This and One day in September....ahh the memories. Best code of Football, hands down, no need for cheerleaders or halftime entertainment, because you need the break to recover for the next half. When you get two sides playing one another and it is goal for goal and you don't know who is going to win, there is nothing else like it.
Rugby is the main code in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand. The rest of us mostly follow Aussie Rules. There was a guy at a Rugby match who heckled during the national anthem and he was booted out hard and fast. Edit, every ANZAC day there is a special game and during the minute silence you could hear a pin drop despite 100,000 people in attendance.
No. Rugby is NOT the main game in NSW, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. Rugby is Rugby Union, a game that originated in the private schools of the English upper class and then adopted by a small minority of toffs and private school kids in the wealthy parts of Sydney. Rugby League is the main game in these states and territories. It’s a different game that originated in working class England and was taken up as a professional game in NSW and Queensland in the early 20th century. Rugby Union is the main code in New Zealand.
Yep right there with ya, to stand during our national anthem is to show respect for all the fallen and present soldiers who gave and risked their lives to keep Australia safe!
@@tiaelina1090 absolutely 💯 mate I've had a couple of run ins with people who needed a lesson or two 😉 but a loud Aussie Oi everyone looks they generally stand up lol.
I was living in Oz, late 70s, early 80s, and though i never did understand the game, i always watched the high lights, at 6.30 every Saturday night. I think that is what you were watching. Absolutely brilliant.
I’m not a vet, but my grandfather was a veteran of Tobruk & PNG - so I cannot fathom the idea of refusing to show pride & respect for my country, which bred men as great as he. For my beautiful country of abundance and opportunity. These kneeling traitors make me sick.
@@riiidiculoso8697 My FIL served in both those places as well. I served in PNG in the early 70's prior to independence. Nothing but respect and gratitude for the blokes that did the job during WW2.
This was my brother Ken's favourite song when we lived in Melbourne, Victoria when we were kids. It was VFL then but now its AFL (Australian Rules Football) as other states have joined. Every time I hear this song, I smile and feel nostalgic as I am reminded of my brother as he died 10 years ago.
VFL morphed into the AFL when the league became a national league . Before that we only had individual state leagues and no national competition. EDIT Aussie Rules was codified in 1859 . It was the first football code in the world to do so . Parts of the game were influenced by Marngrook , an indigenous game , that is possibly 1000s of years old . We still have all our Aussie Rules state leagues.I wouldn't worry about being controversial. We are a thick skinned mob who show our patriotism in our own way . So we're not going to shit on you for your patriotism or how you choose to show it .
I have a young friend who, like yourself, is a born and bred Texan. He started coming to Australia about a decade ago, to play professional baseball for a local Adelaide team. This was always in the American off season. He wasn't major league in America, but as I understand it, was minor league professional. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, on his second trip Down Under he met a young Australian lass. They began a relationship. And on his third such trip, he stayed. He is now a permanent resident, and is working his way to becoming an Australian citizen. He will then hold dual citizenship. The most remarkable thing is when I first met him, his Texan accent was just like yours. But over the intervening years, his accent has softened. He will never sound like an Aussie. But he doesn't sound Texan either. And he loves Australian Rules football, and is growing to like the game of cricket, although he has not lost his love for baseball. Oh, and the Aussie lass he fell for is now his life partner.
O wow! Ha, I've seen many do Aussie music reactions, but this is the first anyone has done this song. This represents the very core of Australian Rules football, and something not many outside of us real hardcore disciples of the code have ever heard. I'm impressed, you're really looking into some eclectic tracks 👌 KUH-ZAY-LEE
Fantastic reaction man and I'm so glad that you stood by your guns and fought for your rights. Today, many Americans who travel to Australia head for the MCG. This game is so loved by the Americans now. Son of Buck is an amazing name by the way. Cheers my friend!
Many of these marks or 'speccies' are legendary, and many Victorians and Melburnians know them like the back of their hand. They're cemented in Victorian sporting folklore. The one at 3.27 is probably the most famous, taken by Alex Jesaulenko in the 1970 VFL Grand Final in front of 121,696 spectators (record attendance for VFL/AFL) with the famous commentary of 'Jesaulenko, you beauty'. I would often get this in the playground during kick to kick because of my first name, Jeremy. I saw Alex one day on my lunch break at the local servo. People were in awe of seeing the great man, and you do come across famous footballers in Melbourne from time to time. There are several other very famous marks here too, like Trevor Barker and Royce Hart. Just thought I'd express how much footy means to some of us, and the romanticism associated with this classic song. My relo was the youngest player ever for Richmond Football Club, and he raised some pretty amazing daughters, one of which that had a Hollywood contract, and she was the lead actress in a picture with Ronald Reagan! There's a bizarre connection for you.
Obviously a man in need of a new football code. What you've seen here is Aussie Rules, originally conceived to keep cricket players fit in the off season. This footage comes from the Victorian Football League, which later went national to become the AFL. There's quite a few videos on here to help explain what's going on, if you want to prepare yourself for the next time they venture across the Pacific. Rugby League, derived from Rugby Union or English rugby, is also worth a look. Again, plenty of explanatory stuff on here. The NRL is putting on a show in Vegas in March next year, if you like what you see.
AFL is in the US, it's been going for more than 25 years at an amateur level. I think there 3 clubs in Texas and a further 40 teams throughout mainland US. Theres actually a Texan playing for Collingwood in the AFL here, check out his story, Mason Cox Don't Believe in Never, cheers
Such a great sporting anthem, is still performed by Mike Brady before every grand final..one year they tried not to have it..but that caused an uproar 😂
Like you I grew up in the 60's and 70's and I want you to know I feel very much as you do about life, values and sport, we need to respect what our vetrans have done for us in the past which is shamefull, My name is Steve and I am from New South Wales, Australia. Keep up the good work mate.
