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'''Australian Rules Football''', sometimes called '''Aussie Rules''' or '''AFL''', 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 highest point this type of football is overseen by the Australian Football League (AFL)<ref>http://www.afl.com.au</ref> which is a national competition of 16 teams. Teams are as follows

'''Australian Rules Football''', sometimes called '''Aussie Rules''' or '''AFL''', 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 highest point this type of football is overseen by the Australian Football League (AFL)<ref>http://www.afl.com.au</ref> which is a national competition of 16 teams. Teams are as follows

Victorian Teams:

:''Victorian Teams'': Melbourne Demons, St. Kilda Saints, Collingwood Magpies, Carlton Blues, Western Bulldogs, Hawthorn Hawks, Richmond Tigers, Essendon Bombers, North Melbourne Kangaroos and Geelong Cats.

Melbourne Demons,  

:''Western Australian Teams'': Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles.

St. Kilda Saints,  

:''Queensland Teams'': Brisbane Lions. (A new Gold Coast team (GC17) is expected to join the AFL competition in 2011.)

Collingwood Magpies,  

:''South Australian Teams'': Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power.

Carlton Blues,  

:''New South Wales Teams'': Sydney Swans.

Western Bulldogs,  

Hawthorn Hawks,  

Richmond Tigers,  

Essendon Bombers,  

North Melbourne Kangaroos,

Geelong Cats

 

Western Australian Teams:

Fremantle Dockers and

West Coast Eagles

 

Queensland Teams:

Brisbane Lions,

(A new Gold Coast team (GC17)is expected to join the AFL competition in 2011)

 

South Australian Teams:  

Adelaide Crows,

Port Adelaide Power

 

NSW Teams:

Sydney Swans

   

   

Aussie Rules is one of [[Australia|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<ref>http://www.mcg.org.au/</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyCatalogue/1F8FAC9C2C7B1623CA2568A900139417</ref>

Aussie Rules is one of [[Australia|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<ref>http://www.mcg.org.au/</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyCatalogue/1F8FAC9C2C7B1623CA2568A900139417</ref>