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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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.
“I’ve become a fan of AFL through my Aussie neighbor and beer drinking buddy.”
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE CLUB?
Since I’m a n00b and only know what my mate has taught me, I guess it’d have to be the Collingwood Magpies.
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