Sport and politics simply don't mix. Gotta love someone who stands up for what they believe in. There are far too many woke bullies out there these days. Like your hat too; I've got a couple of Akubra hats just like it, but my favourite is one of my son's police issued Akubras. Stay strong. Steve from Adelaide.
This was originally written by Mike Brady as an advertisement. It was so popular he had to release it as a single. Be careful about calling AFL rugby, thems fighting words. Lol. You need to watch all about AFL, still no body armour worn.
Good on you Mike for standing up for what you believe in. It’s still pretty much the same as far as helmets and padding go, I think they wear mouth guard’s and a bit of strapping but basically that’s about it. 🇦🇺😘
That reminded me of my father, and a big part of my childhood! Every Saturday there was football or cricket and the cool kids had to turn up, even the girls! AFL is a great sport for all ages and very family friendly! Gridiron is a joke now, it shouldn't be political or all about the advertising, that's not sport! 🙋
Oh dear, what have you done? You've opened the AFL floodgates, that's what. And the tear ducts in my case. I wondered how this song would hold up after 50 years, but it's as visceral as ever. There's nothing to compare to the big blokes flying through the air doing a speckie! (Edit: a speckie is a "spectacular mark', often getting an extra lift off another player's shoulders. A mark is the catch of a kicked ball which earns the catching player a free kick. Very valuable when these blokes can accurately kick 50 metres, or 55 yards; many can kick from outside the 50 metre line and score a goal.)
You sound like a good gentleman with a lovely family. No acting to get subscribers. Just honestly being yourself and I think the others will agree, just keep doing what u r doing. As as for mispronunciation , that’s normal. I say on purpose ArkanSAS. on purpose as my father had a wonderful friend from there, and when he’d visit we say, It’s Mr Banes from ARKANSAS and he’d just laugh and smile. I’ve had an American friend for 22 years on the internet and we are still translating lol. I’m friends with her family and friends and she is with mine. And we are still learning about each other’s countries 😊 We use different words for different things and usually end up giggling away lol
No one is tougher than an Aussie Rules footballer. (totally different to Rugby) Still no padding or helmets. Some of the fittest and strongest men on the planet. But the injury toll is high. Mostly knees, shoulders and concussions. My son was a promising A league footballer till he blew his knee out.😢
Gday from Australia. The people who take a knee to the Star Spangled Banner needs an education on your national anthem's origin The event in history the lyrics are describing and the meanings in them leading to its creation later adoption as the national anthem. a suggestion for a future video possibly.
You said one controversial thing to my ears and that was to say this was Rugby to your eyes. You should never be allowed into Victoria after hearing that. Only half joking :) It is Australian Rules Football or Aussie Rules Footy for short. You were right about the effects of this Australian Football on the body of players. Knee replacements are common and most of your joints take a battering if you play this sport every winter from ages of teens to your 30's. My older brother would always have his shoulders dislocated and trainers would come out during the match to pop them back into place. That was enough education as a 13 year old to tell me if I play this sport all through my youth and into my 30's I will be walking around like a 70 year old when it in my early 40's. So I played enough seasons in my youth to enjoy it without doing it every season to save my knee and shoulder joints for rest of my life, I watched and gone to a lot more games that I ever played. Played cricket in summer a lot more than football in winter so knees took some damage for bowling in cricket but nowhere near as much if I had played football every winter.
@@SonofBuck-f7z Whilst your lot was working out your own code of football, which I know as Gridiron, over here in Victoria in the late 1850's they were working out their own form of football which would be known as Melbourne Rules football first, then Victorian football and eventually Australian football as we call in now. But over the border in New South Wales they stuck to Rugby which more a British imported game for private schools originally from what I understand. To this day most people in New South Wales and Queensland grow up following Rugby and every state in Australia plays our own game. I see Rugby and Gridiron a bit similar. Mainly they throw the ball in Gridiron and Rugby but in Aussie rules footy it mainly kicking and throwing is illegal. Obviously for most of the world in Europe, South America and Africa they play soccer and in their own way they think of soccer as their football. So Americans and Aussies are the odd ones out in the world in playing our own developed codes of football. Actually I should also mention in Ireland they play another form of football called Gaelic football. The Kiwis stick to only Rugby just like the states of New South Wales and Queensland.
You have every right to your opinion, as do we all. As Walter Scott said in Ivanhoe: I'm a man of principle, but there are very few principles for which i am prepared to die (or something to that effect). Wise words. All people of principle have reasons for their stance, you, me and perhaps Colin Kopernic. Keep up the great work.
i sent you a few coffees recently, i said 'just because' as i like your channel a lot. but if want to react to AFL (Australian Football League) thatd be fantastic! The Rules of AFL explained is a good starter vid xx
I haven't met an American yet who, once he/she has a basic understanding of the rules, liked this great sport. It makes Gridiron look slow, halting and over regulated.
Relax! Australian can be pretty idiosyncratic in its pronunciations- only exceeded in weirdness by the UK. We have a city in Tasmania spelled Launceston, pronounced Lonseston or, more usually, Lonnie. When visiting the UK I came across the town for which our Lonnie was named - but it was pronounced Lonston.
Rugby is played in New South Wales and Queensland while the rest of the states of Australia play Australian Rules Football...or Footy (Apart from a rugby team based in Melbourne). Australian Rules Football is completely different to rugby. Oh....the only protection in Australian Rules Footy is mouth guards. Should pull up the video to look up Mason Cox who is a Texan. He currently plays for the Collingwood Magpies.
No. Rugby is a different game from rugby league, which is the principal code in New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT. I know you’re from an AFL state, but try to keep up. We have to put up with your parochial game in our states. At least try to understand the difference between rugby union and rugby league before you venture a view on the games.
@@kevkoalaas opposed to woke mob playing cross country volleyball, with biased umpires keeping Collingwood in finals as seen by tonight’s p$ss poor effort!
