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	Football in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal
		The football code an Australian plays or follows is often dictated by where they live, their cultural heritage, or by the code they were taught at school.
		AFL is now taught in schools and clubs across the country and the code is a significant national sport.
		Football is recognised by many to be the first sport in Australia to establish a truly national competition.
	www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/football (1416 words)

	INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL COUNCIL (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Austus football is one of the most scientific games ever devised, and is a combination of kicking, which features the Australian Rules game, and the forward passing attack, which is stressed in American football.
		The Americans can outpass the Australians, but the Australians can outkick the Americans and so all is 50-50, and this new game, played during 1943, brought about some thoroughly exciting matches between Australians and Americans.
		Jost met three of the star kickers of the Victorian Football League, and bewildered spectators with the distance and the accuracy of his throws, especially, of course, the record toss.
	www.iafc.com.au /austus.html (489 words)

	Berlin Crocodiles - Berlin Australian Football Club
		Australian Football is played in every Australian state and territory, with the ‘real’ football states being south of the Murray River.
		The South Australian National Football League Inc (SANFL), is the representative body of the nine SANFL Clubs and administrator of football in South Australia.
		Australian football continued to grow, with leagues being established in Townsville (1955), Cairns (1957), Mt Isa (1958), Ipswich (1962), Gold Coast (1963), Sunshine Coast (1970), Mackay (1971), the Darling Downs (1972) and Rockhampton (1975).
	www.berlin-crocodiles.de /about_afl/faqs_05.html (990 words)

	AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL, AFL, AUSTRALIAN SPORT
		Australian Football League, or AFL as it's more commonly known, is a popular code of football in Australia.
		AFL is the most popular form of football in South Australia, Northern Territory, Victoria, Tasmania, and Western Australia.
		AFL is also popular among the indigenous Australian population, with 10% of all AFL players being of indigenous origin.
	www.australianexplorer.com /australian_football_league.htm (385 words)

	Telstra
		Australian Football League (AFL) is a breathtaking combination of non-stop action and extraordinary skill.
		Telstra, with a passionate commitment to Australian sport, is joining forces with the AFL for the second time to support grass roots AFL clubs and the important place they hold in the sporting community.
		Telstra is helping the continued growth and development of Australian Football by providing much-needed individual club assistance for equipment up to the value of $1,000 (excluding GST).
	www.beinvolved.com.au /taf/taf_afl.aspx (142 words)

	Orange County Bombers - Australian Football Team
		Australian Rules Football (also "Aussie Rules" or "footy") is an exciting, fast paced sport that resembles a mixture of soccer and rugby.
		It is one of the many existing forms of football, with roots traceable from early forms of Rugby and Gaelic football, but it is uniquely Australian.
		The Melbourne Football Club was founded August 7, 1858, as an adjunct of the Melbourne Cricket Club; it was the first football club in Australia, and one of the first anywhere.
	www.ocbombers.com /aboutthegame.php (1490 words)

	SportingPulse Homepage for North Coast Australian Football League
		Regional Championships Preview As local football has a general bye this weekend, all the focus is on the Representative side which is travelling all the way to Wagga to represent the North Coast against the best country AFL has to offer in the 2008 NSW/ACT Regional Championships.
		AFL Future Stars to decend on Coffs Almost 300 of the states best junior Australian Footballers will arrive in Coffs Harbour this week to battle it out for the 2008 PSSA AFL State Championship.
		AFL legend to visit Coffs Harbour Former AFL champion Chris Grant will travel to Coffs Harbour on Saturday April 5 as part of the Australian Football 150 years experience.
	www.sportingpulse.com /assoc_page.cgi?assoc=3109 (2170 words)

	Finland Australian Football League
		The Finland Ice Breakers are the representative Australian rules football team in Finland, formerly known as the Finnish Lions.
		While the team was started by Australian expatriates, it has been captained by a Finn ever since the 2nd match with the current captain being Kimmo Heikkilä, and the Icebreakers are now almost exclusively Finns.
		He was presented with the no.8 guernsey for the Finland national team who are raising funds to attend the 2008 Australian Football International Cup.
	www.finlandafl.com /Content/about.html (325 words)

	australian football league (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Australian AFL football is truly a great patriotic game - get the latest gossip and information free here.
		The Northwind" hosted the United States Australian Football league (USAFL) and their national team "The...
		In 1990, the league became known as the Australian Football League (A.F.L).
	www.sports-result.net /articles/14/australian-football-league.html (240 words)

