records from the Australian Football League (AFL) since its founding in 1897. From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The VFL/AFL has used a total of twelve different finals tournament systems in its history: 1897 (top four) – the top four played a three-week round-robin series; the premiership was won by either the undefeated winner of the round-robin, or by the winner of a grand final between the top two if no team was undefeated
Below are the players who have played at least 300 games at VFL/AFL level; this list of players is often colloquially referred to as "the 300 club". [1] Individuals who have participated as a player, coach and/or umpire in 300 league-sanctioned senior games – including home-and-away, pre-season, state representative and international rules games – are awarded life membership of the AFL.
In 1961 and 1962, the AFL played its game during the off-week between the end of the NFL's regular season and its title game (thus resulting in the AFL holding championship games on December 24, 1961, and December 23, 1962, a week before the NFL's games of December 31, 1961, and December 30, 1962).