Lived in Melbourne for a bit and was surprised by how much the locals went nuts for it.
Fun sport, fast moving, and it felt like a very three dimensional game compared to US football, which is feels heavily scripted, like running the same tests over and over and over.
Aussie Rules is my favorite of the football sports.
I say this as a mega fan of American Football, Union, and League. Sacrilege, I know.
The scoring opportunities are much higher. The pace is much much faster. There are more players, more umps, more space. The kicks are high, exciting, gotten off in the nick of time, barely making it. Tackles and hit are very big and constant (issues there, I know). The jumping and running are great too.
Imagine those big plays in American Football, the sacks, catches, jukes, etc. They happen every few downs, maybe once a quarter. In Aussie Rules they happen every 5 minutes or so, as the game clock keeps going.
The downsides are the somewhat strange uniforms. That's about it.
red-iron-pine|2 years ago
Fun sport, fast moving, and it felt like a very three dimensional game compared to US football, which is feels heavily scripted, like running the same tests over and over and over.
Balgair|2 years ago
I say this as a mega fan of American Football, Union, and League. Sacrilege, I know.
The scoring opportunities are much higher. The pace is much much faster. There are more players, more umps, more space. The kicks are high, exciting, gotten off in the nick of time, barely making it. Tackles and hit are very big and constant (issues there, I know). The jumping and running are great too.
Imagine those big plays in American Football, the sacks, catches, jukes, etc. They happen every few downs, maybe once a quarter. In Aussie Rules they happen every 5 minutes or so, as the game clock keeps going.
The downsides are the somewhat strange uniforms. That's about it.
Amazing game, really. Go 'Pies!