Oh here we go again, well done Jack 😂, for clarification, I was INCREDIBLY high when I made this and had a brain blip, didn't mean to confuse the different indigenous people's. Appreciate the understanding
The difference between the SANFL(formerly SAFA) and the VFL(which was a breakaway competition from the VFA); the AFL began as the VFL, NOT THE VFA(they were two different competitions). The SANFL is the longest run competition in the world. The first Intercolonial aussie rules match was held between Victoria and South Australia in 1879; and is still one of the oldest rivalries in aussie rules.
I must admit, being born in NSW, I have been a Rugby League supporter all my life. Yet having lived in Queensland and now in Tasmania, I have started really appreciating the AFL. I still haven't picked a team yet though lol
If you go back & watch just after 11:10, that is one part of the game that was fazed out around the 70s I reckon....the Drop Kick! Barry Cable was one, that was a great exponent of it during play. Not just from a kick in from full back.
I grew up an Essondon supporter (who won the 1st VFL Grandfinal) but I now live in Brisbane. Since my grandfather was a line member of Fitzroy that is now The Brisbane Lions, I now follow Brisbane.
@@ExploringTheSmoke sorry mate that bloke that went from supporting Essendon to supporting Brisbane isn't a true AFL fan a true AFL fan will only support one team no matter how they are going or even where you move to my father put a Melbourne teddy bear in my crib when I was born I have now been supporting them for 50 years and I have moved all over Australia never once even thinking of changing my team because that is what true fans do
Port Adelaide (1870) is the only established team outside of Victoria to join the AFL. All other teams either played in the VFL, which became the AFL or were created specifically to play in that competition. Port previously playing in the South Australian competition (SANFL) winning 36 premierships and has won one AFL premiership. This makes Port Adelaide the most winning club in Australian Rules Football history...
The handball (striking ball with clenched fist) is a way of passing the ball. There is no throwing, otherwise the opposition will get a free kick. You can either dispose of the ball via legal handball or kick.
@whatthe3131 true, but if an opponent is tackling you then it's best to handball or kick, tapping it on might cause the umpires to think that you are throwing it
@@ExploringTheSmoke So to summarize, if you are holding the ball and someone catches you with it they are given the ball (It's like kiss chasey). You must get rid of the ball, before someone stops you, by either kicking it or punching the ball from your other hand with a closed fist (handball). If you can't because someone tackles you it's called dropping the ball (incorrect disposal). As for tapping you can 'tap' or punch the ball but if the ump thinks you slapped it with an open hand (unless you're a ruckman) that's a penalty. If you are chasing the ball and it is bouncing in front of you (and someone is running just behind you waiting for you to take possession of the ball so they can tackle you) you can tap it to keep it bouncing in front of you which is not technically being in possession of it so technically opposition can't tackle you without being penalized for holding the man (if you tackle someone without the ball it is a penalty against you).
Wooo! Love your channel! My team: Fremantle Dockers 💜 Favourite Memory: Stephen Hill kicking a running goal to seal a famous win for Fremantle against Geelong at their home ground in the 2013 Qualifying Final Least Favourite (rn): Carlton Blues
yep I was there - as a Freo fan living in Melbourne at the time - some great and some heartbreaking games down in Geelong - winning that final was a big highlight
Football being such a broad term in the 1800s and before has made things pretty interesting. “Football” was any ball sport not played on horseback. So you get football, football, football, football (American football/hand egg, soccer, Aussie rules football, Gaelic football), rugby, baseball, cricket, basketball, handball, technically tennis, all could be called “football”
Actually that’s not correct. Football is a medieval term for team sports played on foot but does not extend to sports like basketball or tennis. It is an exhaustive list of team sports involving a ball where you primarily run to one end of a grassy field and score by passing the line or kicking the ball into a net or through posts. Handball, basketball and tennis do not count.
I communicated with a descendant of Tom Wills who , with others, put the game together. Tom Wills' family had a station (farm) in the Western District of Victoria, near Ararat. He saw the local aboriginal/indigenous/first nation 'mob' playing 'marn grook' as shown in this video. (The aboriginal people of Australia are the oldest continuing culture in the world.) He based his idea of the game on this. There is a monument to that at Ararat.
Wills wanted rugby, but was overuled. The grounds in Melbourne were recently cut out of virgin bush, hard and flinty. Not soft with lush grass as the Rugby school boys played on. This game was to be played by men who had to work to make a living, so the rugby school rules were not adopted. There is no mention of Marngrook in the early rules and a feature of that game, the high marking, did not enter the Australian game till a decade or so later.
@@blueycarlton Why should there be a mention of 'marn grook' in the early rules?Wills took inspiration from seeing that game played by the local aboriginals in WESTERN Victoria. I did not state anything about high marking. My partner who is deeply into footy thinks you are an 'fkn idiot' !
I think you already chose your team in the Fremantle Dockers! I'm not a Freo supporter (I support the Swans), but Freo are a good choice for a few reasons. They've never won the flag (The premiership) so they have an element of underdog status. Purple is a great colour, and I generally like their guernsies . Lastly they're not in too bad of a spot at the moment. Not the best, not the worst so you won't be jumping on a bandwagon or supporting a hopeless team. That being said, the option to watch some games and look in to it further is always good. The Swannies are a good young team that are looking to have some success in the near future and we had (Up until last year) arguably the best forward the game has ever seen in Lance Franklin. I suggest looking up his highlights to get a good idea of who he was and what he could do. Other than that, welcome to the sport! I know you'll love it. Cheers!
My greatest moment was when the siren rang at the end of the drawn Grand Final in 1977. 108,224 people turned to each other and said "OK what happens now". The game was replayed the following Saturday. I am a Collingwood supporter.
Team: Carlton Blues We were once one of the titans of the AFL, Carlton are the equal most succesful team in AFL history with 16 premierships (Equal with Essendon and Collingwood). But the glory days of the 20th century are long gone, Cartlon currently have the third longest active premiership drought in the AFL, dating back to 1995. I was born in 2006 so I never got to see the glory days, just like many other young Carlton supporters and in my time as a Carlton supporter, it had been nothing short of depressing, Finishing bottom of the league 5 times since 2000 and only making the finals 6 times in that same duration. In the final game of 2022 the two biggest clubs in the AFL met Carlton v Collingwood. After leading the entire game, Carlton missed out on finals after being in the top 8 all year at the hands of arch-rivals Collingwood by just a single point. By far my worst memory as a carlton supporter. My favourite moment: Blake acres goal against Melbourne, Semi-Final 2023 It had been a decade since carlton had made finals in 2023 and were expected to contend after the tragedy of the 2022 season. Hype was building, the sleeping giant of the AFL was supposedly about to awake. But at the halfway mark of the season, Carlton sat 15th on the ladder, on a 6 game losing streak, a completely failed season... Carlton then went on to win their next 9 games and finish the year in 5th place, securing themselves their first finals series in 10 years. The entire 2 month stretch was euphoric, so many supporters like myself had never seen anything like it, the entire club and fan base had risen from the dead. I don't want to spoil it, so theres an amazing video by a channel; The AFL destination titled, The 2023 AFL finals series, briefly highlighting every finals game last year. It seriously captures the pure epicness and raw emotions of an AFL finals series, so I'd seriously recommend checking it out
Carlton is the only team, possibly in the world, to have played every season since 1864. It was Carlton's rivalry with Melbourne in the 1860s and 1870s that fixed Australian Football in the public eye. Crowds of over 10,000 were commonplace in the early days.
Should react to buddy Franklin best moments. He recently retired but is known as the best modern forward the game has ever seen. Kicked 1 thousand goals in Sydney and the crowd rushed the field.
North Melbourne. Seeing Francis Bourke kick a goal with blood streaming out of his eye socket… Or Nathan Brown’s leg visibly snapping after a kick was smothered off his boot.
Of course, seeing Brent Harvey’s record breaking game, reaching 427 AFL games, was massive, as well as Jason McCartney’s return after recovering from injuries sustained in the 2002 Bali bombings.
