Saturday, June 30, 2007

Aussie Rules Football - Breaking Through

Here we are at an Australian Rules Football, start of the game, with the Brisbane Lions (Go Lions!) breaking through the banner. Australian Rules Football is not Rugby. It is played on cricket grounds and might be described as a cross between soccer, rugby, and maybe some American football mixed in. The ball is oblong and yellow. There is kicking (lots of it), running with the ball, a kind of punch pass, dribbling, and tackling. You have to kick the ball through posts to get points (outer posts are 1 point and inner posts are 6 points). The action never stops, and it has four 30 minute quarters.

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