Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted July 21, 2005 I'm hoping that you guys know something about my favourite sport. The Australian Football League is a brilliant game, one that you should start to take an interest in. That may sound stupid, but hey I'm an Aussie and I'm a huge fan of the NHL. Ask me any anything you would like to know about the game, because I would like nothing more than you to be interested. The average attendence this season is about 37,000 per match. Each side has 22 players, 18 on the ground at one time, with 4 on the interchange. Finals (playoffs) start in September, and my team the Adelaide Crows are currenly in second position. The Official Website is www.afl.com.au Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanBarnes! 293 Report post Posted July 21, 2005 A guy from Australia recently showed me a DVD from last year's final. Aussie Rules is not for the timid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2005 I used to enjoy watching the AFL when I didn't know the rules and it looked a bit crazy. Then someone explained the rules to me and I now think it is a very boring stupid game. I even played it once but I didn't enjoy it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2005 Ask me any anything you would like to know about the game, Why do AFL teams have such *** uniforms? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted July 22, 2005 LondonWing Why do AFL teams have such *** uniforms? How exactly are they ***? And what rules are stupid that made the game seem boring and stupid to you? You're darn right Ryan Barnes, Aussie Rules is not for the timid. That's what makes our game so great, the hardiness and committment they show each week is awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2005 LondonWing Why do AFL teams have such *** uniforms? How exactly are they ***? And what rules are stupid that made the game seem boring and stupid to you? You're darn right Ryan Barnes, Aussie Rules is not for the timid. That's what makes our game so great, the hardiness and committment they show each week is awesome. It's the short shorts and the skimpy sleeveless tops Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted July 23, 2005 I'll post the standings and results after each week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted July 25, 2005 RESULTS ROUND 17: FRIDAY JULY 22 St Kilda 21. 17. (143) def. Collingwood 10. 10. (70) at Telstra Dome SATURDAY JULY 23 Hawthorn 19. 13. (127) def. Carlton 15. 13. (103) at M.C.G. Western Bulldogs 20. 13. (133) def. Geelong 14. 14. (98) at Telstra Dome Brisbane Lions 17. 12. (114) def. Essendon 14. 17. (101) at Gabba Port Adelaide 14. 12. (96) def. Richmond 12. 11. (83) at AAMI Stadium SUNDAY JULY 24 Sydney Swans 13. 10. (88) def. West Coast Eagles 9. 13. (67) at S.C.G. Kangaroos 16. 13. (109) def. by Adelaide 19. 8. (122) at Telstra Dome Fremantle 15. 11. (101) def. Melbourne 11. 10. (76) at Subiaco Oval STANDINGS: 1 West Coast Eagles 2 Adelaide 3 Sydney Swans 4 St Kilda 5 Geelong 6 Kangaroos 7 Brisbane Lions 8 Melbourne 9 Richmond 10 Port Adelaide 11 Fremantle 12 Western Bulldogs 13 Essendon 14 Collingwood 15 Hawthorn 16 Carlton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted August 2, 2005 RESULTS ROUND 18: FRIDAY JULY 29 Essendon 16. 11. (107) def. Geelong 13. 16. (94) at Telstra Dome SATURDAY JULY 30 Melbourne 13. 10. (88) def. by St.Kilda 27. 14. (176) at M.C.G. West Coast Eagles 12. 25. (97) def. Hawthorn 7. 7. (49) at Subiaco Oval Western Bulldogs 23. 13. (151) def. Brisbane Lions 18. 15. (123) at Telstra Dome Adelaide 8. 6. (54) def. Sydney Swans 6. 11. (47) at AAMI Stadium SUNDAY 31 JULY Kangaroos 15. 10. (100) def. Port Adelaide 14. 12. (96) at Manuka Oval Collingwood 12. 13. (85) def. by Fremantle 15. 8. (98) at M.C.G. Carlton 22. 9. (141) def. Richmond 16. 10. (106) at Telstra Dome STANDINGS: 1 West Coast Eagles 2 Adelaide 3 St Kilda 4 Sydney Swans 5 Kangaroos 6 Geelong 7 Brisbane Lions 8 Fremantle 9 Melbourne 10 Richmond 11 Port Adelaide 12 Western Bulldogs 13 Essendon 14 Collingwood 15 Hawthorn 16 Carlton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted August 8, 2005 RESULTS ROUND 19: FRIDAY AUGUST 5 St Kilda 13. 18. (96) def. Geelong 8. 7. (55) at Telstra Dome SATURDAY AUGUST 6 Western Bulldogs 21. 14. (140) def. West Coast Eagles 14. 13. (97) at M.C.G. PM Adelaide 13. 22. (100) def. Melbourne 7. 4. (46) at AAMI Stadium Essendon 15. 8. (98) def. by Sydney Swans 18. 10. (118) at Telstra Dome Fremantle 13. 15. (93) def. Richmond 9. 12. (66) at Subiaco Oval SUNDAY AUGUST 7 Brisbane Lions 18. 13. (121) def. Hawthorn 11. 14. (80) at Gabba Carlton 16. 13. (109) def. by Port Adelaide 18. 15. (123) at M.C.G. Collingwood 14. 14. (98) def. by Kangaroos 15. 14. (104) at Telstra Dome STANDINGS: 1. West Coast Eagles 2. Adelaide 3. St Kilda 4. Sydney Swans 5. Kangaroos 6. Brisbane Lions 7. Geelong 8. Fremantle 9. Port Adelaide 10. Western Bulldogs 11. Melbourne 12. Richmond 13. Essendon 14. Collingwood 15. Hawthorn 16. Carlton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 Was watching a bit of an AFL game on TV the other day, think it was Geelong v Western Bulldogs. Pretty boring game. The AFL is a long way behing the NRL for quality and entertaining football. Can't wait for the Brisbane Broncos v St.George-Illawarra Dragons game on Sunday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted August 12, 2005 Was watching a bit of an AFL game on TV the other day, think it was Geelong v Western Bulldogs. Pretty boring game. The AFL is a long way behing the NRL for quality and entertaining football. Can't wait for the Brisbane Broncos v St.George-Illawarra Dragons game on Sunday The NRL doesn't even compare to the AFL. The AFL is far more populair in Australia and rightfully so. The Western Bulldogs vs Geelong game was quite good, I don't possibly know how you could find it boring, especially when you like NRL.