One video I feel you would enjoy is hunters moon’s video on pikes peak hill climb I think the video is called pikes peak the no rules race to the clouds, I could be getting the name slightly wrong but I highly recommend it
I support the Richmond tigers. And I remember last year the over all crowd attendances for last years playoffs we call them final series was 1m all up Pretty much every game had over 100k people
Just discovered your vids. After seeing your Misfits shirt. I had to sub. Ironically I'm an 🇦🇺 who has no idea how rugby union rules work. Let's Go Lions 🦁
It's worth noting that part of the reason this is one of the oldest organised sports in the world, is because of the labour shortages caused by the Gold Rush. Trade unions pushed for an 8 hour-day, starting in the 1850's with stonemasons, and spreading to other industries relatively early compared to many other nations. This meant that many workers suddenly had Saturday afternoon as free time, and so there was suddenly time for people to both play - and watch - Australian Rules Football :)
Scott!! I didn't even think of the Australian gold rush!! Still going strong to this day might I add....and opal haha! Thank you for the incredible information, I'm glad you're here and enjoying
From otherthe inspiration was most likely a combination of Rugby & Mongrug as the inventer Wills was sent from Australia to Rugby School as a child. He also worked in the Australian bush when he came home and was involved in indigeous sport. Its probable that the first rules Wills wrote down were the second recorded for a football type game. I don,t think it was second to Rudgy though as Rugby rules were not codified at the time Will played it at school.
The information in this video is inaccurate, for starters the “Brisbane Football Club” he mentions at the start are most definitely not the same club as the Brisbane Lions of today, instead they were born from a merger between Melbourne based club the Fitzroy Lions (est. 1883) and the Brisbane Bears (est. 1987), the FFC logo shown in the presentation is Fitzroy’s logo, not Brisbane
@@ExploringTheSmoke Hey I like it. I hear the bears will be building a new stadium sometime in the near future. I think the new QB y’all drafted will be decent. Caleb Williams is a good guy! I hope he’s an NFL stud
@@ExploringTheSmoke Well that’s a bummer but it’s okay. Assuming it didn’t have any sound in editing? If it had sound when you were reacting to it I really hope you enjoyed it. I’m a fan of Dover! It’s really unique with the overpass bridges on the backstretch. Hopefully one day you do a live reaction to a race.
According to the information I just checked up on, there is no mention of Brisbane being as old as he said, the Brisbane Bears started in 1997, and is now the Brisbane Lions after merging with Fitzroy which is now defunct. South Melbourne moved to Sydney to become the Sydney Swans in 1982 The Swans are my team and showing my age I followed them as South Melbourne. They were in financial trouble and had the choice of moving to Sydney or folding up completely. After being a basket case as South Melbourne, they are now a powerful team and have been in the finals for the last 20 or so years except for missing them on three or four occasions. I followed a South Melbourne champion named Bob Skilton who is one of only four players to win the Brownlow medal three times. That's apart from winning club best and fairest nine times. As tough as any of your rugby players but unscrupulously fair. The Brownlow medal is given for the FAIREST and best player for the season. Contrary to the video, (not Brisbane) South Melbourne was the first VFL team to be established interstate. Other teams followed which prompted the VFL to be then known as the AFL, (meaning Australia wide) Favourite game. Geelong is known to have a huge homeground advantage. Some years ago they had won 29 games straight at their ground. Their silly local newspaper, "the Geelong advertiser" printed the paper on Friday night before the Saturday game, and plastered huge letters across the front page, "HAPPY 30th." So my Swans woke up to Saturday mornings paper with that all over it. The Swans are the one team you should not put that sort of a challenge in front of. Needless to say the Swans ruined the front page of the newspaper and won the game. Cheers mate. 🦢🦢🦢
I was a bit confused when he initially said it's for the fairest player then said it was for whoever kicked the most points haha, some of it's not perfect but this is why I love the comments, I'm glad you're here Ricky 💪🏻
@@ExploringTheSmoke Yeah it was a silly comment. Out of 18 teams x 22 players, the player receiving the most votes given by the umpires (for the season) wins the Brownlow medal. There have been some absolutely brilliant players who have not won a Brownlow medal for various reasons. One is Wayne Carey, an absolute champion player but was always going crook at the umpires over their decisions. That nullifies the fairness aspect. Lee Matthews was an awesome player, but was always throwing his elbows around at opponents, again not considered to be a fair player. As I said, Bob Skilton was as tough as nails. The ball could be 20 m away with several players in between him and the ball, but he would run at that ball and those players would bounce of him like nine pins. However he would never lift his elbows or involve in any dirty play, thus he won the fairest and best player (Brownlow) three times. No spoiler alert, but you really, really, really must search for , "Lance Franklin's best 23 goals." Trust me you will be totally amazed. 🦘🦢
@@ExploringTheSmoke They called Skilton "the chimp" he was built like a gorilla. There is another Franklin video showing him kicking his 1000th career goal. 20,000 people invaded the field to congratulate him, it's an absolutely awesome sight. (not to be confused with the 23 best goals video, where the crowd also ran onto the field when he kicked 100 goals for the season.)
@@ExploringTheSmoke Skilton was so competitive but also silky skilled and fast as lightning. He once came second in Australia's richest running race, "the Stawell gift." What I loved is his complete lack of ego. Everyone who knew him personally, agreed that he was an absolute gentleman. (I don't like players who are the, "look at me, aren't I good" types)
Just want to say - dont ever apologise for pausing... there is nothing worse then a reactor talking over the top of a video because they dont want to pause - and then they miss shit coz they were talking over it lol.
He's not talking about a penalty for "hand ball''. You are not allowed to throw the ball AT ALL in Aussie Rules. Instead they use the action that looks like a Volleyball serve, where you hold the ball with one hand and punch it with the other, this is called a "Handball", the rule about throwing the ball was in the original rules.
I go for the Adelaide crows and I HATE port Adelaide (our arch rivals) so I’d say my favourite moment from the game I’ve been to is probably Taylor Walker kicking 6 goals in the showdown (name of our rivalry)
@@ExploringTheSmoke anything AFL and I'm in mate. If you can find a service to watch it on. About 10.30 Friday morning for you. Carlton play Collingwood. (Biggest rivalry in the league) there will be 90,000 plus at the game and it's set to be a cracker. Strongly suggest you try to watch it.
I am really confused……how does New Zealand factor into the Australian indigenous game that was the start of Australian football? And, how did the New Zealanders even know what Australia was up to? And why did they not then decide to play this game too, instead they play ‘rugby’? …sorry, not sure what the game is actually called, but it is not a ‘thing’ in South Australia where I am from’. I do not know, but just from observing the game, I would think that the NZ game is closely related to American football….which is where maybe they got their game from?
This video overemphasizes the anecdotal evidence of Australian Football being influenced by Marn Grook, while omitting the fact that the sports founder Tom Wills boarded at Rugby School in Warwickshire for 5 years. Wills played the school's game that would later become Rugby Union. The reality is that "proto-rugby" was a bigger influence on Australian Football than romantic conections to Marn Grook
The "marngrook" origin story is somewhat disputed. Whilst likely an influence, the original rules were also clearly influenced by Rugby and Gaelic styles of football. "Football" in the 19th century wasn't a strictly codified affair. Often rules were discussed and agreed to immediately before the game. This proved impossible in early Australia, which forced codification of the game before many other "footballs". But the Rugby and Cambridge style games have been played in various forms for a long time before the mid 1800s.
Football in that era was a big intangible entity that was changing from game to game, from Europe, North America and Australia. Victoria was the first to codify the game. Look up a bloke called Thomas Wills. He wanted to codify a form of of Football on a Global scale, but failed to get it done.
5:26 unfortunately, we’ve struggled to get international penetration….up until a combination of UA-cam, pandemic, and people looking for something different to watch.
@@ExploringTheSmoke Some of the games I couldn't even stand watching the highlights. Because the Tigers won two grand finals recently they were drained of talent.
Geelong Cats are the best team, I've been following them since I was 11 in 1995. Now if I was to pick a team I don't like that's not Collingwood I would have to say Richmond Tigers & Carlton Blues.
