Originally posted by: grapplethis
Date: September 07, 2009 at 03:23 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/another-tough-sport-junkies-should-check-out.17296/
Thir13en said:
grapplethis said:
i figured as much, and i've seen both sports, so i know the basics, but from what i saw, aussie rules looks like rugby with less rules, TBH. i know a fair bit about how rugby works, rules-wise, but next to nothing about aussie rules. could you explain some of the rule differences and strategy differences? i had a few friends who progressed pretty far in the canadian national rugby program and i had to cover my schools team, so i know enough to keep up with an explanation (ie don't talk down to me, basically, cuz i do get the sport)
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I dont generally talk down to people haha
Yeah as you know with rugby the idea is to score a try by getting the ball to the scoring zone and touch it on the ground.
I grabbed the following from wiki because it explains it better than I would.
The primary aim of the game is to score goals by kicking the ball between the middle two posts of the opposing goal. The winner is the team with the higher total score at the end of the fourth quarter. Except for special circumstances, if the score is tied a draw is declared.
Players may use any part of their body to advance the ball. The primary methods are kicking, handballing and running with the ball. There are restrictions on how the ball can be handled, for example players running with the ball must intermittently bounce or touch it on the ground, throwing the ball is not allowed and players must not get caught holding the ball. Unlike most similar sports, there is no offside rule, and players can roam the field freely. Possession of the ball is in dispute at all times except when a free kick is paid.
A distinctive feature of the game is the mark, where players anywhere on the field who catch a ball from a kick (with specific conditions), are awarded a free kick.[6] Australian rules is a contact sport, in which players can tackle using their hands or use their whole body to obstruct opponents. Dangerous physical contact (such as a pushing an opponent in the back), interference when marking and deliberately slowing the play are discouraged with free kicks, distance penalties or suspension, depending on the seriousness of the infringement.
Frequent physical contests, aerial marking or "speckies", fast movement of both players and the ball and high scoring are the game's main attributes.
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Also here is a quick promo video on youtube which shows some fun points of the game, with a backing track by AC?DC of course
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_hqosNvv5E
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wow the bouncing the ball deal is why it looked so brutal to me when i saw it. guys would get blown up while doing that cuz they'd be looking down. the lack of offsides is probably why i saw it as rugby without rules. i had a friend that went to melbourne recently and saw and aussie rules game and said it was the most intense live sporting event he'd been to, and he'd seen a hockey game in russia and a soccer game in spain, so props to you guys on that s---.
sweet vid to. thanks for the explanation, poster who's name i never can spell right.
is it just me or is every goal in that sport just ridicuously impressive? it's jus the nature of the game i guess, the whole running while being tackled and having to drop kick a giant oblong ball WHILE dealing with all that.
