how does Australian football differ from American and Canadian football?
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Hmm I don't know about the previous answers.\n\nIt's a completely different type of football.\n\nYou have soccer, NFL, Australian Rules etc.\n\nAll are called football in their countries but all are different games.\n\nDifficult question to answer, have you got 12 hours?\nCheck out Australian football on www.afl.com.au
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League seems to get the most injuries.\n\nUnion is more controlled and AFL has less contact.
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AFL is the Arena Football League people. Why would Utah have a "Australian Football League" team??? The AFL is for real, and Arena Football is getting more popular although not all leagues use the rules though. For example we have a local Indoor(Arena) football league and they allow punting. Although I think you can only get three points for a field goal. Anyway I don't know about the AFL but I know the local league is exciting to actually go watch. The AFL games do get broadcast on NBC I think it is. I don't know really as I don't watch them.
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Haha...good question.  They're just amazed that Americans don't go crazy over soccer so they try to make fun of American football...however, American football is simply a much, much more exciting game.  I'm not a soccer hater, it's alright, but not nearly as exciting as football.
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Rugby!! No pu$$y protective gear like in American football. It's significantly more physical and requires more braincells to play.
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Soccer far and away.  Soccer is played and followed heavily in most of the world outside the US.  American football is heavily followed in North America and mostly a novelty in the rest of the world, which is far more populous.
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American football wasn't developed in the UK, Rugby was developed in the UK. Rugby was introduced to the US, then the rules changed to differentiate American football from Rugby. All the changes, rules, and regulations were made in the US so that American football is a completely different sport than rugby. Therefore, American Football was loosely based on Rugby, but developed into it's own sport. \n\nAnd Einstein was German, not American.
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Well I take it you know what soccer is.AFL is Australian Football League or "Aussie Rules" as it is known.NRL is National Rugby League or Rugby League.ARU is Australian Rugby Union or union as its known
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Football (as the world outside of North America understands the game) is in the oLympics. American Football isn't. There are many theories as to why this is the case, but I'm sticking with the fact that nobody outside North America plays it.
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I don't think you can really compare the two besides the fact that you have to be very athletic to play either professionally.  Football is much more physical and requires different skills.
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football is a mans sport.... LOL\n\nyo! stfu u r a typical american talking crap as per usual!!\n\nYou wanna see a mans sport watch rugby or Aussie rules, similar to your "football" except that there is NO padding and NO helmets worn and the umpires dont stop the game the moment things get rough!!\n\nFootball (the real football) is a game of skill and stamina not about who can kill the other.\n\nSoccer is what americans call football because you call that other game football the one we (the rest of the WORLD) call American Football, which LouisLondon rightly pointed out has NO ball and no talented way of using your feet except to run.
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Football (cad/us) uses hands. Soccer (Football in the rest of the world) is all feet.
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Having Englishmen and Scotsmen as blokes, I would have to say that in general they know a lot about football (soccer)... or at least a hell of a lot more than North Americans. I am Canadian and even I would rather refer to the game as football. It makes sense doesn't it?... I mean you kick the ball with your foot, yet in football (American) you throw the damb thing and rarely kick it.
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Football... Its more active and its a long game and american football is has shorter games i'm from england, I build muscule by playing football european ppl r fit cause they play football. American ppl play american football but they r still fat!
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first, for all the idiots who think "soccer" is solely American perhaps i should point out that Canada and Australia also use "soccer" rather than football. so before you go accusing Americans of being narrow-minded look in the mirror. football was the common term in America at the inception of our federation but due to the popularity of American football it was deemed wise to use an alternative term and because it makes absolutely no sense to have 2 "footballs" competing with one another (same goes for Canada and Australia).
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It's because the term "football" in the US means American Football and not what the rest of the world thinks is "football".  It's the same way in Australia, "football" to them means Aussie Rules Football.  They say soccer just like Americans do.
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We already have our own sport which we refer to as Football.  So do the Australians, which is why they're the socceroos, not footballeroos.  Shame that it causes such stress outside of our countries, a lot of people must have pretty near perfect lives if they have enough time to worry about out use of the term soccer!