Interesting but way too focussed on Victoria and to a lesser extent, South Australia. He completely omits the fact the West Coast Eagles had already won two premierships, 1992 and 1994, by the time Adelaide won their first in 1997.
I think there's a lot of mistakes in the video you react o....but it's basically right. One of the things it sort of skims over is that in the early days every league in Australia had their own rules - so what you played in SA wasn't necessarily quite the same as what you played in Vic. Even now there are slightly different rules in lower leagues, although generally they take the "Laws" of AFL, however most leagues reserve the right to adapt and overrule the bits they don't like - but it usually makes sense to follow the AFL.....
Handball is when you punch a ball as in you are not allowed to throw the ball in AFL unlike rugby. I think your confusion comes from a handling the ball in soccer rule..
The Melbourne Football Club is the oldest sporting club in the world...the Kiandra Skiing club is the oldest skiing club in the world..even though it doesn't snow very often in Australia...Straya :) we do everything better xxx
NO, YOU CAN'T THROW THE BALL. You are required to punch the ball with your fist, off your other hand; this is the only way to legal pass the, besides kicking it. If you are caught tgrowing the ball, your opposition will get a free kick from that point.
Carlton member, been a carlton supporter 40 yrs, go's without saying hate collingwood, When it comes to picking a team, I'll say watch a couple game's and that way youll more likely find a team you like, apart from collingwood dont pick collingwood anyone but them
as a Aussie it shits me when people say the AFL is older than all other ball sports that is utter BS it maybe true Australian football was codified before most ball sports if not all of them but Rugby n Soccer are a lot older unlike Rugby and Soccer were each team played under their own set of rules while in Australian football all teams played under the same rules
@@ExploringTheSmoke yeah great video great reaction try reacting to AFL club songs, best goals and Cyril Rioli highlights that should get you goin for awhile
Not true regarding Soccer (Football Association or Association Football) being older. They laid down their codified rules in 1863, 5 years after Australian Rules football. The main rule changes from the football rules they played prior to Football Association rules was to remove running with & catching the ball, and body contact (charge, hold, trip or "hack")
Australian Rules football developed in Melbourne in the middle of the 1800s. Some parts of the game may have been inspired by Gaelic football (played in Ireland) Tom Wills remained silent on the origins of Australian rules and never referenced an Aboriginal influence, many historians have assumed that this in itself proves that no influence existed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football#:~:text=The%20sport's%20origins%20can%20be,Australian%20football%20in%20May%201859.
Thanks for your interest in our unique game. No, marn grook was played by Australian Indigenous people (Aborigines), not New Zealand Indigenous people (Maoris). Whether Tom Wills took inspiration for his new game from marn grook is debatable. Although the description of marn grook does bear some similarities to Aussie rules and Wills lived in rural Victoria and played with local Aboriginal kids when he was a child, there is no evidence that marn grook was played in the district. No, unlike what you would call football (and we would call soccer), there is no "hand ball" penalty. What he was referring to is the skill known as a handball. There are only two legal ways to pass the ball: kicking and handballing. To perform a handball, you hold the ball in the palm of one hand and punch it with the opposite fist. You cannot throw the ball. The 10 original rules, written long hand, have been reproduced as a way of adorning one of the walls in the Members' Stand of the MCG. It is a bit misleading that he describes Fitzroy as "Queensland's first Aussie rules team" because, like many of the current AFL teams, it was actually formed in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. The Brisbane Bears started as a new team in 1987 as part of the expansion of the AFL to the northern states. The Fitzroy Lions relocated and merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1997 to form the Brisbane Lions. I think the video overplayed the role of Aussie rules in New Zealand. Rugby is king in New Zealand and Aussie rules, if they know anything about it at all, is a mere curiosity to the average Kiwi. He left out the fact that University left the VFL in 1914 due to poor performance related to the fact that it was an amateur club. I have barracked for Hawthorn since 1970. I have been very lucky to witness 12 Hawthorn premierships since then, including 10 in person.
No , Brisbane were Fitzroy, Aussie Rules was first played on rugger pitches at schools , that played Rugby Union , and the term Australian Rules was at first a derogatory, demeaning comment when a Sydney Rugger Comiteeman , said well they play Rugby , but they use the Australian Rules, so what was a slight ,backhaned slur , is now a fact , as Aussie Rules, no worries About it , 1970 the biggest crowd 121696 , close game , hahaha , good one , love it , still a record halftime deficit 44 pts , to win a close one , 72 Carlton and Richmond kick an aggerate 50 goals in a GF , Carlton 28 Richmond 22 50 goals, so easy GO ,BLUES
The marngrook relevance is mute , every ancient civilisation had a similar game , Marngrook is spurious , tenous , no mention , Will's and Harrison, where Harrison House was league HQ for over 100 yrs , it a hard fast athletic , vigorous, nasty , what a game . GO BLUES RARARA
It's not older , than soccor or Rugby , only upper class played cricket also , but AFL was First to officially codify a game , so 99% of Australian clubs are oldest pro clubs , and a magnificent history, cheers . Ric
@ExploringTheSmoke there were a couple mistakes in this video one was when they said the Adelaide crows beat North Melbourne in the 1997 grand final but they beat st kilda saints and then beat North Melbourne in 1998 to become the first club to go back to back grand finals
bruh not him calling fitzroy the brisbane football club💀 the disrespect i go for the brisbane lions and apart from collingwood (yes i hate them the most... for obvious reasons) i also hate carlton, port adelaide, melbourne when we're playing them, and i guess throw geelong in there for refusing to get bad ever. give us a fcking spell oh my god
I believe this to be the greatest football game on earth, and I played VAFA in the late 70s and early 80s, considered to be, at the time, the best comp to the professional VFL. The video that you highlighted has many historical inaccuracies. The game has no connection to any perceived mythical game that aboriginals played. Nor as the narrator states that the aboriginals "kindly gave permission" to us to play. It is an attempt to re write history. Another myth, that we are suppose to believe. Aussie Rules origins are from the Irish immigrants who bought primitave forms of sports which became in their home country Gaelic Football and Hurling.
I don't know about having to be a hard bastard to play it? I played from the age of 7 until I retired from the game at 35. I can guarantee you that I was as soft as butter and couldn't fight my way out of a wet paper bag.
@@ExploringTheSmoke not many fights in Aussie Rules these days. The days of neanderthals going the knuckle are a thing of the past, thankfully. The hardness needed in the game is really about having the courage to be under the ball and preparedness to make a contest, even when you know you're about to get crushed by a thundering pack of players.
This is already not right. Wills didn't create Aussie Rules, he was just part of a group who drew up the first rules - not even all of his rules suggestions were adopted. Nevertheless he's credited with being the original impetus for codifying a local football game. Nor was the game inspired by marngrook. It was a local variation of the different types of ball games being played in public schools in England where Wills and others were educated (Wills himself was educated at Rugby School). Apart from Wills living in an area where marngrook was reportedly played, the only concrete similarity with marngrook is leaping up to catch the ball, but that didn't become a part of the game until decades after the 1850s. Let's just say the link to marngrook is * cough * 'highly contested' - part urban myth and large part of recent wishful thinking presented nowadays by some as fact.
@@ExploringTheSmokeI was going to say the same. Mostly facts with a little urban legend involved. Wills was the instigator for the creation of a new game, and he formed a group that drew up the first rules in Melbourne. However, the rules were primitive, and took more influence from rugby and Gaelic than the current rules do. Also, variations of the game were played in different locations. The two teams would agree on what rules they were playing to at the start of the game. It’s worth noting that even now the SANFL (SA state league) has slightly different rules to the AFL. While it’s thought that Wills played Marngrook with the indigenous kids, there’s no hard evidence of this, but it’s a nice thought, and it’s certainly possible. The video also skipped over the fact that the VFA did not become the VFL in the 1800s, the two competitions co-existed for over a century, and back in the day tried to outdo each other as the premier Victorian competition. Obviously the VFL eventually won out. To confuse things further, the VFL became the AFL in 1990 and the VFA effectively was rebranded as the new VFL in the years that followed. So a lot of younger people are unaware of the VFA and its legacy as the oldest football competition in Victoria.
