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Australian Rules Football - Weekend of Carnage

Started by patrickaj13, Apr 23 2012 11:13 AM

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#1 OFFLINE   patrickaj13

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 11:13 AM



Last weekend a round of Australian Rules Football (AFL) featured a number of sickening injuries. This makes you realize how tough AFL players are and that they are the bravest sportsmen in the world. Hope the link works, but have a look at these severe, season-ending for some injuries. Which one is the worst?

EDIT: I meant "rules" in the title sorry. That's annoying because it took me three or four times for this post to work grrrr.....

Edited by patrickaj13, 23 April 2012 - 11:17 AM.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 11:18 AM

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 06:26 PM

I'm kinda confused, it this sport based off of American Footbal or European Football or Rugby or all combined into one?

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 09:02 PM

lololoolol, what a stoopid sport.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 01:49 AM

View PostZeppelin4, on 23 April 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:

I'm kinda confused, it this sport based off of American Footbal or European Football or Rugby or all combined into one?

It's it's own game I'm pretty sure. It was started in 1858 in Melbourne, Australia so I don't think it's based on any other sport.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 01:53 AM

View Postpatrickaj13, on 24 April 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

It's it's own game I'm pretty sure. It was started in 1858 in Melbourne, Australia so I don't think it's based on any other sport.

I don't know I was just kind of wondering because this sport does have a lot of other influences from the sports I named above.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 02:00 AM

View PostZeppelin4, on 24 April 2012 - 01:53 AM, said:

I don't know I was just kind of wondering because this sport does have a lot of other influences from the sports I named above.

Yeah there are a few similarities such as tackling, goals etc.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 05:24 AM

View PostSexyRaider, on 23 April 2012 - 09:02 PM, said:

lololoolol, what a stoopid sport.



Even if you do think that, it's still very fast and very physical and can lead to devestating injuries like the ones in the video. And despite the fact that I am a wrestling fan myself, at least AFL is real, no pre-determined winners lol. The game can draw a crowd of 100,000 on Grand Final day, WrestleMania only tends to get 70-80 thousand.

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"If only sorrow could build a staircase, and tears could show the way, we would climb our way to heaven, and bring him back home again" - Bring Me The Horizon

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 06:01 AM

View Postpatrickaj13, on 24 April 2012 - 05:24 AM, said:



Even if you do think that, it's still very fast and very physical and can lead to devestating injuries like the ones in the video. And despite the fact that I am a wrestling fan myself, at least AFL is real, no pre-determined winners lol. The game can draw a crowd of 100,000 on Grand Final day, WrestleMania only tends to get 70-80 thousand.

You where they play real "football"...


here in America :smile: #PIPEBOMB

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 06:08 AM

View PostSexyRaider, on 24 April 2012 - 06:01 AM, said:

You where they play real "football"...


here in America :smile: #PIPEBOMB

That's funny because American football players wear all that protection, and I heard that the sport is only done for television ratings.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 06:14 AM

View Postpatrickaj13, on 24 April 2012 - 06:08 AM, said:

That's funny because American football players wear all that protection, and I heard that the sport is only done for television ratings.

You could never go wrong with wearing protection.

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