A beginner’s guide to Australian Football | AFL Explained

New to Aussie Rules?

With the NAB AFL Women’s Season 7 and the men’s Toyota AFL Finals Series getting underway, now is the perfect time to learn the essentials in less than five minutes!

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[disneychannelartichoke]

Someone should show this to North Melbourne.

[jonahjarick]

Good to see an updated version. Looks like the AFL media team have done their research seeing as it is rapidly gaining attention right now throughout the world.

[seanlynch]

The AFL should allow international youtubers to use game highlights without copyright.

[bentheswitchsportsfan]

Hopefully this will help many foreigners become more obsessed with Australian football (like me haha)

[BigStickCombat]

Thanks for posting this. I'm an American who was introduced to the game by my Australian friends, and who knew NOTHING as of June. I have found the game to be fast-paced and exciting, and I'm impressed by the skill of the players, who can kick a ball with accuracy on the run. In American football, running, catching, tackling, and kicking are all done by specialists, whereas in Australia every player has all these skills.

Go Cats!

[guyincognito]

We need a 'beginner's guide to running a club'. Sincerely, an Essendon fan.

[samrasmussen]

About time we have an updated version but even this isn't perfect. I always love watching international people react to the sport

[gamelthecamel]

Finally an updated version and this time it isn't an American explaining in it. Also i can't believe they added the new stand rule! I would also find this one easier to understand if I didn't know how to play it.

[DJ_BROBOT]

American here - been a Aussie rules fan since I was a kid- I'm way older than that now times 3! I wish more of us watched AFL. Go Saints.

[felixstrek]

I got introduced to this Sport years ago because my dad went to Australia and got me a footy shirt. I asked for a Football shirt and got a kit from North Melbourne. Ever since, I’ve been following north Melbourne (it’s been a horrible experience) but I really enjoy the sport a lot. I live in Germany and enjoy waking up on weekends to watch some footy. Cheers to everyone down under

[YoItsAnthony]

as an american watching afl for the first time this is beyond helpful and easy to understand. legit a fan now

[lachysims]

good updated version, cannot wait for more foreigners to learn our beautiful game

[samuellepelaar]

Always wanted an updated version from the American one but, although this is more in-depth explanations which is good, it dropped the part where it was compared to other international sports leagues which I think was a mistake. If this is for non-aussies to understand the game, it's good to compare aspects of our game that is similar to one they might understand. (e.g the size of the field, the bounce in the middle like a throw-up in basketball, etc)

[xXxLunamitzaxXx]

Love the updated version :) Being a brit and never been to Australia I freaking love the AFL, I happily get up at 3am here to watch a Bombers match or the Grand Final. An Aussie friend staying with me put a match on and I watched with her, I was hooked :) I will go to Australia and the MCG before I die to watch a match in person :)

[normalhuman]

As an Indian, always wondered what "footy" was whenever there was a cricket match in Australia and it came up. Now that I have seen it it seems like it is a mix of football, basketball, rugby and american football. Although I don't think I would survive even 10 minutes on the pitch, it sure seems fun to watch. You guys should do a few exhibition matches in India everytime there is a cricket tour of Australia in India. Might actually take off.

[archcollie]

Well done. This up to date version addresses some of the confusion of the old "What is AFL". Maybe an additional explanation of how old Aussie rules is might help stop the clueless from saying it's a "copycat" game. And I did like the size comparison part of the old vid. Oh well. Welcome to the greatest game on earth.

[sebastianliggieri]

Glad they updated this! This is the video to show foreigners how this sport is played!

[SapientiaHaereticae]

I'm a frenchman living in Germany and I love Footy !!
This season is the 4th I'm following and I can't wait for the Finals to start..
Carn the mighty Pies !!! 🍀🤍🖤🤍🍀

[sixtraitors]

truly the greatest sport in my opinion

[OldFossil]

Glad to see that the AFL has updated this video! Hopefully it’ll introduce more people to the beautiful game of Australian Football 🏉