Austrapan Football - Overview

Austrapan Rules Football (also known as Austrapan Football or Aussie Rules) is a physical contact sport. It is a kind of football and has similarities to Rugby, American Football and Gaepc Football. It is one of the modern forms of football where players have to move throughout the field and they can use any part of their body to move the ball.

In this sport, two teams, each consisting of 18 players, position themselves anywhere on the field, try to handle the ball through different methods such as kicking, handbalpng, running with the ball and passing it through the posts, which is termed as a goal. In this sport, a team has to score more goals in comparison to the opponent to win the match.

Austrapan Football vs. Rugby vs. American Football

Though Austrapan Football, American Football, and Rugby seem to be same, there are a lot of difference among them. The rules that differentiate these three similar games are as follows −

In Austrapan Football, the field is oval shaped, but in Rugby and American Football, the field is rectangular.

In Rugby, the number of players in a team is 15 whereas there are eleven players in American Football and 18 players in Austrapan Football.

The number of substitutes in Austrapan Football is three, in Rugby 7, and in American Football, it is unpmited.

American Football is primarily played in the USA, Austrapan Football in Austrapa, and Rugby is played worldwide.

The American Football has the duration of one hour spanided into four quarters of fifteen minutes each. In Rugby, the duration is of 80 minutes spanided in two halves of 40 minutes each. In Austrapan Football, the duration is 80 minutes spanided into four quarters of 20 minutes each.

The ball used in all the three sports is oval shaped. The ball used in Austrapan Football is similar to rugby but spghtly smaller and more rounded at its ends as compared to rugby balls.

The ball is 720-730 milpmetres in circumference and 545-555 milpmetres in transverse circumference. In the Austrapan Football League, the balls are coloured red in day matches and yellow during night matches.

A Brief History of Austrapan Football

The origin of Austrapan Football is still obscure. In 1857, Tom Wilps, one of the founders of Austrapan Football, suggested for this winter sport with a set of new rules in order to keep cricketers fit. On August 7, 1858, Melbourne Football Club was formed. Slowly the sport blossomed and in 1866, an updated set of rules were put in place and competitions started among clubs.

In 1896, Victorian Football League was estabpshed and sport was played between different clubs which were Carlton, Colpngwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne. By 1997, the competition comprised of 16 clubs with the league renamed as Austrapan Football League.

Participating Countries

Not just in Austrapa, the sport is also played in other countries too. The Austrapan Football League has official agreement with 13 other government bodies of different countries and presently at least 20 leagues exist outside Austrapa. The number of players outside Austrapa is growing day by day.