@Michael-ye7uv The problem isn’t that * maybe * it might have been an influence (albeit very, very unlikely). The problem is marngrook keeps getting promoted in fact as the origin of Aussie Rules.
Cheers for enlightening me 💪🏻 Edit: Actually I already responded to you about the Haka, so the tone is unnecessary, as for today I was higher than giraffe Pussy when watching this so sorry if my mind blipped for a moment 😂
I support the Hawthorn Hawks. We are down, and down badly, at the moment, but we are victims of the equalisation rules brought in in the 80s. Brought in to curb OUR dominance that decade. We are by far the most successful side in the league of the last 60-odd years. I personally have seen 12 Hawk premierships in my lifetime, so I don't complain too loudly when we're down.
An alternative viewpoint is that you were the beneficiaries of another league policy brought in before that - the country zone. Hawthorn had one of the best country zones which contributed heavily to your success in the 80s
TRIVIA Type in RUSSELL EBERT THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER TO PLAY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ,HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY LEST WE FORGET. HE WAS MY FRIEND FRIEND. REGGIE. 😅
Hey hey it's ya Goofy m8te from Australia ( Mason cox - don't believe in never)..it's the great story of the American playing AFL...it's older then ya english soccer league
@@ExploringTheSmoke watch n react please to Mason cox - don't believe in never...it's fantastic you will lose ya mind..n a shout out to ya Goofy m8te lol 😆
Our game take guts to play its full of skill speed fights and high scores ,The greatest game on the planet ,TRIVIA South Australian league team The Port Adelaide Magpies established 1870 have won more premierships then any other club In Australia ❤ ha ha beat that.
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Oh here we go again, well done Jack 😂, for clarification, I was INCREDIBLY high when I made this and had a brain blip, didn't mean to confuse the different indigenous people's. Appreciate the understanding
The difference between the SANFL(formerly SAFA) and the VFL(which was a breakaway competition from the VFA); the AFL began as the VFL, NOT THE VFA(they were two different competitions). The SANFL is the longest run competition in the world. The first Intercolonial aussie rules match was held between Victoria and South Australia in 1879; and is still one of the oldest rivalries in aussie rules.
@@jayweb51 thank you for the knowledge Jay, glad you're here 💪🏻
Hey mate. Glad you enjoyed the video! Feel free to react to any of my other ones if you want.
KALEEEENNNNNNNN!!! YOU BLOODY LEGEND!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING SUCH AN INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE VIDEO!
@@ExploringTheSmoke no problem
@Kaleen_YT pretty good video. Only seen it through this reaction channel. Other history videos are Vic centric and overlook the other states.
@@ibd1977 thank you mate, I'll add em to the list
I must admit, being born in NSW, I have been a Rugby League supporter all my life. Yet having lived in Queensland and now in Tasmania, I have started really appreciating the AFL. I still haven't picked a team yet though lol
Ooooooh seems like we've both got some choices to make haha! Thank you for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed
Richmond join the tiger army
If you go back & watch just after 11:10, that is one part of the game that was fazed out around the 70s I reckon....the Drop Kick!
Barry Cable was one, that was a great exponent of it during play. Not just from a kick in from full back.
What a move that was! Thank you for watching Wookie, glad you enjoyed
I grew up an Essondon supporter (who won the 1st VFL Grandfinal) but I now live in Brisbane. Since my grandfather was a line member of Fitzroy that is now The Brisbane Lions, I now follow Brisbane.
@@BrianSullivanopus125 what an incredible reason to be a Brisbane fan! Thank you for the comment and the memory Brian
@@ExploringTheSmoke sorry mate that bloke that went from supporting Essendon to supporting Brisbane isn't a true AFL fan a true AFL fan will only support one team no matter how they are going or even where you move to my father put a Melbourne teddy bear in my crib when I was born I have now been supporting them for 50 years and I have moved all over Australia never once even thinking of changing my team because that is what true fans do
@@ian1282 I believe in staying true to your first team but I can also understand the reason as to why he changed teams
Port Adelaide (1870) is the only established team outside of Victoria to join the AFL. All other teams either played in the VFL, which became the AFL or were created specifically to play in that competition. Port previously playing in the South Australian competition (SANFL) winning 36 premierships and has won one AFL premiership. This makes Port Adelaide the most winning club in Australian Rules Football history...
Thank you for the knowledge Clive! I appreciate the knowledge
The handball (striking ball with clenched fist) is a way of passing the ball. There is no throwing, otherwise the opposition will get a free kick. You can either dispose of the ball via legal handball or kick.
Ahhhhhhhhh!! Thank you Sebastian! You bloody legend I appreciate the knowledge
@whatthe3131 true, but if an opponent is tackling you then it's best to handball or kick, tapping it on might cause the umpires to think that you are throwing it
I appreciate you both more than you realise aha
@whatthe3131 only if you're not in Possession of the ball...otherwise you must kick or handball.
@@ExploringTheSmoke So to summarize, if you are holding the ball and someone catches you with it they are given the ball (It's like kiss chasey).
You must get rid of the ball, before someone stops you, by either kicking it or punching the ball from your other hand with a closed fist (handball). If you can't because someone tackles you it's called dropping the ball (incorrect disposal).
As for tapping you can 'tap' or punch the ball but if the ump thinks you slapped it with an open hand (unless you're a ruckman) that's a penalty. If you are chasing the ball and it is bouncing in front of you (and someone is running just behind you waiting for you to take possession of the ball so they can tackle you) you can tap it to keep it bouncing in front of you which is not technically being in possession of it so technically opposition can't tackle you without being penalized for holding the man (if you tackle someone without the ball it is a penalty against you).
Wooo! Love your channel!
My team: Fremantle Dockers 💜
Favourite Memory: Stephen Hill kicking a running goal to seal a famous win for Fremantle against Geelong at their home ground in the 2013 Qualifying Final
Least Favourite (rn): Carlton Blues
EDDIE!!! Thank you for answering! Go Dockers!
yep I was there - as a Freo fan living in Melbourne at the time - some great and some heartbreaking games down in Geelong - winning that final was a big highlight
Football being such a broad term in the 1800s and before has made things pretty interesting. “Football” was any ball sport not played on horseback. So you get football, football, football, football (American football/hand egg, soccer, Aussie rules football, Gaelic football), rugby, baseball, cricket, basketball, handball, technically tennis, all could be called “football”
Never thought of/been told it like that before, thank you Tunda, glad you're here with the ever expansive knowledge
Actually that’s not correct. Football is a medieval term for team sports played on foot but does not extend to sports like basketball or tennis. It is an exhaustive list of team sports involving a ball where you primarily run to one end of a grassy field and score by passing the line or kicking the ball into a net or through posts. Handball, basketball and tennis do not count.
@@thevannmann thank you for the correction
@@thevannmann thank you for the knowledge Vannmann
I communicated with a descendant of Tom Wills who , with others, put the game together. Tom Wills' family had a station (farm) in the Western District of Victoria, near Ararat. He saw the local aboriginal/indigenous/first nation 'mob' playing 'marn grook' as shown in this video. (The aboriginal people of Australia are the oldest continuing culture in the world.) He based his idea of the game on this. There is a monument to that at Ararat.
Barnowl!! This is why I made this channel, the knowledge!! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed
Wills wanted rugby, but was overuled. The grounds in Melbourne were recently cut out of virgin bush, hard and flinty. Not soft with lush grass as the Rugby school boys played on. This game was to be played by men who had to work to make a living, so the rugby school rules were not adopted. There is no mention of Marngrook in the early rules and a feature of that game, the high marking, did not enter the Australian game till a decade or so later.
@@blueycarlton Why should there be a mention of 'marn grook' in the early rules?Wills took inspiration from seeing that game played by the local aboriginals in WESTERN Victoria. I did not state anything about high marking. My partner who is deeply into footy thinks you are an 'fkn idiot' !