	Australian Football Fixation: 2007 Hyundai A-League, AFC Champions League, Asia, Socceroos: A-League Attendances ...
		The fact that the A-League average attendances of 11,271 at the halfway point in its first season are within only five and a half thousand of the National Rugby League’s 16,688 speaks volumes for the level of nationwide support and potential growth of A-League football in Australia.
		With football extensively represented Australia wide at both A-League club and more importantly the grass roots level, the capacity for growth of football as a participation and spectator sport for both men and women in Australia is enormous.
		Also, if those people genuinely love football, then the only way to truly introduce their children to the game is to actually take them to watch A-League football and let them enjoy the infectious aspects of the game beyond simply playing from age 7 to age 14 and then becoming an armchair rugby league fan.
	footballfixation.blogspot.com /2005/11/league-attendances-highlight-newfound.html (1151 words)

	Auckland Australian Football League
		The Christchurch Football Club, founded in 1863, also played a very similiar football game, until 1876 when they were probably the first club in Canterbury to adopt the Rugby rules.
		After a 40 year hiatus Australian Football was revived in the 1970s and the game is now played in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
		The Auckland Australian Football Association was reformed in 1974 at the instigation of former Hawthorn player and current Hawthorn team medical officer, Dr Terry Gay.
	www.aafl.co.nz /history.html (539 words)

	MAAFL - Mid American Australian Football League - MAAFL History
		The emphasis on their own local Australian Festival does take its toll and for the first time in memory they will not be represented by a team at the National Championships.
		Amazingly - the St. Louis Blues had one Australian on the team showing that tenacity and their physical approach to the game was a superior formulae than ex patriots our for a kick.
		The United States Australian Football Association (now the USAFL) was founded by competing clubs at the Cincinnati Tournament (1997 and 1998) under the guidance of Paul O'Keefe from Milwaukee.
	www.midfooty.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=50 (2268 words)

	FAQ- The AFL, professional-level footy
		The Australian Football League (AFL) is the national league for Australian Rules Football in Australia.
		This plan, however, is based on the view that football followers throughout Australia are of equal importance." Hence the VFL became the AFL to reflect the change in focus from just Victoria, to Australia as a whole.
		Many Australians support the use of the MCG for the Grand Final, as it is located very near the site of the Richmond Paddock, scene of the first official match in 1858.
	www.afana.com /af_faq_sec3.shtml (2188 words)

	Australian Football League AFL
		After operating with twelve Victorian Suburban teams for over fifty years, the Victorian Football League (V.F.L) as it was then called, expanded in 1982 when South Melbourne became the Swans after moving to Sydney.
		In 1990, the league became known as the Australian Football League (A.F.L).
		The Adelaide Crows entered the league in 1991, followed by the Fremantle Dockers in 1995 and finally Port Adelaide Power in 1996.
	www.toywebb.net /category21_1.htm (139 words)

	New Zealand Australian Football League > Home
		AFL will be televised live from Australia through out the 2008 season thanks to the generous support of Toll New Zealand, Tourism Australia and Genesis Energy.
		On Saturday August 2nd 2008, the Maffra Football Club will travel from Victorian Country to play the New Zealand Falcons in a lead up match to not only assist the Falcons in their lead up to the 2008 International Cup, but also continue the strong relationship that has developed between the two associations.
		The AFL is pleased to announce the third Australian Football International Cup will be staged in Warrnambool and Melbourne in August and September 2008.
	www.nzafl.co.nz (1453 words)

	Open Directory - Sports:Football:Australian Rules
		Australian Rules Football is a fast growing sport which originated in Victoria, Australia and was originally called the Victorian Football League (VFL).
		The Melbourne Demons are an Australian Rules football club in the highest level of competition - the Australian Football League.
		Richmond was admitted to the League in 1908 and the former working class suburb east of the city centre quickly built a huge supporter base and a strong reputation.
	www.dmoz.org /Sports/Football/Australian_Rules/desc.html (1668 words)

