@@jeebee9320I wouldn't say that. I've seen some serious fights in Rugby Union and Rugby League. Case in point: Ben Flower v. Lance Hohaia in the NRL Grand Final. And this is coming from someone who thinks AFL > Rugby Union > Rugby League.
Fun fact: In a lot of those older footages of those bumps, most of the victims got up and just kept playing after being knocked out cold. Back then there was no concussion protocols
I'm originally from the UK, but I've lived in Australia for over 10 years now and consider Aus my home more than the UK ever was. I immediately enjoyed AFL when I moved here. But I never really saw the comparison to rugby myself, except for maybe how rough the contact can be. Loved Joel Selwood, and was sad when he retired last year. He was always getting a bandage wrapped around his head. Geelong Cats are my favourite team, they won last year. This years GF was on saturday just gone with Collingwood winning 🙂
Hate to tell you Joel but America was also colonised by the British and sent their convicts there to work as well. Love watching your reaction to our AFL. The early games were the most harsh and those men were really hard men. They weren't paid very much to play and often worked on council jobs who would roster them to fit in with football training.
You may be under the assuption that there is no penalty for this behaviour because there is no send off rule in AFL . Instead, player who offend are reported by the Umpires to the AFL Tribunal. There are reports all the time on illegal hits and other dangerous play . Tribunals can finish a player's season in one foul sweep or could bar them from playing (stand them down for the entire season or only one, two, three etc. games ... depending on the severity of the transgression. This is taken pretty seriously. Those significant blows you were watching are the worst going back in some cases 40 years or more. The players are like athletes abd gymnasts rolled into one. Early on (40 years ago) one team had ballet teachers instructing the players on how to jump to take high marks, which is an imporyant part of training now. These men lean how to fall without injury abd have bodies so well tuned they are like machines. They are tough. The worst problem for them os tge wear abd tear on their bodies as they age... Arthritis, knee and hip replacements are common problems of the vetren players. The multi generational football families like Moore, Danihee, Richards, Sidebottom, Abblett, Bews, Rioli etc also carry a legacy they don't want to sully with a Tribunal rebuke. The Best and Fairest Award called the Charles Brownlow Medal... also affectionately called Charlie (large 18 carat gold medal worth aroun $4,000) is awarded each year and field umpires express the best each match, however players who get reported and don't prove innocent lose all chances of the Brownlow. So it is a bit of a deterrent.
@@L3onOfKings I was paraphrasing. The player was swooped on after the event (in the three Umpires report) the foul was taken to the tribunal... sorry if it seems too obscure for you. I will try harder next time.
This is an example of a pun, using one or more words that sound similar in place of others to make another meaning and add humorous slant to otherwise serious topic. I am sorry to offend your sense of order.
To answer Arturo's question - it has become much more regulated of late. If you make contact with another player above the shoulders, it is high contact and is illegal. Least severe incidents will see free kicks awarded against them. More severe incidents, like the bumps shown in this video, will likely be reviewed by the Match Review Panel, who can hand out summary penalties or refer more serious matters to the AFL Tribunal. Players would likely be looking at suspensions for a number of weeks if they did that nowadays. The only defence, really, is to prove that the bump was incidental as part of the passage of play (in other words, you ran into each other while looking at the ball) and you had no intention to make contact with that other player.
As an Aussie, I can tell you that the sport has been cleaned up a lot in the last few years due to concerns around concussion and long term damage to the brain. Many of those hits from the past are no longer allowed and players are getting suspended for 3-6 weeks for hits that may not have even been deliberate. Having said that, it’s still the greatest sport in the world. Go Hawks!
To take it back home for you… As soon as the NFL started investigating the link between concussions and later life issues, the AFL quickly cracked down on head height bumps… If you hit someone in the head, you’ll miss weeks…
As an Aussie, I am biased when I say that AFL is the best sport ever, these men are true athletes. They run flat out for the entire game, the fitness of them is unbelievable. This is what you usually see in any game of AFL. The Grand Final in AFL can attract at least 100,000 people. (Grand Final is like the Superbowl, the last game of the season)
I'm biased as well for a very good reason, it is the greatest game on Earth & Test cricket is 2nd with Rugby League, the Trifecta. Cricket we'd go out to bat without protection we are that hard, but😢the whining, whinging Poms make the rules & cried intimidation.
As an Aussie I'd have to disagree with you mate. If it was the best sport ever then it would be played professionally in more than one country in the world.
Nah mate, It's one of the only sports in the world where you can get a point for trying. Miss the goal and still get a behind. And it's only played professionally in one country in the world. If it was the greatest game in the world it would have been adopted by other countries.@@markrene6108
@@seanosullivan4086 My God, people take comments so seriously and then get offended when someone states their opinion. So what if AFL isn't played in every country, I still think it is the best sport ever!!!!
The AFL has the same concerns that your NFL has for long term brain injury so many of these head high tackles ( or below the knee) are outlawed now. The players run 12-14 km per 2 hour game so their fitness is impressive.