Great to see your interest in Australian Football. The video you watched was ok but had some critical mistakes, but you got the General idea.
Thank you Al, I'll definitely be looking into more of it, I'm glad you're here and enjoying
I think you already chose your team in the Fremantle Dockers! I'm not a Freo supporter (I support the Swans), but Freo are a good choice for a few reasons. They've never won the flag (The premiership) so they have an element of underdog status. Purple is a great colour, and I generally like their guernsies . Lastly they're not in too bad of a spot at the moment. Not the best, not the worst so you won't be jumping on a bandwagon or supporting a hopeless team.
That being said, the option to watch some games and look in to it further is always good. The Swannies are a good young team that are looking to have some success in the near future and we had (Up until last year) arguably the best forward the game has ever seen in Lance Franklin. I suggest looking up his highlights to get a good idea of who he was and what he could do.
Other than that, welcome to the sport! I know you'll love it. Cheers!
Ooooh you may be swaying me there Scotty!! 😂 Thank you for the kick arse comment and glad you're here my man
Nice work mate. Ive seen alot of reaction videos to our game and your the first person that actually followed up with looking into the history 👍👌
Appreciate that Butcher!! Glad you enjoyed mate 💪🏻
My greatest moment was when the siren rang at the end of the drawn Grand Final in 1977. 108,224 people turned to each other and said "OK what happens now". The game was replayed the following Saturday. I am a Collingwood supporter.
Ian! Welcome! And thank you for answering, 108 thousand people is a CRAZY amount for a sporting event, thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed
What about 2010?
@@mikeythehat6693 what happened in 2010
@@ExploringTheSmoke Another drawn grand final.
@@JemeremMazza insane!
Thank you you are the first youtuber to look into this. Most just think we ripped off other sports.
Knowledge is always good to have so I'm glad to try and expand mine every day, thank you for watching Titan, glad you're here and enjoying
Team: Carlton Blues
We were once one of the titans of the AFL, Carlton are the equal most succesful team in AFL history with 16 premierships (Equal with Essendon and Collingwood). But the glory days of the 20th century are long gone, Cartlon currently have the third longest active premiership drought in the AFL, dating back to 1995. I was born in 2006 so I never got to see the glory days, just like many other young Carlton supporters and in my time as a Carlton supporter, it had been nothing short of depressing, Finishing bottom of the league 5 times since 2000 and only making the finals 6 times in that same duration. In the final game of 2022 the two biggest clubs in the AFL met Carlton v Collingwood. After leading the entire game, Carlton missed out on finals after being in the top 8 all year at the hands of arch-rivals Collingwood by just a single point. By far my worst memory as a carlton supporter.
My favourite moment: Blake acres goal against Melbourne, Semi-Final 2023
It had been a decade since carlton had made finals in 2023 and were expected to contend after the tragedy of the 2022 season. Hype was building, the sleeping giant of the AFL was supposedly about to awake. But at the halfway mark of the season, Carlton sat 15th on the ladder, on a 6 game losing streak, a completely failed season...
Carlton then went on to win their next 9 games and finish the year in 5th place, securing themselves their first finals series in 10 years. The entire 2 month stretch was euphoric, so many supporters like myself had never seen anything like it, the entire club and fan base had risen from the dead.
I don't want to spoil it, so theres an amazing video by a channel; The AFL destination titled, The 2023 AFL finals series, briefly highlighting every finals game last year. It seriously captures the pure epicness and raw emotions of an AFL finals series, so I'd seriously recommend checking it out
Christian! Thank you for the brilliant comment and I'll have to add it to the list to be watched! Thank you for watching
Carlton is the only team, possibly in the world, to have played every season since 1864. It was Carlton's rivalry with Melbourne in the 1860s and 1870s that fixed Australian Football in the public eye. Crowds of over 10,000 were commonplace in the early days.
Should react to buddy Franklin best moments. He recently retired but is known as the best modern forward the game has ever seen. Kicked 1 thousand goals in Sydney and the crowd rushed the field.
Thank you Jarrad, you and a few others have mentioned him, the name is on the list and ready to be learned about 💪🏻
North Melbourne.
Seeing Francis Bourke kick a goal with blood streaming out of his eye socket…
Or Nathan Brown’s leg visibly snapping after a kick was smothered off his boot.
Of course, seeing Brent Harvey’s record breaking game, reaching 427 AFL games, was massive, as well as Jason McCartney’s return after recovering from injuries sustained in the 2002 Bali bombings.
Most hated - Adelaide Crows winning back-to-back premierships immediately after a South Australian became league CEO…..
You certainly have seen your fair share of wild life through this sport, appreciate you being here and glad you enjoyed
Started supporting in 1976 - just in time to see my team in a drawn grand final the next year, winning the replay the following week!
One video I feel you would enjoy is hunters moon’s video on pikes peak hill climb I think the video is called pikes peak the no rules race to the clouds, I could be getting the name slightly wrong but I highly recommend it
Maz!! Thank you for the recommendation, Pikes Peak is an absolute monster of a run, try to catch the highlights every year with my brother
I support the Richmond tigers. And I remember last year the over all crowd attendances for last years playoffs we call them final series was 1m all up
Pretty much every game had over 100k people
That's an incredible accomplishment for any team in any sport! Thank you Captain for answering, glad you enjoyed
Just discovered your vids. After seeing your Misfits shirt. I had to sub. Ironically I'm an 🇦🇺 who has no idea how rugby union rules work. Let's Go Lions 🦁
@@bustinMR2 😂😂 thank you MR2!! Maybe something for me to cover for everyone who doesn't know the rugby landscape!
It's worth noting that part of the reason this is one of the oldest organised sports in the world, is because of the labour shortages caused by the Gold Rush. Trade unions pushed for an 8 hour-day, starting in the 1850's with stonemasons, and spreading to other industries relatively early compared to many other nations. This meant that many workers suddenly had Saturday afternoon as free time, and so there was suddenly time for people to both play - and watch - Australian Rules Football :)
Scott!! I didn't even think of the Australian gold rush!! Still going strong to this day might I add....and opal haha! Thank you for the incredible information, I'm glad you're here and enjoying
Charles Brownlow played for Geelong in the VFA but not the VFL. He was an administrator for the VFL (which eventually became the AFL)
Thank you for the knowledge Ian
another great video, top stuff mate
I appreciate it Chris!
Loved your reaction. I'm a Pies supporter. We're a great team, others are just jealous.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed
From otherthe inspiration was most likely a combination of Rugby & Mongrug as the inventer Wills was sent from Australia to Rugby School as a child. He also worked in the Australian bush when he came home and was involved in indigeous sport. Its probable that the first rules Wills wrote down were the second recorded for a football type game. I don,t think it was second to Rudgy though as Rugby rules were not codified at the time Will played it at school.
Thank you for the knowledge Tigi, glad you're here and enjoying 💪🏻
He didnt mention Brisbane Lions 3 consecutive wins 2001, 2002 & 2003
That's bloody impressive!! Thank you Deb, glad you enjoyed
I've been a Blues fan since '83. Hawthorn has always been my nemesis.
Thank you for answering Blaine, glad you enjoyed!
The information in this video is inaccurate, for starters the “Brisbane Football Club” he mentions at the start are most definitely not the same club as the Brisbane Lions of today, instead they were born from a merger between Melbourne based club the Fitzroy Lions (est. 1883) and the Brisbane Bears (est. 1987), the FFC logo shown in the presentation is Fitzroy’s logo, not Brisbane
@@marcgaskett thank you Marc, hopefully the rest is all good though
Do you plan on reacting to any NFL game highlights coming up later this year??
I’m a Washington Commanders & Pittsburgh Steelers fan
I do indeed!! Enjoy having Justin Fields 😭 I'm a Chicago Bears fan
@@ExploringTheSmoke Hey I like it. I hear the bears will be building a new stadium sometime in the near future.
I think the new QB y’all drafted will be decent. Caleb Williams is a good guy! I hope he’s an NFL stud
@@landon8590 I just want to beat Green Bay 😭😭😂
Should react to Collingwood vs Carlton they played this past week and it was a good game.
