Australian Rules Football has been introduced to a wide range of places around Australian and around the world since the code's inception in 1848. Jump to: navigation, search Australian rules football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ...

Interstate Expansion

Australian Rules Football was introduced early in the 1880s to most of the states of Australia through a series of exhibition matches.

Leagues quickly formed in all states, and in many of these states, the code has become the most popular sport.

Although drawing significant crowds and interest early, the states of Queensland and New South Wales elected at official level to adopt the rugby codes in 1908. This was widely recognised as being due to the game's association with the tag "Melbourne Rules" or "Victorian Rules" and the fierce rivalry that Sydney has with Melbourne. With a lack of players, and grounds, support for Australian Rules Football decreased dramatically. Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Rugby might refer to the sport called rugby: Rugby football Rugby league Rugby union Touch Rugby Tag Rugby Wheelchair Rugby Rugby is also the name of several places: Rugby, Warwickshire (England) within the Borough of Rugby Rugby, North Dakota Rugby, Tennessee Rugby, Brooklyn Rugby may also refer to: Rugby School... Jump to: navigation, search Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ...

Support in these states has since grown without the need for exhibition matches. With "Australian Rules" gaining the status of national sport and local clubs in both Queensland and New South Wales established since the 1980s. Although the game is followed by the majority of the Australian population and states, there are still many in New South Wales (the most populous state) that associate the game with Melbourne or "the game they play in Victoria". This article or section should be merged with National sport A National Pastime is a sport or game that is consider to be a culturally intrinsic part of a country or nation. ...

International Expansion

The game was introduced early into most states of Australia and New Zealand and South Africa with the help of soldiers in World War I and the Boer War. Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one from December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch, French and German origin (called Boers, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South...

The international expansion of the code faded after World War I, after which soccer and to a lesser extent rugby became the dominant codes worldwide. With the Australian Football League focused on a local football competition, the league did not concern itself with expansion overseas. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Rugby might refer to the sport called rugby: Rugby football Rugby league Rugby union Touch Rugby Tag Rugby Wheelchair Rugby Rugby is also the name of several places: Rugby, Warwickshire (England) within the Borough of Rugby Rugby, North Dakota Rugby, Tennessee Rugby, Brooklyn Rugby may also refer to: Rugby School... See also Australian Football League. ...

After the 1960's, the Victorian Football League, realising that finding new markets were essential to the prosperity of the competition began to belatedly pursue a series of international exhibition matches to raise the profile of the game overseas. See also Australian Football League. ...

The longest and most persistent of these was Great Britain, which was seen as an opportunity primarily due to the high number of ex-patriate Australians living there, and the availability of cricket grounds. Jump to: navigation, search A cricket match in progress. ...

Serious efforts to grow the game were not realised until the 1980s. Games played in this decade began to spawn infant leagues in Japan, the United States of America and Canada, which have since been represented at the Australian Football International Cup in 2002 and 2005. The Australian Football International Cup is an international Australian Rules Football competition hosted by the Australian Football League. ...

During the 1990's, regular exhibition matches became part of the growth strategy of the renamed Australian Football League, which began to realise that the effects of globalisation would threaten the future of the sport in the face of world sports like soccer. The focus of the AFL in this decade was New Zealand and South Africa. Jump to: navigation, search This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

The International Australian Football Council was formed to further growth internationally and co-ordinate competitions to sustain interest in locally developed leagues. The AFL, which aggressively defended its stance as "keeper of the code", forced the dissolution of the IAFC and began co-ordinating international competition and development. Jump to: navigation, search The International Australian Football Council (IAFC) is a body that was established in the aftermath of the 1995 Arafura Games, held in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. ...

Although regular funding was allocated for international growth since was also facing a losing battle to make Australian Football the national sport in its homeland. This meant that most of the funds alocated to development were to be spent growing the game in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, where the sport was not as popular. This article or section should be merged with National sport A National Pastime is a sport or game that is consider to be a culturally intrinsic part of a country or nation. ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the Queen, the Law and the People) Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ...

Future International Australian Football Exhibition Matches

Exhibition matches for 2006 have been confirmed for the United States of America and China.

A game will be played at Los Angeles in the USA at the UCLA on January 15th between the Kangaroos Football Club and the Sydney Swans. The game will feature an international match between US (USAFL) vs Canada (AFL Canada) featuring local Australian Football talent as a curtain-raiser. The match comes 16 years after the previous match in Portland. The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... Kangaroos Football Club logo The North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos Football Club, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ... The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney. ... AFL Canada was established in May 1989 when two clubs the Mississauga Mustangs and the Toronto Panthers were formed and played in the inaugural Conacher Cup game in Toronto, Ontario. ...

History of Official International Australian Rules Football Exhibition Matches

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