I never really understand the rugby comparisons because if anything, NFL is actually MUCH closer to rugby than AFL is - "tries" are like touchdowns, both have rectangular fields, both are about running the ball forward past lines of defence, both have 'field goal' kicks after tries/touchdowns for extra points and kicking a field goal is worth less than a try/touchdown, etc. AFL is completely different in every regard, big oval field, you have to kick goals, tackles have a different purpose, and a lot of the rules and flow are actually closer to basketball (strangely enough) than rugby or NFL. The only thing I can see that's more similar to rugby than NFL is the uniforms (eg. Small shorts and no pads or helmets).
Also this weekend coming is our version of the Superbowl on Saturday! Watch and enjoy our beautiful sport which surprisingly predates your beautiful game of NFL by like 40 years
The law about wearing heltmets when riding a bike or scooter - Is actually based on medical evidence about reducing head trauma during a fall or accident. Therefore to reduce brain damage incidents it is a law to encourage people to look after themselves
The similarities between Australian Football and Rugby. 1. Both played in Australia 2. The ball is oval shaped (but not the same shape!) 3. The players wear footy boots and uniforms 4. The field has real grass on it 5.... no that's it.
Really good intro Joel, but watching some of the games is the only way to understand AFL - or become even more confused by some of the legitimate tackling! 😁 More AFL! 👍 The point is to score marks to convert to goals for your team, not take out the other team! 😂
Joel, I LOVED watching the reaction of your mates! The big one grinning at the big hits, the little fella's eyes widening with shock and concern. You must look for 'fights' during matches, particularly rugby league finals in the 1960s. I remember, as a kid, the first final I'd ever watched, it ended in an all out brawl between the teams with the referee and linesmen giving up and waiting for the boys to get tired of punching each other in the head! Classic stuff!😂
We play this game from an early age. I 1st started playing Footy at around 9 Yrs old and we ran and hit hard, even as little kids, but that was back in 1975 Back then it was a much tougher game, not as fast, but you could get away with harder hits and they were expected. Today's game is faster, the general size of the players is larger and I think the players are quite a bit fitter. When you consider the size of the grounds, "Footy Ovals", we play on, the ground covered and the contact being made, you would be hard pressed to find a single sport that comes close to Aussie Rules for sheer intensity, brute power on display and speed and agility.
The modern game has changed a lot. In the old days they use to take the player out & the umpire would call play on. Now days you have to have eyes for the ball. Deliberate hits or head contact is met with suspension etc. Greetings from Australia 😊🇦🇺
Just to clarify, it was the British that first landed in Australia and had British convicts with them but there were far more Irish convicts that got brought down a few years later that did a big part of the settling. So a lot of our history is British but it's almost as much Irish.
British empire was 90% of the world, nice thought joel but I think a lot of other empires would disagree with you. It was closer to 25%, but still huge
A lot of highlights here from different era's in the game. Some of the early era highlights they got away with a lot more. In the modern game, if a player bumps into an opposition player and connects with the head he will almost certainly get reported and get suspended for a number of weeks. Having said that, the game is very high pace and very physical which makes it the spectacle that it is.
Where you should go next? Top 50 marks of all time. Then top 50 goals of all time. Theres a reason why some of the best punters in the NFL are ex australian AFL players. A guy called Pat Macafee has a you tube channel. He is an ex NFL punter himself. He interviews Mason Cox a Texas basketballer who gave it up to come and play in the AFL. Hes doing ok too. Just turned over a hundred games. Then there is Top 10 AFL enforcers which shows you how violent the game was 20-30 years ago. What you see now is the sanitized version of the game.
My team Collingwood Magpies play in the Grand final this coming Saturday 30th September against the Brisbane Lions! There should be 100,000 plus people in attendence it's our version of the Superbowl. It would be good if you can watch, it starts at 2:30 pm Aussie east coast time!
I'm an Aussie through and through. Appreciate the good comments on the nation. I'm learning heaps about the states with these videos! Keep it up you bloody legends!
I’ve watched you react to AFL many times. Something you need to know is anything above the shoulders is reported by the umpires or reviewed by a panel. Players aren’t removed at the time but can be suspended from 1-8 weeks depending on the severity of the illegal play. Fights on the oval will end up with every player involved being fined, around $5000. It is a rough game but there are more rules than a lot of people realise Our family are one eyed Fremantle Dockers supporters 💜⚓️💜
Brother, I've missed ya mate. You're video popped up today and I noticed the notification 🔔 was turned off. That was great. Your mate in the Nike shirt saw some of the hits coming and was bracing for impact. I love it. You gotta show your mates the greatest marks and goals.
Hi guys. Just so you know, some marshmallow AFL players do wear long socks for extra protection. There have been players that play out games with fractured skulls, broken ribs and punctured internals. If you think this highly sanitized vid is tough, you missed the good old days with 'Captain Blood' Jack Dyer, 'The Blonde Bombshell' Carl Ditterich, 'Lethal' Leigh Mathews (who accidentally ran into a point's post and snapped it in half), Kevin 'Cowboy' Neil and the 'Fabulous' Phil Carmen, who was given a 20-week suspension for head-butting a boundary umpire and for striking a St. Kilda player! In his comeback match, he was reported again! During the 1990 Garnd Final between the Bombers and Magpies, ten players and officials were reported. The Bomber Captain was handed a twelve-match suspension! Of course, you don't get sent off, only delt with later. Hope you all enjoy your AFL journey. Cheers from OZ. Go Bombers... BTW, the 2023 Grand Final is this weekend. You should tune in. It will be epic.