	JAFL - Japan Australian Football League
		The Japan AFL is proud to announce the 2004 Grand Final match to be held on Sunday 21st November.
		It is with great pleasure that the Japan AFL announces that Australian Football League International development manager, Mr Ed Biggs will attend the 2004 Foster's Narita Cup, June 12th-13th at the Radisson Hotel Narita Airport.
		There are two leagues in the Japan Australian Football League, one in the Kansai Area and one in the Kanto Area.
	www.tokyogoannas.com /jafl/index.html (501 words)

	Open Directory - Sports:Football:Australian Rules:Leagues
		The Dandenong and District Junior Football League is located in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		The Eastern Football League is located in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		The Northside Junior Australian Football Association is located in the Northern Metropolitan Region of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
	www.dmoz.org /Sports/Football/Australian_Rules/Leagues/desc.html (516 words)

	Berlin Crocodiles - Berlin Australian Football Club
		Wenn Du Interesse an Australian Football und den Berlin Crocodiles hast, kannst Du hier unseren unregelmäßig erscheinenden
		Australian Football ist eine sehr schnelle und spannende Sportart; sehr populär in Australien und neu in Deutschland.
		Der Berlin Australian Football Club ist ein eingetragener, gemeinnütziger Verein, der es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, Australian Football in Deutschland und insbesondere in Berlin zu fördern.
	www.berlin-crocodiles.de (737 words)

	SportingPulse Homepage for AFL Queensland
		AFL TODAY: PIES ALL THE NEWS Mick Malthouse is worried about 'blockbuster burnout' for his chargers; he could lose both his key forwards for this weekend's big clash with Carlton; and the Pies have employed security guards to keep tabs on their players.
		AFL TODAY: LIONS AID BLUES Carlton looked to Brisbane for inspiration in their miraculous comeback win yesterday; the Saints still think they can make the finals; Jason Akermanis is on fire; and more in today's news update...
		BOMBERS LOOK FOR A REPEAT In the only game of State League football this weekend Redland must repeat their heroics of five weeks ago and beat the powerful Suncoast Lions on Sunday in the curtain raiser at the Gabba, if they are to keep their slim finals chances alive.
	www.aflq.com.au (608 words)

	The economics of achieving competitive balance in the Australian football league, 1897-2004 \| Economic Papers (Economic ...
		Fort and Quirk's (1995) model of US professional team sports leagues is used to analyse the effectiveness of the various devices that have been used in the VFL/AFL, but only after adapting the model to allow for VFL/AFL clubs being win maximisers (subject to a budget constrain) rather than profit maximisers.
		In 1896, eight of the original VFA clubs broke away to form the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the first season of competition was played in 1897.
		When I was a teenager in northern Victoria in the 1960s, it was not uncommon for local Australian Rules footballers to be enticed to try their luck with a club in Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PAO/is_4_23/ai_n8585478 (893 words)

	Australian Institute of Sport :: Home
		The Australian Institute of Sport/Australian Football League Academy supports scholarship holders in every aspect of their game development.
		The AIS Australian Football program was set up in 1997 to provide high quality training and education to footballers at the elite junior level.
		Through a partnership with the Australian Football League (AFL), scholarship holders are part of the AIS/AFL Academy and are able to stay in their home State or Territory, training at Intensive Training Centres that are overseen by the AIS/AFL High Performance Coach.
	www.ausport.gov.au /ais/sports/australian_football/home (258 words)

	World Wide Australian Football Rule Rule Information, Resources and Online Magazine
		O'Dwyer points out that Australian Rules has always been differentiated from rugby football by having no limitation on ball or player movement (in the absence of an offside rule), the need to bounce...
		Their Laws of Australian Football is also useful.
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	www.real-sports.com /australianfootball (1434 words)

	Australian Rules Football Overview
		Australian football started as a variation on the various football games as played in the English Public (private) schools during the 1850s.
		The person who did the most to establish Australian football was Tom W. Wills.
		The IAFC was formed in 1995 to bring together the people, organisations, clubs and leagues who play or are involved with Australian Football internationally.
	sportsvl.com /ball/australianfootball.htm (215 words)

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