Football........

In australia, football is not football, people call it soccer. An there are not many soccer fans. Here Football is a different game, it is footy.The rules are different. The ground is circular. In fact its a cricket ground. You can throw the ball, but you have to hold it in left hand and hit with the right.Or you can kick the ball. The ball is like rugby ball.

The game is so big here that there are different clubs just like europe and they have AFL which is Australian footy league. The tournament (league) takes place in september and then the season ends. Then start the cricket season. In fact, for 6 months they have footy season and the remaining 6 months is Cricket season..... on the same grounds.The play the footy on the famous MCG.

The game is meant for the big boys only. The smallest footy player stands 6 feet tall. They can push with shoulders but are not allowed to use hands. There are a lot of injuries as well. There is no goal post like soccer, but there are 4 poles for each side. If the ball is hit between the two poles in the middle then you score 6 points. If the footy goes between the two left most or right most poles then you get 1 point.... and thats how they score it. there are four halfs in the entire match.

Its a very interesting game once you know how they play it.