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2005 Was watching a bit of an AFL game on TV the other day, think it was Geelong v Western Bulldogs. Pretty boring game. The AFL is a long way behing the NRL for quality and entertaining football. Can't wait for the Brisbane Broncos v St.George-Illawarra Dragons game on Sunday The NRL doesn't even compare to the AFL. The AFL is far more populair in Australia and rightfully so. The Western Bulldogs vs Geelong game was quite good, I don't possibly know how you could find it boring, especially when you like NRL.... That's funny, the Victoris football league bigger than the NRL! Maybe in Melbourne my friend but that says a lot about Melbourne really. Look at the TV ratings and you'll find the NRL is tops Here in Britain we get three live NRL games a weekend, the AFL gets one game of highlights on a weeks delay at strange hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted August 12, 2005 That's funny, the Victoris football league bigger than the NRL! Maybe in Melbourne my friend but that says a lot about Melbourne really. Look at the TV ratings and you'll find the NRL is tops Here in Britain we get three live NRL games a weekend, the AFL gets one game of highlights on a weeks delay at strange hours. That's funny, first of all you can't even spell Victoria correctly, and in Adelaide and Perth the ratings and attendances are clearly in favour of the AFL. In SA we couldn't even hold onto our NRL team because of poor public support. And look at the ratings, every week the footy rates amongst the top 10, so I don't know what your talking about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2005 Dodgy keyboard, what can I say The ratings for the NRL Grand Final always outrate the AFL equivilant game with the NRL GF getting higher figures in Melbourne than the AFL GF does in Sydney or Brisbane. And let's not forget the massive ratings for Kangaroos internationals and State Of Origin. The SA NRL team, was that the Adelaide Rams? Their demise owed more to politics and the very insular views of the NSW dominated ARL at the time rather than crowd figures which I believe weren't too bad. Anyway, no need to quibble over who's bigger than who. Aussie Rules and Rugby League are two very tough competitve sports with both having a lot going for them. At least neither are as boring and tedious and unpopular as Rugby union P.S. Are you watching The Ashes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted August 13, 2005 Yes I'm watching the Ashes but I've given up. None of our batsman deserve to be out there. Gillespie should retire. For the 4th Test I would bring is Hussey and Tait for Katich and Gillespie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LondonWing 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2005 Yes I'm watching the Ashes but I've given up. None of our batsman deserve to be out there. Gillespie should retire. For the 4th Test I would bring is Hussey and Tait for Katich and Gillespie. Geez you guys were lucky to escape that third test. Only the weather saved you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted August 20, 2005 And RICKY PONTING!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) Qualifying and Elimination Finals (Playoffs) FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 West Coast Eagles 10. 9. (69) def. Sydney Swans 10. 5. (65) at Subiaco Oval SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3 Geelong defeated Melbourne at M.C.G. 2:30 PM St Kilda defeated Adelaide at AAMI Stadium 7:00 PM SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4 Port Adelaide defeated Kangaroos at Telstra Dome 2:30 PM Edited September 9, 2005 by Aussie_Wing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaKineMaui 8 Report post Posted September 2, 2005 A guy from Australia recently showed me a DVD from last year's final. Aussie Rules is not for the timid. Yeah - Well I consider myself a lifelong NHL fan - and that Aussie Rules Football looks too rough to me! Not to mention - I don't get it. Seems like they bounce the ball for no appearant reason sometimes. To each their own right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted September 9, 2005 Semi Finals FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Sydney Swans 7.14 (56) defeated Geelong 7.11 (53) at S.C.G. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Adelaide vs Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium Anyone who doesn't like AFL should watch the last 30 minutes of the Sydney-Geelong game. It was the best action I have ever seen in my life. Sydney were down by 20 points in the last quarter, which was huge considering they had only put up 30 points midway through the final quarter. Swans forward Nick Davis scored 4 goals in the final term to send them into the Preliminary Finals. Tomorrow night it's Adelaide vs Port Adelaide (equivalent to Detroit vs Colorado in the SC Finals). My team (Adelaide) are up agaisnt their fierce cross-town rivals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted September 18, 2005 2005 AFL Grand Final Sydney Swans vs West Coast Eagles at MCG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted September 23, 2005 Less than 24 hours away! I can hardly wait! GO THE SWANS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted September 25, 2005 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24 Sydney Swans 8. 10. (58) def. West Coast Eagles 7. 12. (54) at M.C.G. 2:30 PM One of the greatest Grand Finals I have ever seen. By any chance did anyone see the game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