But there is definitely a difference between Contact during Fair Play versus unsportsmanlike Deliberate Contact for the sake of playing dirty and being an a**hole
the guy that goes back and pushes over the guy on the ground - after ironing him out - was the downed guy's brother. There were three of them playing for 2 different teams.
Cool video mate. But since the afl 2023 grand final just ended you should definitely watch that game, it’s one of the best games and most definitely the best grand final possibly ever. 🤙🏽
to clarify in today's rules a lot of these bumps are awarded a free kick and a suspension to go with it, which can be contested to be downgraded to less games suspended or a fine
This is absolutely hilarious 🤣 as an Australian that has completely grown up with this sport and has a 12-year-old son that plays it and has played it since he was four years old. It’s fun watching others watch it. Just because it’s so natural and part of our culture doesn’t seem in anyway dangerous to us. But this does put it into perspective that is in fact a pretty dangerous sport.
Here's another thing for yous to know about us Aussies the day before grandfinal day is a public holiday coz everyone's to drunk to go to work on the Friday 😂😂
The player flattened at point 6.50 was flattened again in 1993 whilst playing for another team in an unfortunate head clash with a teammate. Play was stopped for at least 25 minutes. Eventually he was taken directly from the ground by ambulance to the hospital and was still unconscous. It is rare that an ambulance is actually required to enter the playing arena to collect a player. It was a very serious situation, more serious than anyone knew at the time. The player was interviewed last year and revealed that he had only recently found out from the Offical who had travelled in the ambulance with him that he had stopped breathing on the way to the hospital and two ambulance officers worked constantly to keep him alive. He was so very lucky there. There has only been 1 player who due to a clash like you have been watching where the player was left a quadraplegic and I hope it never happens again. I love the game and I know accidents happen although I do think that some players at some times just go into win at any cost mode. There is quite a lot of rivalry between clubs. Most clubs have a rivalry with Collingwood. Definitely try watching a full game for the context of how the bumps and fights come about. Australia today is made up of many nationalities as is America and like America a lot of people chose to emigrate to Australia.
The old generation games ie black and white or 70s-90s footy anything goes and players were only reported if it caused serious injury or concussions. These days you can’t do any of this, the game now is heavily regulated and it’s a duty to all players to protect the head of others
Except for late contact and head high contact most of these would have been legal at the time. What is more most of these players will have been back up and playing within a minute or so. The guys do wear mouthguards at least. Each of the players will also run 10-20km (6-12mile) a game compared to about 1.5km (1mile) for a NFL player.
The hit at 5:38 was at the time up to umpires discretion. Nowadays any hit to the head is given a free kick and depending on the severity can be reported like the buddy franklin hit early on. AFL used to be much more dangerous, head contact wasn't a large concern until concussions later on in players lives were causing strokes and permanent brain damage which the governing body then brought in rules to protect players against head high contact.
I've heard it described by an American who knows AFL as the speed & hands of a NFL WR , height & leaping of NBA players with the endurance & speed of soccer . Action is 360 degrees
Bought back memories with some of the older stuff! It's nothing like rugby hahaha it's rugby, basketball and soccer and gridiron all in one! And yeah, they only wear a mouthguard as protection, no pads! Bandaid if it's a blood rule, they have changed the rules now in regards to tackles above the shoulder and concussion rules, lotta talented young blokes retiring early (pfft 25)because of injuries. But you can play AFL over there, my mate from Australia plays in CA
@@adrianhempfing2042 Me too. Especially rugby league and American football where both have a certain number of attempts to move the ball a certain distance. The whole idea of a try or touchdown being worth the most and a field goal being a lesser, secondary score. Whereas AFL is just so different in every way.
best thing about the AFL us there is no send-offs no yellow or red cards - you can kill somebody and play till the end of the game... you know like REAL MAN sport
Head is now a protected part of the game in AFL. If you hit someone in the head nowadays you can expect to get suspended weeks but this has only come about in the last few years.
in general your only allowed to tackle between the knees and shoulders, any head contact is penalised and your def not allow to throw elbows, like sometimes accidents happen but if you go past the ball or delibratly take someone out its a free kick to the opposition and can even get suspended for x amount of matches and have to pay a massive fine to the afl association what ever thats called. Edit: i'd like to also point out they take head injuries super serious because of the whole brain scaring/ Traumatic Brain Injury thing, there was a couple of instances where players have well been totally normal people, they suffer these things then end up assulting/murdering. it happend to a couple of players and a big mention from the US side would be chris benoit if i remember correctly he ended up with surverer brain trauma and ended up murdering his family.
My husband was invited to play pro in the 80s. At that time players were paid peanuts . I just asked him if he wanted his knees beyond his 20s.Hes almost 60 now and plays volleyball and soccer.
The comment about Aussies loving their gear (drugs) and partying is spot on. We are the largest users of cocaine and MDMA in the world and especially cocaine use is largely normalised in a way. Quite a large percentage of the population "get on the bags" every weekend. Then there's getting on the beers as well.. We have a good time and look after each orher though!
