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  List of Australian Football League premiers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Australian Football League (formerly Victorian Football League) is the elite competition in Australian rules football.
Note that the current nicknames for the teams were devised subsequent to the beginning of the competition, and many have changed - for instance, the Kangaroos were at one stage known as "The Shinboners".
The recent history of premiers and runners up from 1997 to 2006, with the teams ranked firstly by the number of Premierships won, and secondly by Grand Final appearances.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Australian_Football_League_premiers   (679 words)

  
 Australian Football League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Victorian Football League was established in 1896 when several clubs broke away from the Victorian Football Association which was the first Australian rules competition.
Although the Victorian Football League and the Victorian Football Association continued to compete for spectator interest for many years, the VFL quickly established itself as the premier competition in Victoria.
The West Australian Football League and Queensland Australian Football League were awarded licences to join the VFL and the West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Bears were formed.
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 Australia
Australian literature has also been influenced by the landscape; the works of writers such as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson captured the experience of the Australian bush.
Australian English is a major variety of the language; its grammar and spelling are largely based on those of British English, overlaid with a rich vernacular of unique lexical items and phrases, some of which have found their way into standard English.
Australian rules football was developed in Australia in the late 1850s and is played at amateur and professional levels.
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 List of Australian Football League premiers
This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers.
The AFL (formerly Victorian Football League) is the elite competition in Australian rules football.
TODO: Add VFA premiers from when it was the top-level competition.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_Australian_Football_League_premiers.html   (216 words)

  
 Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is the main national competition of Australian rules football.
It was formed through the expansion of the Victorian Football League[?] throughout the 1980s and 1990s into a nationally-based competition.
Particularly in Melbourne, where a majority of teams are still based, and to a lesser extent in the traditional Australian Rules football states of South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania, much of the citizenry takes an obsessive interest in the competition.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/au/Australian_Football_League.html   (221 words)

  
 Fantasy League Football - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 WikiMiki.net - Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3.6 million (2001 census) in the Melbourne metropolitan area and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area).
Australian rules football is one of the most popular national sports, albeit it, one that is only played in Australia; players gain some international prominence through International Rules which is an annual meeting between the Australian code and Irish Gaelic Football.
Victoria is regarded as the home of Australian Rules Football, with 10 of the 16 clubs of the major league (see Australian Football League) based in Victoria, and the traditional Grand Final held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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 Rugby League | Herald Sun
AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union bosses are likely to launch a massive raid on rugby league to replenish the Wallabies' backline talent after next year's Rugby World Cup.
AUSTRALIAN captain Darren Lockyer is on the cusp of a rare trifecta as the Kangaroos bid to exact revenge in the Tri-Nations final against New Zealand tonight.
AUSTRALIAN coach Ricky Stuart said he was planning for any one of "two or three" players to line up at halfback for Great Britain in Brisbane on Saturday night after Richard Horne was chosen to replace Sean Long.
www.news.com.au /heraldsun/sport/rugbyleague   (1128 words)

  
 Nickname - Australian Football League
With South Australians known as the 'Croweaters' in State then State-Of-Origin football for many years, the 'Crows' nickname probably seemed an obvious choice, however, the 'Sharks' was also seriously considered³.
To differentiate it from an Essendon football club that played in the old Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1900 and 1921, the VFL's Essendon were known as the 'Same Olds', a name apparently inspired by the club's founding family, the McCrackens¹.
Some sources list the 'Yellow and Black Angels'² and the 'Wasps' as nicknames also used prior to 1920, however, around this time a 'local legend' by the name of Miles was instrumental in the 'Tiger' gaining acceptance.
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 Australian Football League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For information about the Rules and history of the game see the Australian Rules Football page.'' The Australian Football League is the elite, national competition in Australian Rules Football.
It was formed through the expansion of the Victorian Football League, during the 1980s and 1990s.
In Victoria, where a majority of teams are still based and in the traditional Australian Rules football states of South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania, much of the citizenry takes an obsessive interest in the competition.
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After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and by European explorers and merchants starting in the seventeenth century, the eastern half of the mainland was claimed by the British in 1770 and officially settled through penal transportation as the colony of New South Wales on 26 January 1788.
The first undisputed recorded European sighting of the Australian mainland was made by the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, who sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1606.
The primary basis of Australian culture until the mid-20th century was Anglo-Celtic, although distinctive Australian features had been evolving from the environment and indigenous culture.
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 Geoff Slattery Publishing
Australian Football: A Quarterly Journal of Essays, Ideas, Commentary and Illustration is Australia’s first quarterly publication of analysis and debate on our national code, featuring a series of essays from those inside the game and from those who share a deep passion for Australian Football.
This publication was launched in conjunction with The Spirit of Football – a free exhibition of new Australian art at the National Gallery of Victoria in August 2004.
Twenty-one Australian artists were commissioned to create works depicting their interpretation of Australian Football, many of which are featured in this book.
www.aflpublishing.com.au /books_catalogue.html   (2717 words)