Aren't they rivals too 😂
@@ExploringTheSmoke yeah oldest rivals.
I’m hyped for the Dover reaction video!!!!
It's got no sound I'm afraid Landon 😭
@@ExploringTheSmoke Well that’s a bummer but it’s okay. Assuming it didn’t have any sound in editing? If it had sound when you were reacting to it I really hope you enjoyed it. I’m a fan of Dover! It’s really unique with the overpass bridges on the backstretch. Hopefully one day you do a live reaction to a race.
@@landon8590 that third stage was pretty fun!! And yeah an editing issue 😭 I'm still fairly new and mistakes happen from time to time but we move
@@ExploringTheSmoke no worries. Everyone makes mistakes! It’s apart of life!! There’s no shame in them
According to the information I just checked up on, there is no mention of Brisbane being as old as he said, the Brisbane Bears started in 1997, and is now the Brisbane Lions after merging with Fitzroy which is now defunct. South Melbourne moved to Sydney to become the Sydney Swans in 1982
The Swans are my team and showing my age I followed them as South Melbourne. They were in financial trouble and had the choice of moving to Sydney or folding up completely. After being a basket case as South Melbourne, they are now a powerful team and have been in the finals for the last 20 or so years except for missing them on three or four occasions.
I followed a South Melbourne champion named Bob Skilton who is one of only four players to win the Brownlow medal three times. That's apart from winning club best and fairest nine times. As tough as any of your rugby players but unscrupulously fair. The Brownlow medal is given for the FAIREST and best player for the season.
Contrary to the video, (not Brisbane) South Melbourne was the first VFL team to be established interstate. Other teams followed which prompted the VFL to be then known as the AFL, (meaning Australia wide)
Favourite game. Geelong is known to have a huge homeground advantage. Some years ago they had won 29 games straight at their ground. Their silly local newspaper, "the Geelong advertiser" printed the paper on Friday night before the Saturday game, and plastered huge letters across the front page, "HAPPY 30th." So my Swans woke up to Saturday mornings paper with that all over it. The Swans are the one team you should not put that sort of a challenge in front of. Needless to say the Swans ruined the front page of the newspaper and won the game.
Cheers mate. 🦢🦢🦢
I was a bit confused when he initially said it's for the fairest player then said it was for whoever kicked the most points haha, some of it's not perfect but this is why I love the comments, I'm glad you're here Ricky 💪🏻
@@ExploringTheSmoke Yeah it was a silly comment. Out of 18 teams x 22 players, the player receiving the most votes given by the umpires (for the season) wins the Brownlow medal. There have been some absolutely brilliant players who have not won a Brownlow medal for various reasons. One is Wayne Carey, an absolute champion player but was always going crook at the umpires over their decisions. That nullifies the fairness aspect. Lee Matthews was an awesome player, but was always throwing his elbows around at opponents, again not considered to be a fair player.
As I said, Bob Skilton was as tough as nails. The ball could be 20 m away with several players in between him and the ball, but he would run at that ball and those players would bounce of him like nine pins. However he would never lift his elbows or involve in any dirty play, thus he won the fairest and best player (Brownlow) three times.
No spoiler alert, but you really, really, really must search for , "Lance Franklin's best 23 goals." Trust me you will be totally amazed.
🦘🦢
@@RickyisSwan Skilton sounds like a madman...I love it haha, Lance Franklin added to the list to check out also 💪🏻
@@ExploringTheSmoke They called Skilton "the chimp" he was built like a gorilla. There is another Franklin video showing him kicking his 1000th career goal. 20,000 people invaded the field to congratulate him, it's an absolutely awesome sight. (not to be confused with the 23 best goals video, where the crowd also ran onto the field when he kicked 100 goals for the season.)
@@ExploringTheSmoke Skilton was so competitive but also silky skilled and fast as lightning. He once came second in Australia's richest running race, "the Stawell gift." What I loved is his complete lack of ego. Everyone who knew him personally, agreed that he was an absolute gentleman. (I don't like players who are the, "look at me, aren't I good" types)
Hawthorn 1966 I started supporting them
@@Osssssss666 thank you Ossssssss
Beat ya by 3 years ! Emigrated in '62 & lived in Hawthorn Grove. Played my first game as a 12 yr old April '63. Never looked back. CARNA HAWKS ?
@ my dad played for their reserves 49-50
Hawthorn threepeat video watch that mate
Added to the list, thank you you Matt 💪🏻
The Crows were denied a chance in last year’s finals because of a bad call by the umpire.
@@thisaussieshiela and everybody hated him for it 😂
As a Crows supporter, I sure did 😂
@@thisaussieshiela 😂😂😂
Just want to say - dont ever apologise for pausing... there is nothing worse then a reactor talking over the top of a video because they dont want to pause - and then they miss shit coz they were talking over it lol.
Hopefully I had a good balance 😂 glad you're here Squirrel
He's not talking about a penalty for "hand ball''. You are not allowed to throw the ball AT ALL in Aussie Rules. Instead they use the action that looks like a Volleyball serve, where you hold the ball with one hand and punch it with the other, this is called a "Handball", the rule about throwing the ball was in the original rules.
Thank you Mikey!! You explained what I was asking perfectly! I'm glad you're here
I go for the Adelaide crows and I HATE port Adelaide (our arch rivals) so I’d say my favourite moment from the game I’ve been to is probably Taylor Walker kicking 6 goals in the showdown (name of our rivalry)
Nothing sweeter than a 6 goal win over your rivals! Thank you for answering James! Glad you enjoyed
I have 2 teams, mine and anyone vs collingwood.
You will find a fair few friends here 😂 glad you're enjoying
Jacky boy!! That's the way legend.. just want I wanted.. ❤
Niccccccc!!! Glad you're enjoying mate
@@ExploringTheSmoke anything AFL and I'm in mate. If you can find a service to watch it on. About 10.30 Friday morning for you. Carlton play Collingwood. (Biggest rivalry in the league) there will be 90,000 plus at the game and it's set to be a cracker. Strongly suggest you try to watch it.
I am really confused……how does New Zealand factor into the Australian indigenous game that was the start of Australian football?
And, how did the New Zealanders even know what Australia was up to? And why did they not then decide to play this game too, instead they play ‘rugby’? …sorry, not sure what the game is actually called, but it is not a ‘thing’ in South Australia where I am from’.
I do not know, but just from observing the game, I would think that the NZ game is closely related to American football….which is where maybe they got their game from?
I hope someone else kind enough in the comments can help you better than I can
hand ball is when you punch it to a player, fair play
Thank you for the knowledge Liv
The 2020 season was bad but that grand final was played in WA not the Gabba
@@fernugle8466 thank you Fernugle for the information
Although the football players were starting to get paid they all still needed a normal job as well to live
@@ian1282 yeah sports stars weren't always as glamorous as they are now that's for sure 😂
Port Adelaide is the oldest club in Australia
@@JasonMason-hd2hp thank you Jason 🤘🏻
Get on the Fremantle Dockers bro, you can be able to experience their first premiership ⚓️⚓️
Ha! Could you imagine if I chose them and they win in the next year or so 😂😂
You don't wanna wait 20 - 30 years do ya?
@@brookfredericks1984 I've been a west ham fan for 32 😭
@@ExploringTheSmoke Get on the Blues mate, we have been waiting since 95 for another flag. Liverpool supporter btw.
@@brookfredericks1984 booooo 😂😂 I'm West Ham til I dieee, I'm West Ham til I dieee, I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm West Ham til I dieee
How can Geelong be the second team ever if Melbourne played South Yarra several years prior?
That's something I'm not qualified to answer I'm afraid Thoran 😂 thank you for watching
This video overemphasizes the anecdotal evidence of Australian Football being influenced by Marn Grook, while omitting the fact that the sports founder Tom Wills boarded at Rugby School in Warwickshire for 5 years. Wills played the school's game that would later become Rugby Union.