I've said it before on these types of videos: Soccer is grown men pretending they need an ambulance. AFL is grown men pretending they don't need an ambulance.
this video is mainly the biggest hit in the modern era. The olden days were far worse. 2:13 This one effectively won his/my team the grand final. From that moment the game turned around, we came back and won.
a lot of veteran AFL players are coming forward with early onset dementia before they're even 50. We love our game and dont want to see it get any softer but at the same time its becoming a real problem with the sheer amount of concussions happening during games.
AFL is most similar to Irish Football and also has a version called Marngrook invented by Indigenous Australians. Top AFL marks and some longer plays would be interesting to see your reactions to! Its a pretty stunning game to watch, incredible athleticism.
Fun fact. AFL does not have ejections. If you hit high or out of the rules, you play the rest of the game. After that, an independent review is undertaken and you are interviewed with others from the game etc. within the week following.
You guys have to watch some rugby league, especially Australia vs New Zealand! Whilst we consider ourselves “cousins”, there’s a huge sports rivalry between us. And my favourite part is there’s rarely a game without blood!😍
We play this game in grade school. It's one of the reasons we don't consider playing marbles with your feet like soccer to be "football". There ARE no other games.
Nice video guys, hope you can enjoy Australian Rules football , like us aussies enjoy watching American Football. both great games just different concepts.
great to see you back into AFL Joel. Bit ruff video to inroduce mates to game tho. BTW Joel Brits sent their convicts to the US before Australia. I'm not up on the actual history but fighting between UK and France to get ur independence. Couple years later convicts sent to Australia
AFL was derived from aboriginals playing kick for kick. They own this ball game and the county I call home. I’m a direct descendant of the first fleet of convicts to OZ. I’m Norfolk Island convict based. But it’s not MY land. Awesome vid guys! 😊❤
Fun Fact, the English only sent 160,000 convicts to Australia during an 88 year period... About a 1/4 returned to the U.K and 30,000 migrated to New Zealand after their sentences were over.
Early 90's and before you could get away with a lot more. Now, any head contact you are almost guaranteed to be suspended for 1-3 games. Forearms or any deliberate strike to the head will get you 3+ games
I recall copping one of these shirtfront hits in an inter school soccer match in Australia and it wasn’t even a yellow card, just get up and take a free kick 😂
No joke those hits are tame compared to dozens I can think of in modern times - not sure why the compilations have basic bumps in them. For those who don’t know, AFL is the most attended game in the world on average per capita (population). Please check out any of the following videos and I promise you’ll be hooked to the sport of AFL. I’ll connect some afl subscribers to your page too! Why AFL is the best sport in the world A beginners guide to AFL Best of the decade 2010-2019: Best goals Best of the decade 2010-2019: Best marks AFL grand final 2023 highlights Top moments in AFL this decade 2010-2019 Best of the decade 2010-2019: Brutal bumps and tackles AFL Biggest bumps and hits ever Eddie Betts - the Pied Piper The best goals of Eddie betts’ remarkable career Kysaiah Pickett is a human highlight reel Get Excited: Izak Rankine’s best highlights Chad wingard Port Adelaide career highlights Cyril Rioli’s Career highlights Lance Franklin best 23 goals Jeremy howe best marks afl 2011-2019 Gary Ablett's 29 best ever moments, milestones and performances | 2020 | AFL AFL grand final 2018 highlights
Def react to afl best commentary. It's so funny and if u kinda get the Aussie humour or slang u will enjoy the laugh! And react to the afl grand final 2018 west coast vs Collingwood. Best final game in a very long time!!! Especially last 2mins of the game!!!!
A little over 20 years ago dudes used to throw hands lol. They'd get in trouble but not as in trouble as they would get today. I still remember the 2004 Grandfinal where two dudes were borderline helicopter punching each other in the head. AFL reactions are fun. If you wanna see what some peak skill looks like, look up Dustin Martin and watch one of the compilations that come up. The dude is fucking insane
Regarding the section where you blokes asked if this stuff is regulated or not, the bump you had just seen was considered to be fine AT THAT TIME. It would mean a VERY long ban nowadays.
You guys should do a review on some of the best goals in AFL (Aussie Rules).. and by the way there are always hits like that in every game, you are also allowed to Shepard opposition players off your team mates so a lot of the hits don't get seen on TV best to go to a live game.
When I was 16 I played for onkapringa valley in South Australia against uraidla ended up in hospital for a week with 12 stitches in my mouth and three teeth missing lol
Joel, show your mates a greatest marks video. They haven’t yet seen the most outrageous aspect of the game!
I was thinking the same thing.
Exactly! Top 50 AFL Marks of all time!
Once you know the rules watch the 2023 afl goal of the year
Top fights of the AFL. It just doesn't happen in any other sport and it's crazy
@@jeebee9320I wouldn't say that. I've seen some serious fights in Rugby Union and Rugby League. Case in point: Ben Flower v. Lance Hohaia in the NRL Grand Final. And this is coming from someone who thinks AFL > Rugby Union > Rugby League.
Please never say Australians are like Brits
Aussies don’t even understand the Brits half the time. My in laws have known me for twenty years and they still have to ask what I said sometimes.
Coulda been worse... coulda said they are like us Kiwis 😆
Our flag says otherwise.
we are what you mean??