@@thrusta100 I do agree Gay F L has gone to shit since money took over. I prefer going to the country footy where money hasn't affected it. I miss the old days where you can go to the footy to escape life rather than have it rammed down your throat more.
AFL is soft compared to NRL. National Rugby League. There are 1 or 2 youtube vids that explain either game well, and many that explain them badly. Worth a reaction. Of course, if you have access to channels showing international sports, I can recommend either game. For most of us though, it's like Chev vs. Ford. One or the other.
Hi Mike, Aussie Rules Football is a sport unlike you have ever seen. If you ever want to truly understand the 'aussie psyche', then you need to understand this unique one off sport; most overseas people reacting to our game, think it combines aspect from many different sports into one. In fact, Australian Rules Football is the oldest codified sport in the world; it comes from our early history, stablished in May 1859 as a way to keep cricket players fit in the off season(summer). The first established competition was in 1879 by the South Australian Football Association(changed name to South Australian National Football League), and is the longest continuously run competiton in the world; the Victorian Football Association commenced later that year, and the Victorian Football League started with clubs breaking away from the VFL.
The most controversial point was suggesting rugby and afl are the same 😮 rugby is an English sport i have no idea why Americans keep thinking it's in any way related to Australia ... less than 10% of Australians even know what rugby is
To learn about the greatest sport on earth (waits for NRL idiots to pipe up 😛), react to the video "What is AFL? Aussie Rules Explained". It's a video tailored for explaining the sport to Americans. It's better than NFL because there are far less stoppages. The game flows!
Australian football league-AFL also called Aussie rules football has a salary cap so players are not payed the big $$$$$$$ like American NFL. AFL no pads no helmets just a mouth guard.
With you on bending the knee......can be NO knee bending in a free society. Aussie Rules is nothing like Rugby. Both American & Canadian football started as Rugby, with opposing sides facing each other in 2 seperate lines across a rectangular field which is 100 yards long by about 50 yards wide. Aussie Rules has 18 field positions spread around the entire ground, every player kicks the ball, handles the ball, handpasses ( a punch ) the ball and must be able to run, hit and take a hit . The Aussie Rules ground is oval shaped ( originally cricket grounds ) and have NO set dimensions, but usually between 150 and 200 yards long . 80 to 150 yards wide. The MCG holds approximately 100,000 fans ( all seated ), but used to hold over 140,000 when standing sections were jam packed with devoted fans. The record crowd for a VFL game was almost 140,000 before i was born......from memory it was probably in the 1940's when Melbournes entire population was less than 1 million. These days they say only about 121,000 because the AFL want people to believe their hype and lies. The VFL drew bigger crowds when the 12 teams played each other every Saturday with all senior games starting about 2:15 pm. Now the game is fully professional and managed by corporate gangsters and lawyers , so all the historical facts have been re written......the same people who want all of us to " bend the knee " on demand.
Lets just say I haven't watched or gone to see a game of AFL since 2012 I supported the Hawks all my life but the AFL has ruined the game. When the umpires/maggots are more important to the game then players the games gone. Netball has more action now then the AFL. What ever they do don't bump or tackle or worst say something nasty to the poor umpires they might cry. AFL R.I.P
The pronunciation is : CAH - ZAILLY . Not really apparent from the spelling . A Theme Song for the Victoria Football League . The Game is Australian Rules Football . Nothing much at all in common with Rugby . Based on Gaelic Football . 4 Goal Posts each end . Teams are interspersed with each other , and you Score off the Boot ONLY .
@@rickneilsen906 I grew up in the days when Brocky was smacking the field at Bathurst when he was driving Toranas then the Commodores. Best was 1979 when the distance between first and second place (Larry Perkins/ Peter Janson) was 6 laps and he broke the lap record on the last lap! Now I couldn't be stuffed watching shitbox V shitbox as it's not the same without Australian built Holdens and Ford Falcons. I'm kicking myself big time that I sold my LJ Torana but you get that when you're young and stupid! Cancel Reply
@@kevkoala I'm not exactly short in the tooth, it pisses me off, knowing I stupidly listened to my now Ex, sold my VP Clubby Ser II No. 368 5spd for a more sensible family car ML 350 4x4 🤬
Our Rugby League is starting to be promoted in the US from last year. It's totally different to yours. It will take 5 yrs to be established and next yr in March there will be the start of our session of the game in Las Vegas at Alegiance Stadium.
There was a time when sport did not reflect politics of any kind. We pay to watch and they are paid to entertain so they should leave politics at home. If they want to call it freedom of speech they should find somewhere else to do it.
What happened with that 1st amendment I thought you guys defended the constitution.🤔 I might be on the wrong side of that just wondering Oh by the way you should never refer to VFL, AFL or footy as rugby, as it dose offend some.😊
Oh, I 'll protect the right of anyone to exercise whatever constitutional right that they are granted. However, I can exercise my personal right not to monetarily support them if they choose to offend me while they do it. As a police officer I have had to protect people who had gathered to burn the American flag. As a Marine, I protected that flag and was willing to give my life for it. However, I also fought to protect those rights to burn it as well. I don't want this channel to turn into a political channel. Sorry about the rugby, we in Texas don't know these issues..lol
@@SonofBuck-f7z It’s a better music channel than political and as a failed ex Aussie grunt (infantry) you have to respect another person’s position and service and I do. 🇦🇺🇺🇸 (I would have used the salute emoji but the one they have just isn’t how I was taught to salute. You strike more as an NCO and they hate to be saluted, they work for a living) oh and good on you for replying.
Mike, I see you've copped some flak over your comments around the knee thing with NFL and some people have bailed on your channel. That's sadly a symptom of how society is more divided these days. I personally don't agree with you on that point, I think those guys were taking a knee as a protest to some pretty serious social and justice issues your country has yet to deal with. But just because I don't agree with you on that topic, doesn't mean I discount your right to your opinion, nor does it mean I write you off as a human being and bail on your channel. Humans are complex bundles of contradictions and to be so black or white with who we hang around with does absolutely nothing for closing any divide. It's easy to hate groups of people from a distance, but once you hang out with individuals from those groups it's far easier to find common ground on many other topics. I wish more people could get that.
