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Australian Rules football is one of the most popular sports in Australia – for playing, for viewing and for betting on. It has certainly come a long way since its inception way back in 1859 when it was played predominantly to keep cricketers fit in the off-season!
After the 1989 season the league, then known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), changed its name to the Australian Football League (AFL) as the powers-that-be decided to market the sport as an officially national league. Aussie rules is often referred to as the AFL despite the fact that the AFL is merely the governing body for the league and not the sport itself.
Its popularity in Australia is huge, to the extent that it rivals the most popular sports leagues around the world in terms of attendance at matches, sitting behind the NFL and just in front of the English Premier League. For the AFL grand final, the attendance over the last 15 years has averaged 94,000 – with those lucky enough to get tickets witnessing domination by Geelong and Brisbane since the turn of the century. For all time records, Carlton, Essendon and Collingwood lead the way in premierships with 16, 16 and 15 respectively. It must be said that these three teams did play their first season back in 1897, whereas the Brisbane Lions have won 3 premierships already despite their first season being 100 years later in 1997.
Australian Rules Football is also played internationally, including tournaments such as the EU Cup, ANZAC Cup and the Asian Australian Football Championships. The main event, however, is the Australian Football International Cup which is staged every three years and is the unofficial World Cup of Australian Football.