@@s.lhernandez4523no, we’re really not
Fun fact: In a lot of those older footages of those bumps, most of the victims got up and just kept playing after being knocked out cold. Back then there was no concussion protocols
as John Kennedy snr said "theres no injury above the shoulders."
Do teans
I'm originally from the UK, but I've lived in Australia for over 10 years now and consider Aus my home more than the UK ever was. I immediately enjoyed AFL when I moved here. But I never really saw the comparison to rugby myself, except for maybe how rough the contact can be. Loved Joel Selwood, and was sad when he retired last year. He was always getting a bandage wrapped around his head. Geelong Cats are my favourite team, they won last year. This years GF was on saturday just gone with Collingwood winning 🙂
Go Cats . The ladies are doing very well this year and next year will be a better one for the Cats.
Unfortunately 🦁
Go the cats!!
I was born in Geelong, I'm massive cats fan. Glad you picked the cats.
Picked the right team mate! Glad you love our sport and Joel Selwood, he is an absolute legend of the game…go cats
@@benplasier346they'll be there again Ben, to good not to. I follow the Saints and lm still waiting to see us win a flag on colour TV 😇🦁
Hate to tell you Joel but America was also colonised by the British and sent their convicts there to work as well. Love watching your reaction to our AFL. The early games were the most harsh and those men were really hard men. They weren't paid very much to play and often worked on council jobs who would roster them to fit in with football training.
You may be under the assuption that there is no penalty for this behaviour because there is no send off rule in AFL . Instead, player who offend are reported by the Umpires to the AFL Tribunal.
There are reports all the time on illegal hits and other dangerous play .
Tribunals can finish a player's season in one foul sweep or could bar them from playing (stand them down for the entire season or only one, two, three etc. games ... depending on the severity of the transgression.
This is taken pretty seriously.
Those significant blows you were watching are the worst going back in some cases 40 years or more.
The players are like athletes abd gymnasts rolled into one. Early on (40 years ago) one team had ballet teachers instructing the players on how to jump to take high marks, which is an imporyant part of training now.
These men lean how to fall without injury abd have bodies so well tuned they are like machines.
They are tough.
The worst problem for them os tge wear abd tear on their bodies as they age... Arthritis, knee and hip replacements are common problems of the vetren players.
The multi generational football families like Moore, Danihee, Richards, Sidebottom, Abblett, Bews, Rioli etc also carry a legacy they don't want to sully with a Tribunal rebuke.
The Best and Fairest Award called the Charles Brownlow Medal... also affectionately called Charlie (large 18 carat gold medal worth aroun $4,000) is awarded each year and field umpires express the best each match, however players who get reported and don't prove innocent lose all chances of the Brownlow. So it is a bit of a deterrent.
@@raptattention7242 'One FELL SWOOP' is the correct phrase.
@@L3onOfKings I was paraphrasing. The player was swooped on after the event (in the three Umpires report) the foul was taken to the tribunal... sorry if it seems too obscure for you. I will try harder next time.
This is an example of a pun, using one or more words that sound similar in place of others to make another meaning and add humorous slant to otherwise serious topic.
I am sorry to offend your sense of order.
@@VibezzyFN Well I'm Australian and my ancestors - 5 generations - are all of Irish stock.
To answer Arturo's question - it has become much more regulated of late. If you make contact with another player above the shoulders, it is high contact and is illegal. Least severe incidents will see free kicks awarded against them. More severe incidents, like the bumps shown in this video, will likely be reviewed by the Match Review Panel, who can hand out summary penalties or refer more serious matters to the AFL Tribunal. Players would likely be looking at suspensions for a number of weeks if they did that nowadays.
The only defence, really, is to prove that the bump was incidental as part of the passage of play (in other words, you ran into each other while looking at the ball) and you had no intention to make contact with that other player.
As an Aussie, I can tell you that the sport has been cleaned up a lot in the last few years due to concerns around concussion and long term damage to the brain. Many of those hits from the past are no longer allowed and players are getting suspended for 3-6 weeks for hits that may not have even been deliberate. Having said that, it’s still the greatest sport in the world. Go Hawks!
Nah most of these hits are defending yourself and colliding which is completely fine
im a fan of afl but best sport in the world? cuz get real lmao
Game has turned soft in the last 10-15 years. Hardly worth watching.
They have killed the sport.
The hard hits made it exciting.
To take it back home for you…
As soon as the NFL started investigating the link between concussions and later life issues, the AFL quickly cracked down on head height bumps…
If you hit someone in the head, you’ll miss weeks…
Yeah, but you can't be sent off/ejected during the actual game.
As an Aussie, I am biased when I say that AFL is the best sport ever, these men are true athletes. They run flat out for the entire game, the fitness of them is unbelievable. This is what you usually see in any game of AFL. The Grand Final in AFL can attract at least 100,000 people. (Grand Final is like the Superbowl, the last game of the season)
I'm biased as well for a very good reason, it is the greatest game on Earth & Test cricket is 2nd with Rugby League, the Trifecta. Cricket we'd go out to bat without protection we are that hard, but😢the whining, whinging Poms make the rules & cried intimidation.
As an Aussie I'd have to disagree with you mate. If it was the best sport ever then it would be played professionally in more than one country in the world.