The reality is that "proto-rugby" was a bigger influence on Australian Football than romantic conections to Marn Grook
@@PjRjHj thank you PJ 💪🏻
The "marngrook" origin story is somewhat disputed. Whilst likely an influence, the original rules were also clearly influenced by Rugby and Gaelic styles of football.
"Football" in the 19th century wasn't a strictly codified affair. Often rules were discussed and agreed to immediately before the game. This proved impossible in early Australia, which forced codification of the game before many other "footballs". But the Rugby and Cambridge style games have been played in various forms for a long time before the mid 1800s.
Thank you for the knowledge and insight Aplund, glad you're enjoying
Football in that era was a big intangible entity that was changing from game to game, from Europe, North America and Australia. Victoria was the first to codify the game. Look up a bloke called Thomas Wills. He wanted to codify a form of of Football on a Global scale, but failed to get it done.
@@MrBigTorp thank you Torp!
5:26 unfortunately, we’ve struggled to get international penetration….up until a combination of UA-cam, pandemic, and people looking for something different to watch.
And now it seems to be reaching the furthest reaches on the planet
The Richmond Tigers won the wooden spoon this year by coming last, so they'll get first pick in the draft.
@@d.-_-.b damnnn what happened Tigers!
@@ExploringTheSmoke Some of the games I couldn't even stand watching the highlights. Because the Tigers won two grand finals recently they were drained of talent.
@@d.-_-.b it's a sorry sight when the mighty fall so hard so quickly
Geelong Cats are the best team, I've been following them since I was 11 in 1995. Now if I was to pick a team I don't like that's not Collingwood I would have to say Richmond Tigers & Carlton Blues.
Thank you for answering Tamara! Glad you enjoyed
'Geelong cats are the best team'.....since the cats beat us in the 1963 GF, they have a grand total of 4 flags, we have 12.
Gotta love the competition 💪🏻💪🏻
Interesting but way too focussed on Victoria and to a lesser extent, South Australia. He completely omits the fact the West Coast Eagles had already won two premierships, 1992 and 1994, by the time Adelaide won their first in 1997.
Thank you for the knowledge Kim, I'm glad you're here
Best team that's easy =Collingwood,best game last year's grand final ,worst hate Carlton ,go pies
Aha! Thank you brendon! Glad you enjoyed
I think there's a lot of mistakes in the video you react o....but it's basically right. One of the things it sort of skims over is that in the early days every league in Australia had their own rules - so what you played in SA wasn't necessarily quite the same as what you played in Vic. Even now there are slightly different rules in lower leagues, although generally they take the "Laws" of AFL, however most leagues reserve the right to adapt and overrule the bits they don't like - but it usually makes sense to follow the AFL.....
Thank you Tim, you see now why I paused at the beginning of the video and asked 😭😂 thank you for for the knowledge and glad you're here
Interesting to hear your thoughts. Just one note they were Australian Aboriginals not New Zealand. Yes most hate Collingwood.😂
I was so incredibly high when watching this, I definitely know I misspoke 😂😂 thank you for watching Martin, glad you're enjoying
Handball is when you punch a ball as in you are not allowed to throw the ball in AFL unlike rugby. I think your confusion comes from a handling the ball in soccer rule..
I meant the illegal hand ball rule
The Melbourne Football Club is the oldest sporting club in the world...the Kiandra Skiing club is the oldest skiing club in the world..even though it doesn't snow very often in Australia...Straya :) we do everything better xxx
@@therangerdiaries4575 that's a mad one!! Oldest skiing club.... 😂😂 Thank you for the knowledge, I've learned something new
@@therangerdiaries4575 those are some tough S.O.B's that's for sure, thank you for the recommendation
Wood sawdust say's it all
@@brushe8025 very true! Thank Brushe!
NO, YOU CAN'T THROW THE BALL. You are required to punch the ball with your fist, off your other hand; this is the only way to legal pass the, besides kicking it. If you are caught tgrowing the ball, your opposition will get a free kick from that point.
@@jayweb51 thank you Jay, you're a legend 💪🏻
Carlton member, been a carlton supporter 40 yrs, go's without saying hate collingwood,
When it comes to picking a team, I'll say watch a couple game's and that way youll more likely find a team you like, apart from collingwood dont pick collingwood anyone but them
😂😂 so Collingwood is the choice haha, thank you Matt, glad you're enjoying
not nz
I was VERY high when watching this 😂😂 my brain had a blip haha
New Zealand did play the game in the 1800s well before rugby union and the All Black's!
@@user-mg1p thank you R
as a Aussie it shits me when people say the AFL is older than all other ball sports that is utter BS
it maybe true Australian football was codified before most ball sports if not all of them but Rugby n Soccer are a lot older
unlike Rugby and Soccer were each team played under their own set of rules while in Australian football all teams played under the same rules
True thank you Sammy, other than that, hope you enjoyed and thank you for watching 💪🏻
@@ExploringTheSmoke yeah great video great reaction try reacting to AFL club songs, best goals and Cyril Rioli highlights that should get you goin for awhile
@@sammy_dog there's so much to dive into and I'm VERY excited for it
@@ExploringTheSmoke yup over 150yrs of catch up lol it is the greatest game on earth so enjoy
Not true regarding Soccer (Football Association or Association Football) being older. They laid down their codified rules in 1863, 5 years after Australian Rules football. The main rule changes from the football rules they played prior to Football Association rules was to remove running with & catching the ball, and body contact (charge, hold, trip or "hack")
Australian Rules football developed in Melbourne in the middle of the 1800s. Some parts of the game may have been inspired by Gaelic football (played in Ireland) Tom Wills remained silent on the origins of Australian rules and never referenced an Aboriginal influence, many historians have assumed that this in itself proves that no influence existed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football#:~:text=The%20sport's%20origins%20can%20be,Australian%20football%20in%20May%201859.
@@stephaniehawkins5211 thank you for the knowledge Stephanie, glad you're here
The swannies
@@LoriJeromin thank you Lori
Thanks for your interest in our unique game. No, marn grook was played by Australian Indigenous people (Aborigines), not New Zealand Indigenous people (Maoris). Whether Tom Wills took inspiration for his new game from marn grook is debatable. Although the description of marn grook does bear some similarities to Aussie rules and Wills lived in rural Victoria and played with local Aboriginal kids when he was a child, there is no evidence that marn grook was played in the district. No, unlike what you would call football (and we would call soccer), there is no "hand ball" penalty. What he was referring to is the skill known as a handball. There are only two legal ways to pass the ball: kicking and handballing. To perform a handball, you hold the ball in the palm of one hand and punch it with the opposite fist. You cannot throw the ball. The 10 original rules, written long hand, have been reproduced as a way of adorning one of the walls in the Members' Stand of the MCG. It is a bit misleading that he describes Fitzroy as "Queensland's first Aussie rules team" because, like many of the current AFL teams, it was actually formed in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. The Brisbane Bears started as a new team in 1987 as part of the expansion of the AFL to the northern states. The Fitzroy Lions relocated and merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1997 to form the Brisbane Lions. I think the video overplayed the role of Aussie rules in New Zealand. Rugby is king in New Zealand and Aussie rules, if they know anything about it at all, is a mere curiosity to the average Kiwi. He left out the fact that University left the VFL in 1914 due to poor performance related to the fact that it was an amateur club. I have barracked for Hawthorn since 1970. I have been very lucky to witness 12 Hawthorn premierships since then, including 10 in person.