Thank you for the comment. Yeah, I hate that some left the channel because of my opinion. I shouldn't have made this about social issues and stuck with the music. A mistake on my part. From now on, I'll stick to what brings us to the dance.
G'day mate... It's time to check out the AFL. In own time. Australian football league. My recommendation are four short videos.. 1 - " What is AFL? /Aussie Rules Explained 2 - A beginner's guide to Australian football | AFL Explained 3 - Mason Cox " Don't believe in never " an American playing AFL, Mason journey from the U.S.to the AFL. 4 - Top 50 AFL Marks Of All Time. Enjoy cheers thanks. Go the Bombers !! 🤠🏉🍻🪃
Same here mate gone woke and racism garbage keep changing rules its finished for me I grew up on it we start playing as soon as can catch and kick ball Now might as well be touch footy Oversea people think its still tough but soft as butter now You cant even yell stuff in the crowd now they'll ban you for life So not interested and funny thing is alot of younger ones like my nephew Who was bought up on it and was financial supporter of his team But has walked away without any prompting because the politics involved in it and constant rule changes Hed had enough and now follows soccer instead Sadly all our sports going this way now rugby as well So for me its done and dusted They'll still get their 100,000 on grand final day as in the clips But many games crowds down they promote the bigger game attendances To make it look like had no effect but the ammount of people i know who no longer follow or support One used to have minimum 4 yearly club tickets and no longer follows either So i understand exactly where your coming from Cheers mate still a great song and clips of a era gone bye Sadly There will be plenty disagree with me but how i see it They still play without padding only mouth guard and some who prone to concussion where a soft head gear Nothing like your guys but taking almost all contact out 🤬 🦘🇦🇺👍
Man i'm Australian and i haven't heard this for 30 years, damn got emotional .., love this tune
This and One day in September....ahh the memories. Best code of Football, hands down, no need for cheerleaders or halftime entertainment, because you need the break to recover for the next half. When you get two sides playing one another and it is goal for goal and you don't know who is going to win, there is nothing else like it.
Huge occasion, a great sport! My favourite part of the event is the inclusion of the children, it's a very moving!
Rugby is the main code in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand.
The rest of us mostly follow Aussie Rules.
There was a guy at a Rugby match who heckled during the national anthem and he was booted out hard and fast.
Edit, every ANZAC day there is a special game and during the minute silence you could hear a pin drop despite 100,000 people in attendance.
No. Rugby is NOT the main game in NSW, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. Rugby is Rugby Union, a game that originated in the private schools of the English upper class and then adopted by a small minority of toffs and private school kids in the wealthy parts of Sydney. Rugby League is the main game in these states and territories. It’s a different game that originated in working class England and was taken up as a professional game in NSW and Queensland in the early 20th century.
Rugby Union is the main code in New Zealand.
@@goannaj3243 you don't quite get it do you!
@@goannaj3243 give up!
We still don't wear padding 45 years later, and as you can see, our AFL is absolute magic to watch. 🥳🤪😛👍
Im with you Mike as a patriotic Aussie i get pretty peeved if people don't stand for our Anthem and im more than happy to tell them as well😮😊
Same it’s such disrespect I love our Anthem 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Remember that chap in the rugby heckling, he was tossed out so hard and fast it made us smile
Yep right there with ya, to stand during our national anthem is to show respect for all the fallen and present soldiers who gave and risked their lives to keep Australia safe!
@@tiaelina1090 absolutely 💯 mate I've had a couple of run ins with people who needed a lesson or two 😉 but a loud Aussie Oi everyone looks they generally stand up lol.
I was living in Oz, late 70s, early 80s, and though i never did understand the game, i always watched the high lights, at 6.30 every Saturday night. I think that is what you were watching. Absolutely brilliant.
What an absolute classic! Still gets played live at the AFL Grand Final pre-show every year.
I am with you with your stand on the National Anthem ... RESPECT
We still play without pads etc. We do use mouth guards. It's the most all-round athletic game you'll ever see...
It's great that you mentioned our New Zealanders too because we share the glory of everything with them, as they do us.
Great Pick mate.
You're a vet, I'm a vet, take a knee for no bastard.
Absolutely Keith, Thanks brother
I’m not a vet, but my grandfather was a veteran of Tobruk & PNG - so I cannot fathom the idea of refusing to show pride & respect for my country, which bred men as great as he.
For my beautiful country of abundance and opportunity.
These kneeling traitors make me sick.
@@riiidiculoso8697 My FIL served in both those places as well.
I served in PNG in the early 70's prior to independence.
Nothing but respect and gratitude for the blokes that did the job during WW2.
@@NedKLee yeah, they really were a special breed, that generation. I miss them.
This was my brother Ken's favourite song when we lived in Melbourne, Victoria when we were kids. It was VFL then but now its AFL (Australian Rules Football) as other states have joined. Every time I hear this song, I smile and feel nostalgic as I am reminded of my brother as he died 10 years ago.
Those players were standing for something too.
VFL morphed into the AFL when the league became a national league . Before that we only had individual state leagues and no national competition. EDIT Aussie Rules was codified in 1859 . It was the first football code in the world to do so . Parts of the game were influenced by Marngrook , an indigenous game , that is possibly 1000s of years old . We still have all our Aussie Rules state leagues.I wouldn't worry about being controversial. We are a thick skinned mob who show our patriotism in our own way . So we're not going to shit on you for your patriotism or how you choose to show it .
For our summer sport, the song Howzat was used a very long time ago. Still reminds me of summer and Cricket when ever I hear the song.
