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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football ...
In an effort to maintain traditional positions, at the beginning of each quarter and after each goal each team must have a maximum of 6 players in each 50m arc, including 1 in the goal square. Each team are also restricted to a maximum of 4 within the centre square, including 1 in the centre circle. If this is breached, a free kick is awarded.
VFL begins. The Victorian Football League was established in 1896 when six of the strongest clubs in Victoria— Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, and Sydney Swans —broke away from the established Victorian Football Association to establish the new league. [1] The six clubs invited two more VFA clubs—Carlton and St Kilda ...
Being named as a "Legend" of the Australian Football Hall of Fame is the highest honour which can be bestowed onto an individual Australian footballer. As of 2024, there are 32 Legends, less than one in 400 (<0.25%) of all VFL/AFL players, and the feat is considerably rarer when considering other leagues outside of the AFL.
The trophy is a perpetual shield that is kept at AFL House. [13] The original trophy features McClelland's head embossed in bronze on the centre of five panels of wood, where the names of each winning club is inscribed over the years. [14] Clubs also receive a smaller one-panel replica of the trophy. When the trophy format was changed to an AFL ...
Rivalries in the Australian Football League exist between many teams, most of which typically draw large crowds and interest regardless of both teams' positions on the ladder. The AFL encourages the building of such rivalries, as a method of increasing publicity for the league, to the point of designating one round each year as "Rivalry Round ...
Chris Scott, the senior coach of the Geelong since October 2010, has won the most matches (200) and has a winning percentage of 70.28%. Six coaches have won at least one AFL premiership during their current term: Chris Scott in 2011 and 2022; John Longmire in 2012; Luke Beveridge in 2016; Adam Simpson in 2018; Simon Goodwin in 2021; & Craig ...
Australian Football League draft. The Australian Football League draft is the annual draft of unsigned players, especially new nominations, by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League (AFL).