Michael, thank you!! What an incredibly written comment, I appreciate the knowledge and history, thank you for watching
No , Brisbane were Fitzroy, Aussie Rules was first played on rugger pitches at schools , that played Rugby Union , and the term Australian Rules was at first a derogatory, demeaning comment when a Sydney Rugger Comiteeman , said well they play Rugby , but they use the Australian Rules, so what was a slight ,backhaned slur , is now a fact , as Aussie Rules, no worries About it , 1970 the biggest crowd 121696 , close game , hahaha , good one , love it , still a record halftime deficit 44 pts , to win a close one , 72 Carlton and Richmond kick an aggerate 50 goals in a GF , Carlton 28 Richmond 22 50 goals, so easy GO ,BLUES
Thank you for the knowledge Rati, 121 thousand is an insane amount of people
The marngrook relevance is mute , every ancient civilisation had a similar game , Marngrook is spurious , tenous , no mention , Will's and Harrison, where Harrison House was league HQ for over 100 yrs , it a hard fast athletic , vigorous, nasty , what a game . GO BLUES RARARA
@@Ducatirati I appreciate the knowledge
It's not older , than soccor or Rugby , only upper class played cricket also , but AFL was First to officially codify a game , so 99% of Australian clubs are oldest pro clubs , and a magnificent history, cheers . Ric
I go for North Melbourne and i hate port power
Thank you Malcolm 💪🏻
@ExploringTheSmoke there were a couple mistakes in this video one was when they said the Adelaide crows beat North Melbourne in the 1997 grand final but they beat st kilda saints and then beat North Melbourne in 1998 to become the first club to go back to back grand finals
@@malcolmbarnes923 I appreciate you filling me in an correcting, this is why I love reading the comments
@ExploringTheSmoke North Melbourne had a player called brent harvey you should google him also maybe do a reaction video of his highlights
Thank you Malcolm, added to the list 💪🏻
follow North Melbourne mate......ha
best colours easily
@@chrisbutton9974 hahah you're not biased at alllll I take it 😂 glad you're here Chris, thanks for watching mate
@@ExploringTheSmoke...haha.....yes I'm the most biased supporter of all time.
no probs mate keep up the great work and reactions.
@@chrisbutton9974 just waiting for WiFi to be installed and I'll hit the ground running again 💪🏻
Marngrook is an Aboriginal settlement
There's definitely a lot of talk amongst the comments of its origin, I think the sport is fascinating
bruh not him calling fitzroy the brisbane football club💀 the disrespect
i go for the brisbane lions and apart from collingwood (yes i hate them the most... for obvious reasons) i also hate carlton, port adelaide, melbourne when we're playing them, and i guess throw geelong in there for refusing to get bad ever. give us a fcking spell oh my god
😂😂😂 this comment was just what I needed today haha thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed......bloody Geelong 😂
I believe this to be the greatest football game on earth, and I played VAFA in the late 70s and early 80s, considered to be, at the time, the best comp to the professional VFL. The video that you highlighted has many historical inaccuracies. The game has no connection to any perceived mythical game that aboriginals played. Nor as the narrator states that the aboriginals "kindly gave permission" to us to play. It is an attempt to re write history. Another myth, that we are suppose to believe. Aussie Rules origins are from the Irish immigrants who bought primitave forms of sports which became in their home country Gaelic Football and Hurling.
Thank you Michael for watching and commenting, you can see why I paused at the beginning to make sure to ask 😂
I don't know about having to be a hard bastard to play it? I played from the age of 7 until I retired from the game at 35. I can guarantee you that I was as soft as butter and couldn't fight my way out of a wet paper bag.
Maybe just the wives tales from the boys at my old rugby club....although some of the fights I've seen in the sport, you certainly gotta have grit
@@ExploringTheSmoke not many fights in Aussie Rules these days. The days of neanderthals going the knuckle are a thing of the past, thankfully. The hardness needed in the game is really about having the courage to be under the ball and preparedness to make a contest, even when you know you're about to get crushed by a thundering pack of players.
@@philipsmith5088 that's a greater show of toughness than throwing a punch in my book
This is already not right. Wills didn't create Aussie Rules, he was just part of a group who drew up the first rules - not even all of his rules suggestions were adopted. Nevertheless he's credited with being the original impetus for codifying a local football game. Nor was the game inspired by marngrook. It was a local variation of the different types of ball games being played in public schools in England where Wills and others were educated (Wills himself was educated at Rugby School). Apart from Wills living in an area where marngrook was reportedly played, the only concrete similarity with marngrook is leaping up to catch the ball, but that didn't become a part of the game until decades after the 1850s. Let's just say the link to marngrook is * cough * 'highly contested' - part urban myth and large part of recent wishful thinking presented nowadays by some as fact.
Hey J, so how about the rest of the video, I don't wanna be making myself look silly by thinking something is right when it's not haha
@@ExploringTheSmokeI was going to say the same.
Mostly facts with a little urban legend involved.
Wills was the instigator for the creation of a new game, and he formed a group that drew up the first rules in Melbourne.
However, the rules were primitive, and took more influence from rugby and Gaelic than the current rules do.
Also, variations of the game were played in different locations. The two teams would agree on what rules they were playing to at the start of the game.
It’s worth noting that even now the SANFL (SA state league) has slightly different rules to the AFL.
While it’s thought that Wills played Marngrook with the indigenous kids, there’s no hard evidence of this, but it’s a nice thought, and it’s certainly possible.
The video also skipped over the fact that the VFA did not become the VFL in the 1800s, the two competitions co-existed for over a century, and back in the day tried to outdo each other as the premier Victorian competition.
Obviously the VFL eventually won out.
To confuse things further, the VFL became the AFL in 1990 and the VFA effectively was rebranded as the new VFL in the years that followed.
So a lot of younger people are unaware of the VFA and its legacy as the oldest football competition in Victoria.
@@shmick6079 thank you for clearing it up and in such a clear and concise manner! I appreciate your knowledge and you being here, cheers schmick
@Michael-ye7uv The problem isn’t that * maybe * it might have been an influence (albeit very, very unlikely). The problem is marngrook keeps getting promoted in fact as the origin of Aussie Rules.
Marngrok has Nothing to do with NZ as you mentioned.
Yeah I was VIOLENTLY high while making this and had a brain blip
You seem to be confused with the first peoples of New Zealand and Australia.
First it was with the haka and now with marngrook.
Cheers for enlightening me 💪🏻
Edit: Actually I already responded to you about the Haka, so the tone is unnecessary, as for today I was higher than giraffe Pussy when watching this so sorry if my mind blipped for a moment 😂
@@ExploringTheSmoke my apologies for sounding high minded.
Thanks very much for your reaction to footy.
Australian Aborigional game
@@malcolmcooke2024 thank you Malcolm
I'm a Geelong supporter and i hate Carlton the most
Thank you for answering Seethus, glad you enjoyed
Coventry played from 1921 to 1937 17 seasons 1299 goals lots of inaccuracies in this video beginning with marngrook . no evidence of its influence .
That's why I paused and asked how the accuracy was 😂 thank you Peter
I support the Hawthorn Hawks. We are down, and down badly, at the moment, but we are victims of the equalisation rules brought in in the 80s. Brought in to curb OUR dominance that decade. We are by far the most successful side in the league of the last 60-odd years. I personally have seen 12 Hawk premierships in my lifetime, so I don't complain too loudly when we're down.
I guess the low tide had to come with with great waves aha! Thank you Rod! Glad you're enjoying
@Michael-ye7uv We have not gone a calendar decade without at least one flag since the 1950s....
An alternative viewpoint is that you were the beneficiaries of another league policy brought in before that - the country zone. Hawthorn had one of the best country zones which contributed heavily to your success in the 80s
@@jackaspley3283 no argument here…
TRIVIA Type in RUSSELL EBERT THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER TO PLAY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ,HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY LEST WE FORGET. HE WAS MY FRIEND FRIEND. REGGIE. 😅
If I can find something good on him it might be something to look at
Hey hey it's ya Goofy m8te from Australia ( Mason cox - don't believe in never)..it's the great story of the American playing AFL...it's older then ya english soccer league
Glad you enjoyed and it is indeed
@@ExploringTheSmoke watch n react please to Mason cox - don't believe in never...it's fantastic you will lose ya mind..n a shout out to ya Goofy m8te lol 😆
@@ACE-gk5gi I'll add it to the list thank you ace
Our game take guts to play its full of skill speed fights and high scores ,The greatest game on the planet ,TRIVIA South Australian league team The Port Adelaide Magpies established 1870 have won more premierships then any other club In Australia ❤ ha ha beat that.
The pies certainly have an incredible history