Nah mate, It's one of the only sports in the world where you can get a point for trying. Miss the goal and still get a behind. And it's only played professionally in one country in the world. If it was the greatest game in the world it would have been adopted by other countries.@@markrene6108
@@seanosullivan4086 My God, people take comments so seriously and then get offended when someone states their opinion. So what if AFL isn't played in every country, I still think it is the best sport ever!!!!
I wasn't offended, and everyone is allowed an opinion. And I don't follow rugby at all. I follow soccer. @@taffy9717
Welcome to AFL lads, it's a hell of a game.
As a fan of the NFL, AFL, rugby and rugby league, Aussie Rules is NOTHING like rugby. Rugby is more like American football than Aussie Rules!
American football not popular in usa lol 😂,nobody know that,now we just watch soccer and that sports is dead in here
@@baccamau80 what the hell are you talking about?
@@konservation6205 what the hell you talking about
@@baccamau80 your comment has no reference to mine. Did you comment in the wrong place?
Ummm...No
Arturo seemed fine but I felt sorry for Stefan. He looked traumatised! 😵
The AFL has the same concerns that your NFL has for long term brain injury so many of these head high tackles ( or below the knee) are outlawed now. The players run 12-14 km per 2 hour game so their fitness is impressive.
I never really understand the rugby comparisons because if anything, NFL is actually MUCH closer to rugby than AFL is - "tries" are like touchdowns, both have rectangular fields, both are about running the ball forward past lines of defence, both have 'field goal' kicks after tries/touchdowns for extra points and kicking a field goal is worth less than a try/touchdown, etc.
AFL is completely different in every regard, big oval field, you have to kick goals, tackles have a different purpose, and a lot of the rules and flow are actually closer to basketball (strangely enough) than rugby or NFL. The only thing I can see that's more similar to rugby than NFL is the uniforms (eg. Small shorts and no pads or helmets).
Going to the AFL Grand Final this Saturday Joel.
Collingwood Magpies vs Brisbane Lions 😊
Go Lions!
Go the mighty magpies!! 🖤🤍
The best Premiership game I ever saw.
Also this weekend coming is our version of the Superbowl on Saturday! Watch and enjoy our beautiful sport which surprisingly predates your beautiful game of NFL by like 40 years
The law about wearing heltmets when riding a bike or scooter -
Is actually based on medical evidence about reducing head trauma during a fall or accident.
Therefore to reduce brain damage incidents it is a law to encourage people to look after themselves
The Selwood bump near the end was against his brother. He cleaned up his brother
Not sure if you noticed but hit at 14:24 was two brothers on opposite teams.
The similarities between Australian Football and Rugby. 1. Both played in Australia 2. The ball is oval shaped (but not the same shape!) 3. The players wear footy boots and uniforms 4. The field has real grass on it 5.... no that's it.
Arturo would be a natural CZcamsr. Chilled, curious, great sense of humour, awesome deep voice and a warm smile. 😎
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Really good intro Joel, but watching some of the games is the only way to understand AFL - or become even more confused by some of the legitimate tackling! 😁 More AFL! 👍 The point is to score marks to convert to goals for your team, not take out the other team! 😂
Joel, I LOVED watching the reaction of your mates!
The big one grinning at the big hits, the little fella's eyes widening with shock and concern.
You must look for 'fights' during matches, particularly rugby league finals in the 1960s.
I remember, as a kid, the first final I'd ever watched, it ended in an all out brawl between the teams with the referee and linesmen giving up and waiting for the boys to get tired of punching each other in the head!
Classic stuff!😂
We play this game from an early age. I 1st started playing Footy at around 9 Yrs old and we ran and hit hard, even as little kids, but that was back in 1975 Back then it was a much tougher game, not as fast, but you could get away with harder hits and they were expected. Today's game is faster, the general size of the players is larger and I think the players are quite a bit fitter. When you consider the size of the grounds, "Footy Ovals", we play on, the ground covered and the contact being made, you would be hard pressed to find a single sport that comes close to Aussie Rules for sheer intensity, brute power on display and speed and agility.
The modern game has changed a lot. In the old days they use to take the player out & the umpire would call play on. Now days you have to have eyes for the ball. Deliberate hits or head contact is met with suspension etc. Greetings from Australia 😊🇦🇺
Just to clarify, it was the British that first landed in Australia and had British convicts with them but there were far more Irish convicts that got brought down a few years later that did a big part of the settling. So a lot of our history is British but it's almost as much Irish.
Jps the afl grand final just happened and you can watch the highlights I would love to see you react to our great Australian game
British empire was 90% of the world, nice thought joel but I think a lot of other empires would disagree with you. It was closer to 25%, but still huge
A lot of highlights here from different era's in the game. Some of the early era highlights they got away with a lot more. In the modern game, if a player bumps into an opposition player and connects with the head he will almost certainly get reported and get suspended for a number of weeks. Having said that, the game is very high pace and very physical which makes it the spectacle that it is.
Where you should go next? Top 50 marks of all time. Then top 50 goals of all time. Theres a reason why some of the best punters in the NFL are ex australian AFL players. A guy called Pat Macafee has a you tube channel. He is an ex NFL punter himself. He interviews Mason Cox a Texas basketballer who gave it up to come and play in the AFL. Hes doing ok too. Just turned over a hundred games.