  
 Season Ticket Football
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2004.
This was the first Grand Final in the history of the AFL to be played by two non-Victorian teams; Port Adelaide's first; and the Brisbane Lions fourth consecutive.
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2003.
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 Top 20 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The two mainland territories are the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT); the federal government administers a separate area within New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory, as a naval base and sea port for the national capital.
Most Australian plant species are evergreen and many are adapted to fire and drought, including the eucalypts and acacias.
Most of the estimated 20.4 million Australians are descended from 19th- and 20th-century immigrants, the majority from Britain and Ireland.
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 THE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1857, Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian Football, returned to Australia after schooling in England where he was football captain of Rugby School and a brilliant cricketer.
The Melbourne Football Club was formed on August 7, 1858 – the year of the code’s first recorded match between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar School.
The Geelong Football Club was formed in 1859 and in 1866 an updated set of rules was put in place and competition started.
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 Australia information - Search.com
Macfarlane, I. Australian Monetary Policy in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century.
Australian rules football was developed in Australia and is played at amateur and professional levels.
Sport is an important part of Australian culture, assisted by a climate that favours outdoor activities; 23.5% Australians over the age of 15 regularly participate in organised sporting activities.
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 Griffith AFL History
In 1921 the Griffith and District Football Association was formed, affiliated clubs being Griftith (coached by Jack Wood), Hanwood (George Bruce), Yenda (Frank Ballenger) and Binya (Ken Mathieson).
In 1925 Griffith joined the MIA Football League and finished the season as Minor Premiers but Yanco defeated them in the Grand Final at Whitton by five points.
They were again the superior team in 1927 finishing the season as minor premiers before again defeating Yanco by 8 points in the Grand Final at Whitton.
www.riverinafl.com /GAFC/GAFCHistory.htm   (387 words)

  
 Backyard » Sport:Australian Football League stories
This list of Sport:Australian Football League stories refers to the last week only.
The Papunya Eagles flew high enough to win the community football competition at Traeger Park on Sunday.
Defeating the minor premiers Ltyentye Apurte 15.15 (105) to 14.
abc.net.au /backyard/features/SportAustralianFootballLeague.htm   (298 words)

  
 swafl.org
The groundsmen are to be congratulated as the turf held up well under the torrential rain.
Despite the conditions the standard of play demonstrated why these two teams were appearing in their fifth consecutive Grand Final.
Players from both sides impressed with their ability to mark the waterlogged football.
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 University Of Texas Football - Information
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 The Rugby League Web Ring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is by a Souths Supporter but is for all those Rugby League supporters interested in where Rugby League is/was headed.
We are a Junior rugby league football club in the Western Suburbs District Rugby League, we have loads of information about our club with links to NRL and other International clubs.
We are a junior rugby league football club with team from under 6 through to under 15 in the junior section.
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 South Australian Football Association / South Australian Football League / South Australian National Football League ...
South Australian Football Association / South Australian Football League / South Australian National Football League (SA)
There were other clubs who were members, but did not actually compete in the season.
It is suggested that Norwood may have been premiers this year.
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 West Coast Eagles of the Australian Football League- Premiers!!! - Lost-Forum.com
West Coast Eagles of the Australian Football League- Premiers!!!
WOOOO soz guys i just love the West Coast Eagles that won by a single point against the Sydney Swans in the AFL premiership.
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In exciting news for the Summer development squad, Biga Apprenticeships Services has come on board as Team Sponsors.
The cream of Queensland’s regional talent will receive the experience of a lifetime this weekend when they train with some of the biggest names in the Australian Football League.
Hermit Park, 2006 Premiers Tuesday 12 September 2006
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