C'mon Aussie C'mon C'mon
Mike they still don’t wear pads or helmets..I’m from Melbourne so this sport is in my dna
Damn I havent seen this video in decades, completely forgot about it. Some of this hits and falls hit damn hard.
Love your comment, you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything, I whitch you, piss on em haha this guys a bloody legend ✌️
This is AFL Australian football league- they kick the ball
I have a young friend who, like yourself, is a born and bred Texan. He started coming to Australia about a decade ago, to play professional baseball for a local Adelaide team. This was always in the American off season. He wasn't major league in America, but as I understand it, was minor league professional. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, on his second trip Down Under he met a young Australian lass. They began a relationship. And on his third such trip, he stayed. He is now a permanent resident, and is working his way to becoming an Australian citizen. He will then hold dual citizenship. The most remarkable thing is when I first met him, his Texan accent was just like yours. But over the intervening years, his accent has softened. He will never sound like an Aussie. But he doesn't sound Texan either. And he loves Australian Rules football, and is growing to like the game of cricket, although he has not lost his love for baseball. Oh, and the Aussie lass he fell for is now his life partner.
Awesome story David
Cazaly (a footballer), and this song, turned the Victorian Football League into the Australian Football League. Still a powerful song to this day.
Thanks Mate, there is nothing wrong with a 'Ye Old Texas Wardog' becoming familiar with AFL Footy or Rugby. Go the Tiges !
O wow! Ha, I've seen many do Aussie music reactions, but this is the first anyone has done this song. This represents the very core of Australian Rules football, and something not many outside of us real hardcore disciples of the code have ever heard. I'm impressed, you're really looking into some eclectic tracks 👌
KUH-ZAY-LEE
Thanks Adam
Fantastic reaction man and I'm so glad that you stood by your guns and fought for your rights. Today, many Americans who travel to Australia head for the MCG. This game is so loved by the Americans now. Son of Buck is an amazing name by the way.
Cheers my friend!
VFL is an obsession, mostly for the folks in the state of Victoria. For the biggest part of Australia, we simply call it aerial ping-pong.
Well said mate, I love your sensible polite old fashioned values, 👍
In oz the National anthem is sung before all the important games like ,finals ,Anzac day- which is same as USA Mormorial day.
Taking the knee would be seen as an act of great respect here - how a knight greeted their Prince.
WOW! Did this bring back memories 😀
Absolutely Buck we love you
Love ya'll too
still gives me goosebumps
Many of these marks or 'speccies' are legendary, and many Victorians and Melburnians know them like the back of their hand. They're cemented in Victorian sporting folklore. The one at 3.27 is probably the most famous, taken by Alex Jesaulenko in the 1970 VFL Grand Final in front of 121,696 spectators (record attendance for VFL/AFL) with the famous commentary of 'Jesaulenko, you beauty'. I would often get this in the playground during kick to kick because of my first name, Jeremy. I saw Alex one day on my lunch break at the local servo. People were in awe of seeing the great man, and you do come across famous footballers in Melbourne from time to time.
There are several other very famous marks here too, like Trevor Barker and Royce Hart.
Just thought I'd express how much footy means to some of us, and the romanticism associated with this classic song. My relo was the youngest player ever for Richmond Football Club, and he raised some pretty amazing daughters, one of which that had a Hollywood contract, and she was the lead actress in a picture with Ronald Reagan! There's a bizarre connection for you.
Obviously a man in need of a new football code. What you've seen here is Aussie Rules, originally conceived to keep cricket players fit in the off season. This footage comes from the Victorian Football League, which later went national to become the AFL. There's quite a few videos on here to help explain what's going on, if you want to prepare yourself for the next time they venture across the Pacific.
Rugby League, derived from Rugby Union or English rugby, is also worth a look. Again, plenty of explanatory stuff on here. The NRL is putting on a show in Vegas in March next year, if you like what you see.
AFL is in the US, it's been going for more than 25 years at an amateur level. I think there 3 clubs in Texas and a further 40 teams throughout mainland US. Theres actually a Texan playing for Collingwood in the AFL here, check out his story, Mason Cox Don't Believe in Never, cheers
Such a great sporting anthem, is still performed by Mike Brady before every grand final..one year they tried not to have it..but that caused an uproar 😂
Aussie Rules Football clubs are owned by it's paying members not rich individuals like the NFL or European soccer clubs.
Still no pads, although mouth guards are now mandatory. They have cleaned up the game a bit with players getting suspended for dangerous tackles.
Absolutely mike 👏
Good on you! I understand your stance re NFL
Like you I grew up in the 60's and 70's and I want you to know I feel very much as you do about life, values and sport, we need to respect what our vetrans have done for us in the past which is shamefull, My name is Steve and I am from New South Wales, Australia. Keep up the good work mate.
Once again, you make a lot of sense, mate.
im 55 , norwood and port adelade in the eighties at footy park on a saturday arvo 25,000 fans for a local game.
As I said previously, you sure are pumpin' these out at speed 😳👌. I'm 65 today the 17th 😳🎂🥂. Respect to you, the 'law dog' 😅🥰🇦🇺
Happy Birthday 🥳 🎂🍻🎁
@@bethmetcalf3447 🤗 ta much.
Happy birthday! I hope you have many more. Thank you for the kind words.
@@SonofBuck-f7z my pleasure😃 and thank you 🥂
Happy birthday
This is Aussie football mate. Rugby is played here but it's an English game.
Sorry brother. I'm still learning. lol
All good @@SonofBuck-f7z
Sport and politics simply don't mix. Gotta love someone who stands up for what they believe in. There are far too many woke bullies out there these days. Like your hat too; I've got a couple of Akubra hats just like it, but my favourite is one of my son's police issued Akubras. Stay strong. Steve from Adelaide.
Thank you brother
This was originally written by Mike Brady as an advertisement. It was so popular he had to release it as a single.
Be careful about calling AFL rugby, thems fighting words. Lol.
