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Football For Freedom and Understanding
https://footy4freedom.com/ ^ | 7th April, @025 | Ozguy1945

Posted on 04/07/2025 2:50:53 AM PDT by Ozguy1945

In Alice Springs in 1989, an Englishwoman seeing Australian Rules football for the first time on television said to me, “There are no rules.”

I said to her “You cannot understand Australia without understanding this game.”

But I couldn’t explain why.

I still can’t.

It’s something to do with freedom.

Freepers, I need your thoughts.

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1 posted on 04/07/2025 2:50:53 AM PDT by Ozguy1945
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To: Ozguy1945

I’ve become a fan of AFL through my Aussie neighbor and beer drinking buddy. It’s an awesome game. Rugby and AFL are the only entertaining mainstream sports in existence as far as I can tell.


2 posted on 04/07/2025 4:18:37 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

“I’ve become a fan of AFL through my Aussie neighbor and beer drinking buddy.”

DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE CLUB?


3 posted on 04/07/2025 8:33:13 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
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To: Ozguy1945

Since I’m a n00b and only know what my mate has taught me, I guess it’d have to be the Collingwood Magpies.


4 posted on 04/07/2025 9:36:42 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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