Then there is Top 10 AFL enforcers which shows you how violent the game was 20-30 years ago. What you see now is the sanitized version of the game.
My team Collingwood Magpies play in the Grand final this coming Saturday 30th September against the Brisbane Lions! There should be 100,000 plus people in attendence it's our version of the Superbowl. It would be good if you can watch, it starts at 2:30 pm Aussie east coast time!
C’mon the pies!!! 🎉💪🏻
Lets go! @@nudgoz
I'm an Aussie through and through. Appreciate the good comments on the nation. I'm learning heaps about the states with these videos! Keep it up you bloody legends!
Hey Joel!! It's been a while since you reacted to this Aussie channel. However, this was awesome. Looking forward to you reacting to a game!!
Me coming to the comments to see if anyone is commenting on how awe-struck ol' mate in the middle is 😂😂😂
Love watching your reactions!
I’ve watched you react to AFL many times. Something you need to know is anything above the shoulders is reported by the umpires or reviewed by a panel. Players aren’t removed at the time but can be suspended from 1-8 weeks depending on the severity of the illegal play. Fights on the oval will end up with every player involved being fined, around $5000. It is a rough game but there are more rules than a lot of people realise
Our family are one eyed Fremantle Dockers supporters 💜⚓️💜
That’s nothing to be proud of !
Thanks for explaining, it’s so hard to listen to the nonsense spoken by the clueless brits and Freo sucks
Brother, I've missed ya mate. You're video popped up today and I noticed the notification 🔔 was turned off. That was great. Your mate in the Nike shirt saw some of the hits coming and was bracing for impact. I love it. You gotta show your mates the greatest marks and goals.
Hi guys. Just so you know, some marshmallow AFL players do wear long socks for extra protection. There have been players that play out games with fractured skulls, broken ribs and punctured internals.
If you think this highly sanitized vid is tough, you missed the good old days with 'Captain Blood' Jack Dyer, 'The Blonde Bombshell' Carl Ditterich, 'Lethal' Leigh Mathews (who accidentally ran into a point's post and snapped it in half), Kevin 'Cowboy' Neil and the 'Fabulous' Phil Carmen, who was given a 20-week suspension for head-butting a boundary umpire and for striking a St. Kilda player! In his comeback match, he was reported again!
During the 1990 Garnd Final between the Bombers and Magpies, ten players and officials were reported. The Bomber Captain was handed a twelve-match suspension! Of course, you don't get sent off, only delt with later.
Hope you all enjoy your AFL journey. Cheers from OZ. Go Bombers...
BTW, the 2023 Grand Final is this weekend. You should tune in. It will be epic.
They were super long suspensions you mentioned.
Now at best , seems to be a few matches and s fine
But there is definitely a difference between Contact during Fair Play versus
unsportsmanlike Deliberate Contact for the sake of playing dirty and being an a**hole
the guy that goes back and pushes over the guy on the ground - after ironing him out - was the downed guy's brother. There were three of them playing for 2 different teams.
Cool video mate. But since the afl 2023 grand final just ended you should definitely watch that game, it’s one of the best games and most definitely the best grand final possibly ever. 🤙🏽
1989 is still the best, it will be very difficult to beat. 2023 was quite enjoyable though.
The poor young fella in the middle was speechless 😅 he's like "yea, Nah! I'm good" 😂
Boys Byron Picketts bumps are great to watch bloke was small but built like a tank, you'll love it
to clarify in today's rules a lot of these bumps are awarded a free kick and a suspension to go with it, which can be contested to be downgraded to less games suspended or a fine
This is absolutely hilarious 🤣 as an Australian that has completely grown up with this sport and has a 12-year-old son that plays it and has played it since he was four years old. It’s fun watching others watch it. Just because it’s so natural and part of our culture doesn’t seem in anyway dangerous to us. But this does put it into perspective that is in fact a pretty dangerous sport.
Here's another thing for yous to know about us Aussies the day before grandfinal day is a public holiday coz everyone's to drunk to go to work on the Friday 😂😂
Only in Victoria....
@user-bi8wp6wy3l yerr thats probably true
we are nothing like Brits, we are our own Country and Culture. the Brits would not dare to step into this Arena.
The player flattened at point 6.50 was flattened again in 1993 whilst playing for another team in an unfortunate head clash with a teammate. Play was stopped for at least 25 minutes. Eventually he was taken directly from the ground by ambulance to the hospital and was still unconscous. It is rare that an ambulance is actually required to enter the playing arena to collect a player. It was a very serious situation, more serious than anyone knew at the time. The player was interviewed last year and revealed that he had only recently found out from the Offical who had travelled in the ambulance with him that he had stopped breathing on the way to the hospital and two ambulance officers worked constantly to keep him alive. He was so very lucky there. There has only been 1 player who due to a clash like you have been watching where the player was left a quadraplegic and I hope it never happens again. I love the game and I know accidents happen although I do think that some players at some times just go into win at any cost mode. There is quite a lot of rivalry between clubs. Most clubs have a rivalry with Collingwood. Definitely try watching a full game for the context of how the bumps and fights come about. Australia today is made up of many nationalities as is America and like America a lot of people chose to emigrate to Australia.