You need to watch all about AFL, still no body armour worn.
Good on you Mike for standing up for what you believe in. It’s still pretty much the same as far as helmets and padding go, I think they wear mouth guard’s and a bit of strapping but basically that’s about it. 🇦🇺😘
Buck you should maybe watch an Australian Rules football one day. Its a rought tough game and we love it
That reminded me of my father, and a big part of my childhood! Every Saturday there was football or cricket and the cool kids had to turn up, even the girls! AFL is a great sport for all ages and very family friendly! Gridiron is a joke now, it shouldn't be political or all about the advertising, that's not sport! 🙋
Oh dear, what have you done? You've opened the AFL floodgates, that's what. And the tear ducts in my case. I wondered how this song would hold up after 50 years, but it's as visceral as ever. There's nothing to compare to the big blokes flying through the air doing a speckie! (Edit: a speckie is a "spectacular mark', often getting an extra lift off another player's shoulders. A mark is the catch of a kicked ball which earns the catching player a free kick. Very valuable when these blokes can accurately kick 50 metres, or 55 yards; many can kick from outside the 50 metre line and score a goal.)
Still no pads or helmets, but slightly different rules with tackling I believe
You sound like a good gentleman with a lovely family. No acting to get subscribers. Just honestly being yourself and I think the others will agree, just keep doing what u r doing. As as for mispronunciation , that’s normal. I say on purpose ArkanSAS. on purpose as my father had a wonderful friend from there, and when he’d visit we say, It’s Mr Banes from ARKANSAS and he’d just laugh and smile. I’ve had an American friend for 22 years on the internet and we are still translating lol. I’m friends with her family and friends and she is with mine. And we are still learning about each other’s countries 😊
We use different words for different things and usually end up giggling away lol
do you wear thongs on your feet or in your pants?
Stick up for your beliefs Mike . Good on you mate.
No one is tougher than an Aussie Rules footballer. (totally different to Rugby) Still no padding or helmets. Some of the fittest and strongest men on the planet. But the injury toll is high. Mostly knees, shoulders and concussions. My son was a promising A league footballer till he blew his knee out.😢
Gday from Australia. The people who take a knee to the Star Spangled Banner needs an education on your national anthem's origin The event in history the lyrics are describing and the meanings in them leading to its creation later adoption as the national anthem. a suggestion for a future video possibly.
You said one controversial thing to my ears and that was to say this was Rugby to your eyes. You should never be allowed into Victoria after hearing that. Only half joking :) It is Australian Rules Football or Aussie Rules Footy for short.
You were right about the effects of this Australian Football on the body of players. Knee replacements are common and most of your joints take a battering if you play this sport every winter from ages of teens to your 30's. My older brother would always have his shoulders dislocated and trainers would come out during the match to pop them back into place. That was enough education as a 13 year old to tell me if I play this sport all through my youth and into my 30's I will be walking around like a 70 year old when it in my early 40's. So I played enough seasons in my youth to enjoy it without doing it every season to save my knee and shoulder joints for rest of my life, I watched and gone to a lot more games that I ever played. Played cricket in summer a lot more than football in winter so knees took some damage for bowling in cricket but nowhere near as much if I had played football every winter.
ha ha... I didn't know ya'll had your own game. I didn't even give it a thought. Holy cow, now I know.. ha ha
@@SonofBuck-f7z Whilst your lot was working out your own code of football, which I know as Gridiron, over here in Victoria in the late 1850's they were working out their own form of football which would be known as Melbourne Rules football first, then Victorian football and eventually Australian football as we call in now. But over the border in New South Wales they stuck to Rugby which more a British imported game for private schools originally from what I understand. To this day most people in New South Wales and Queensland grow up following Rugby and every state in Australia plays our own game. I see Rugby and Gridiron a bit similar. Mainly they throw the ball in Gridiron and Rugby but in Aussie rules footy it mainly kicking and throwing is illegal. Obviously for most of the world in Europe, South America and Africa they play soccer and in their own way they think of soccer as their football. So Americans and Aussies are the odd ones out in the world in playing our own developed codes of football. Actually I should also mention in Ireland they play another form of football called Gaelic football. The Kiwis stick to only Rugby just like the states of New South Wales and Queensland.
You have every right to your opinion, as do we all. As Walter Scott said in Ivanhoe: I'm a man of principle, but there are very few principles for which i am prepared to die (or something to that effect). Wise words. All people of principle have reasons for their stance, you, me and perhaps Colin Kopernic. Keep up the great work.
i sent you a few coffees recently, i said 'just because' as i like your channel a lot. but if want to react to AFL (Australian Football League) thatd be fantastic! The Rules of AFL explained is a good starter vid xx
Yes, Nico, and thank you. If your request hasn't shown up yet, then they are in the schedule to post.
I haven't met an American yet who, once he/she has a basic understanding of the rules, liked this great sport. It makes Gridiron look slow, halting and over regulated.
Relax! Australian can be pretty idiosyncratic in its pronunciations- only exceeded in weirdness by the UK. We have a city in Tasmania spelled Launceston, pronounced Lonseston or, more usually, Lonnie. When visiting the UK I came across the town for which our Lonnie was named - but it was pronounced Lonston.
I get goosebumps listening to this!!! I think you call it chicken skin
Rugby is played in New South Wales and Queensland while the rest of the states of Australia play Australian Rules Football...or Footy (Apart from a rugby team based in Melbourne). Australian Rules Football is completely different to rugby. Oh....the only protection in Australian Rules Footy is mouth guards. Should pull up the video to look up Mason Cox who is a Texan. He currently plays for the Collingwood Magpies.
No. Rugby is a different game from rugby league, which is the principal code in New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT. I know you’re from an AFL state, but try to keep up. We have to put up with your parochial game in our states. At least try to understand the difference between rugby union and rugby league before you venture a view on the games.
