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[[Image:Goalposts.jpg‎|thumb|300px| Goal posts at Subiaco Oval in [[Western Australia]] ]]

[[Image:Goalposts.jpg‎|thumb|300px| Goal posts at Subiaco Oval in [[Western Australia]] ]]

'''Australian Rules Football''', sometimes called '''Aussie Rules''', differs from most types of [[football]] in that it is played on an oval field instead of the usual rectangular field used by [[rugby]] and [[soccer]].  At its hightest point this type of football is overseen by the Australian Football League (AFL)[http://www.afl.com.au] which is a national competition of 16 teams.  Aussie Rules is one of [[Australia]]'s most popular sports, especially AFL as a spectator sport.  The Grand Final can attract up to 100,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground[[http://www.mcg.org.au/ ]each September. Australian rules football is the sport most attended by Australians; in 2006 2.5 million people had attended at least one Aussie Rules game in the preceding 12 months.[http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyCatalogue/1F8FAC9C2C7B1623CA2568A900139417?OpenDocument]

'''Australian Rules Football''', sometimes called '''Aussie Rules''', differs from most types of [[football]] in that it is played on an oval field instead of the usual rectangular field used by [[rugby]] and [[soccer]].  At its hightest point this type of football is overseen by the Australian Football League (AFL)[http://www.afl.com.au] which is a national competition of 16 teams.  Aussie Rules is one of [[Australia]]'s most popular sports, especially AFL as a spectator sport.  The Grand Final can attract up to 100,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground[[http://www.mcg.org.au/ ]each September. Australian rules football is the sport most attended by Australians; in 2006 2.5 million people had attended at least one Aussie Rules game in the preceding 12 months.[http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyCatalogue/1F8FAC9C2C7B1623CA2568A900139417?OpenDocument]