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  2. Laws of Australian rules football - Wikipedia

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    The laws of Australian rules football were first defined by the Melbourne Football Club in 1859 and have been amended over the years as Australian rules football evolved into its modern form. The Australian Football Council (AFC), was formed in 1905 and became responsible for the laws, although individual leagues retained a wide discretion to ...

  3. Australian rules football - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Time on - Wikipedia

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    Time on in Australian rules football is the portion of each quarter allocated for extra play which could not occur due to time being stopped.. Each quarter has a specific length of playing time, which can vary in different forms of the game, but at senior level is usually 20 minutes.

  5. Template:Infobox Australian rules football match - Wikipedia

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    away_qtr4 - Away team's 4th quarter score; home_score - Home team's final quarter score at full time; away_score - Away team's final quarter score at full time; date - Date the game was played; stadium - Venue where the games was held; attendance - Game's attendance; favourite - Favourite to win before the game started; umpire - Who officiated ...

  6. Interchange (Australian rules football) - Wikipedia

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    If either team has more players on the ground than it should, the general rule, according to the 2019 Laws of the Game, is that any points the team had scored up to that point during the quarter of the headcount are deducted from the score and a free kick and 50-metre penalty are paid to the opposing captain from the centre of the ground or the ...

  7. Variations of Australian rules football - Wikipedia

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    Samoa Rules is a game derived from Australian rules football that has also been played in Samoa. The game is played on rugby fields and each team consists of 15 players per side. Unlike Australian rules football, player movement is restricted to zones (similarly to Rec Footy). There is a line across the centre that backs and forwards can not cross.

  8. Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football

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    Australian rules football was codified in 1859 by members of the Melbourne Football Club.The first rules were devised by the Australian-born Tom Wills, who was educated at Rugby School; Englishmen William Hammersley and J. B. Thompson, fellow students at Cambridge's Trinity College; and Irish Australian Thomas H. Smith, who played rugby football at Dublin University.

  9. Australian rules football in Australia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...