@@davidengel6688 Well EXCUUUSE me! Still cross country wrestling either way!
@@kevkoalaas opposed to woke mob playing cross country volleyball, with biased umpires keeping Collingwood in finals as seen by tonight’s p$ss poor effort!
@@thrusta100 I prefer the country footy myself....proper grass roots and not affected by money and other woke crap.
@@thrusta100 I do agree Gay F L has gone to shit since money took over. I prefer going to the country footy where money hasn't affected it. I miss the old days where you can go to the footy to escape life rather than have it rammed down your throat more.
AFL is soft compared to NRL. National Rugby League. There are 1 or 2 youtube vids that explain either game well, and many that explain them badly. Worth a reaction.
Of course, if you have access to channels showing international sports, I can recommend either game. For most of us though, it's like Chev vs. Ford. One or the other.
I'm an AFL lifer
The way we say our words often has an Aboriginal link, in a sense, in the sound - we grow up with this, so it is easy for us. It's Ka - zay - lee.
Hi Mike, Aussie Rules Football is a sport unlike you have ever seen. If you ever want to truly understand the 'aussie psyche', then you need to understand this unique one off sport; most overseas people reacting to our game, think it combines aspect from many different sports into one. In fact, Australian Rules Football is the oldest codified sport in the world; it comes from our early history, stablished in May 1859 as a way to keep cricket players fit in the off season(summer). The first established competition was in 1879 by the South Australian Football Association(changed name to South Australian National Football League), and is the longest continuously run competiton in the world; the Victorian Football Association commenced later that year, and the Victorian Football League started with clubs breaking away from the VFL.
Bloody oath Buck 👍
Waiting for him to get to Delta Goodram. How about the Holy Grail next?
Hi Mike, if you want to learn about the greatest game there is, you need to react to AFL - Aussie Rules Explained. Go the Swans 🦢🦢🦢❤🤍❤️🤍
Have a look at the Mason Cox video. The US citizen who plays in the AFL. Tho now he's an Aussie.
Watch (Beginners Guide to Australian Football League) AFL and AFLW . Each side have 18 players and 4 on the bench. Played on an oval field
The most controversial point was suggesting rugby and afl are the same 😮 rugby is an English sport i have no idea why Americans keep thinking it's in any way related to Australia ... less than 10% of Australians even know what rugby is
Ha Ha, yeah, I had no idea, so I just guessed. No offense meant.. lol
Are you sure you want to get this deep into Australian culture?
Now we're getting into VFL music?
Mike, l would recommend you react to What Is AFL: Aussie Rules Explained from the Official AFL Channel. You will not believe, what you see.
National pride is gone Jimi Hendrix played the US national anthem at woodstock🇦🇺
American football and rugby are very similar to eachother...Aussie rules football is very different from rugby, the only commonality is tackling.
Yes football is still played like this today but unfortunately there’s a big problem with concussions.
To learn about the greatest sport on earth (waits for NRL idiots to pipe up 😛), react to the video "What is AFL? Aussie Rules Explained". It's a video tailored for explaining the sport to Americans. It's better than NFL because there are far less stoppages. The game flows!
Australian football league-AFL also called Aussie rules football has a salary cap so players are not payed the big $$$$$$$ like American NFL.
AFL no pads no helmets just a mouth guard.
No pads still but a few rules have changed like where you can tackle.
You get into AFL buck, but you better support Carlton :)
With you on bending the knee......can be NO knee bending in a free society.
Aussie Rules is nothing like Rugby.
Both American & Canadian football started as Rugby, with opposing sides facing each other in 2 seperate lines across a rectangular field which is 100 yards long by about 50 yards wide.
Aussie Rules has 18 field positions spread around the entire ground, every player kicks the ball, handles the ball, handpasses ( a punch ) the ball and must be able to run, hit and take a hit .
The Aussie Rules ground is oval shaped ( originally cricket grounds ) and have NO set dimensions, but usually between 150 and 200 yards long .
80 to 150 yards wide.
The MCG holds approximately 100,000 fans ( all seated ), but used to hold over 140,000 when standing sections were jam packed with devoted fans.
The record crowd for a VFL game was almost 140,000 before i was born......from memory it was probably in the 1940's when Melbournes entire population was less than 1 million.
These days they say only about 121,000 because the AFL want people to believe their hype and lies.
The VFL drew bigger crowds when the 12 teams played each other every Saturday with all senior games starting about 2:15 pm.
Now the game is fully professional and managed by corporate gangsters and lawyers , so all the historical facts have been re written......the same people who want all of us to " bend the knee " on demand.
Hi Mike, I requested a reaction to Mason Cox Don't Believe In Never via Buy Me A Coffee but I haven't seen you do it yet. Did I miss it?
No Jimmy. It's done, just hasn't hit the schedule to publish. I got you brother.. And thanks for the request as well.
@@SonofBuck-f7z That's great to hear, thank you very much! Love your reactions to all things Aussie 🦘🦘🦘
I don’t let political nonsense influence my sports or music consumption.
People will always have differing views. It is what it is.
Lets just say I haven't watched or gone to see a game of AFL since 2012 I supported the Hawks all my life but the AFL has ruined the game. When the umpires/maggots are more important to the game then players the games gone. Netball has more action now then the AFL. What ever they do don't bump or tackle or worst say something nasty to the poor umpires they might cry. AFL R.I.P
Try come on Aussie come on
That's Cricket! 🧐
The pronunciation is : CAH - ZAILLY . Not really apparent from the spelling . A Theme Song for the Victoria Football League .
The Game is Australian Rules Football . Nothing much at all in common with Rugby .
Based on Gaelic Football . 4 Goal Posts each end . Teams are interspersed with each other , and you Score off the Boot ONLY .
I've never even heard of that game. I love this channel. Every day I learn something more about Australia.
@@SonofBuck-f7z . Google it up for a Better Description . The BEST and FASTEST Football Code .
Makes Soccer look slow .
What do you mean ‘taking a knee’ ?
Players refusing to stand for the national anthem.
Some players refused to stand for the national anthem.
I was hoping would explain that I’ve never heard that term before. Thanks.
Gee that sounds very un American indeed.
Yeah, I did not understand what he meant so thanks to Goannaj and Bootn in comments, that it explained it fully.
I can’t imagine being disrespectful enough to not stand for the national anthem
Please watch AFL...as you no longer watch NFL.
You'll love it.
No gimmicks, every player an athlete, exciting to watch...
I would've played VFL when I was growing up, but unfortunately I couldn't fit into my Sister's shorts, classic Aussie sarcasm 😂
Thugby...err....rugby= cross country wrestling!😁
@@kevkoala glad to see you're a Holden Fan, my favourite was a VP Clubsport Series II w/ 5 spd 🇦🇺
@@rickneilsen906 I grew up in the days when Brocky was smacking the field at Bathurst when he was driving Toranas then the Commodores. Best was 1979 when the distance between first and second place (Larry Perkins/ Peter Janson) was 6 laps and he broke the lap record on the last lap! Now I couldn't be stuffed watching shitbox V shitbox as it's not the same without Australian built Holdens and Ford Falcons. I'm kicking myself big time that I sold my LJ Torana but you get that when you're young and stupid!
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@@kevkoala I sold my '71 Stato 😥 for a dodgy datsun 280Z.
Keeping my '08 Calais, seems a disposable now but....
@@kevkoala I'm not exactly short in the tooth, it pisses me off, knowing I stupidly listened to my now Ex, sold my VP Clubby Ser II No. 368 5spd for a more sensible family car ML 350 4x4 🤬
Our Rugby League is starting to be promoted in the US from last year. It's totally different to yours. It will take 5 yrs to be established and next yr in March there will be the start of our session of the game in Las Vegas at Alegiance Stadium.
There was a time when sport did not reflect politics of any kind.
We pay to watch and they are paid to entertain so they should leave politics at home.
If they want to call it freedom of speech they should find somewhere else to do it.
Aussie rules very old game 1850s not rugby.
Now I am execising my right. *leaves room.
I hate to lose you, but I understand.
Geez, I was enjoying these till you went full conservative and thought free speech was only for you. Adios.
Ok, thanks for stopping by. I am who I am. I'm sorry you were offended.
Really??
What happened with that 1st amendment I thought you guys defended the constitution.🤔 I might be on the wrong side of that just wondering
Oh by the way you should never refer to VFL, AFL or footy as rugby, as it dose offend some.😊
Oh, I 'll protect the right of anyone to exercise whatever constitutional right that they are granted. However, I can exercise my personal right not to monetarily support them if they choose to offend me while they do it. As a police officer I have had to protect people who had gathered to burn the American flag. As a Marine, I protected that flag and was willing to give my life for it. However, I also fought to protect those rights to burn it as well. I don't want this channel to turn into a political channel. Sorry about the rugby, we in Texas don't know these issues..lol
@@SonofBuck-f7z It’s a better music channel than political and as a failed ex Aussie grunt (infantry) you have to respect another person’s position and service and I do. 🇦🇺🇺🇸 (I would have used the salute emoji but the one they have just isn’t how I was taught to salute. You strike more as an NCO and they hate to be saluted, they work for a living) oh and good on you for replying.
I meant how we are treating our veterans is shamefull
You just lost me too!
Sorry to lose you.
Mike, I see you've copped some flak over your comments around the knee thing with NFL and some people have bailed on your channel. That's sadly a symptom of how society is more divided these days. I personally don't agree with you on that point, I think those guys were taking a knee as a protest to some pretty serious social and justice issues your country has yet to deal with. But just because I don't agree with you on that topic, doesn't mean I discount your right to your opinion, nor does it mean I write you off as a human being and bail on your channel.
Humans are complex bundles of contradictions and to be so black or white with who we hang around with does absolutely nothing for closing any divide. It's easy to hate groups of people from a distance, but once you hang out with individuals from those groups it's far easier to find common ground on many other topics. I wish more people could get that.
Thank you for the comment. Yeah, I hate that some left the channel because of my opinion. I shouldn't have made this about social issues and stuck with the music. A mistake on my part. From now on, I'll stick to what brings us to the dance.
G'day mate... It's time to check out the AFL. In own time. Australian football league. My recommendation are four short videos..
1 - " What is AFL? /Aussie Rules Explained
2 - A beginner's guide to Australian football | AFL Explained
3 - Mason Cox " Don't believe in never " an American playing AFL, Mason journey from the U.S.to the AFL.
4 - Top 50 AFL Marks Of All Time.
Enjoy cheers thanks. Go the Bombers !! 🤠🏉🍻🪃
Same here mate gone woke and racism garbage keep changing rules its finished for me
I grew up on it we start playing as soon as can catch and kick ball
Now might as well be touch footy
Oversea people think its still tough but soft as butter now
You cant even yell stuff in the crowd now they'll ban you for life
So not interested and funny thing is alot of younger ones like my nephew
Who was bought up on it and was financial supporter of his team
But has walked away without any prompting because the politics involved in it and constant rule changes
Hed had enough and now follows soccer instead
Sadly all our sports going this way now rugby as well
So for me its done and dusted
They'll still get their 100,000 on grand final day as in the clips
But many games crowds down they promote the bigger game attendances
To make it look like had no effect but the ammount of people i know who no longer follow or support
One used to have minimum 4 yearly club tickets and no longer follows either
So i understand exactly where your coming from
Cheers mate still a great song and clips of a era gone bye Sadly
There will be plenty disagree with me but how i see it
They still play without padding only mouth guard and some who prone to concussion where a soft head gear
Nothing like your guys but taking almost all contact out 🤬 🦘🇦🇺👍