Footy in Australia is a blood sport. We’re getting better behaved, but yeah 😂
It's the sunshine, leaves us a little stir crazy after a while, we like living on that edge.
Dude. Don't ever tell an Aussie he's like a Brit ! It could end real badly for you.
Right?!?!
Exactly 😠
The old generation games ie black and white or 70s-90s footy anything goes and players were only reported if it caused serious injury or concussions. These days you can’t do any of this, the game now is heavily regulated and it’s a duty to all players to protect the head of others
Except for late contact and head high contact most of these would have been legal at the time. What is more most of these players will have been back up and playing within a minute or so. The guys do wear mouthguards at least. Each of the players will also run 10-20km (6-12mile) a game compared to about 1.5km (1mile) for a NFL player.
In Australia we say ‘go hard or go home!’
The hit at 5:38 was at the time up to umpires discretion. Nowadays any hit to the head is given a free kick and depending on the severity can be reported like the buddy franklin hit early on. AFL used to be much more dangerous, head contact wasn't a large concern until concussions later on in players lives were causing strokes and permanent brain damage which the governing body then brought in rules to protect players against head high contact.
Joel, you’re all over it. Love to watch you watch a final quarter of a close game.
I've heard it described by an American who knows AFL as the speed & hands of a NFL WR , height & leaping of NBA players with the endurance & speed of soccer . Action is 360 degrees
Bought back memories with some of the older stuff! It's nothing like rugby hahaha it's rugby, basketball and soccer and gridiron all in one! And yeah, they only wear a mouthguard as protection, no pads! Bandaid if it's a blood rule, they have changed the rules now in regards to tackles above the shoulder and concussion rules, lotta talented young blokes retiring early (pfft 25)because of injuries. But you can play AFL over there, my mate from Australia plays in CA
Only an American could say that this game is similar to rugby .
Haha yeah. I don't see the similarity.
If anything, I would say rugby and american football look more similar lol
@@adrianhempfing2042 Me too. Especially rugby league and American football where both have a certain number of attempts to move the ball a certain distance. The whole idea of a try or touchdown being worth the most and a field goal being a lesser, secondary score. Whereas AFL is just so different in every way.
best thing about the AFL us there is no send-offs no yellow or red cards - you can kill somebody and play till the end of the game... you know like REAL MAN sport
Head is now a protected part of the game in AFL. If you hit someone in the head nowadays you can expect to get suspended weeks but this has only come about in the last few years.
I agree mate. Making is crazy.
I am Australian but i still think AFL is amazing sport i highly recommended playing it. It is so fun. And AFL is Wild, bro.
Work hard, play hard and party hard. The Australian way. 😉
Gotta show them the best goals of the decade
in general your only allowed to tackle between the knees and shoulders, any head contact is penalised and your def not allow to throw elbows, like sometimes accidents happen but if you go past the ball or delibratly take someone out its a free kick to the opposition and can even get suspended for x amount of matches and have to pay a massive fine to the afl association what ever thats called.
Edit: i'd like to also point out they take head injuries super serious because of the whole brain scaring/ Traumatic Brain Injury thing, there was a couple of instances where players have well been totally normal people, they suffer these things then end up assulting/murdering. it happend to a couple of players and a big mention from the US side would be chris benoit if i remember correctly he ended up with surverer brain trauma and ended up murdering his family.
My husband was invited to play pro in the 80s. At that time players were paid peanuts . I just asked him if he wanted his knees beyond his 20s.Hes almost 60 now and plays volleyball and soccer.
😂walk it off MaaaaTE
...walk it off
🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺oi oi oi😅😂
No helmets, no padding....real men play AFL 🇦🇺💪
The comment about Aussies loving their gear (drugs) and partying is spot on. We are the largest users of cocaine and MDMA in the world and especially cocaine use is largely normalised in a way. Quite a large percentage of the population "get on the bags" every weekend. Then there's getting on the beers as well.. We have a good time and look after each orher though!
I've said it before on these types of videos:
Soccer is grown men pretending they need an ambulance.
AFL is grown men pretending they don't need an ambulance.
Your vids are great. As an Aussie I can promise you if you love this check out biggest NRL hits. Y’all will love it.
Now you know why Aussies think soccer players are "meowers".
this video is mainly the biggest hit in the modern era. The olden days were far worse. 2:13 This one effectively won his/my team the grand final. From that moment the game turned around, we came back and won.
a lot of veteran AFL players are coming forward with early onset dementia before they're even 50.
We love our game and dont want to see it get any softer but at the same time its becoming a real problem with the sheer amount of concussions happening during games.
AFL is most similar to Irish Football and also has a version called Marngrook invented by Indigenous Australians. Top AFL marks and some longer plays would be interesting to see your reactions to! Its a pretty stunning game to watch, incredible athleticism.
Fun fact. AFL does not have ejections. If you hit high or out of the rules, you play the rest of the game. After that, an independent review is undertaken and you are interviewed with others from the game etc. within the week following.
One of the best ones there was at 14:30, the 2 guys that collided are brothers
You guys have to watch some rugby league, especially Australia vs New Zealand! Whilst we consider ourselves “cousins”, there’s a huge sports rivalry between us. And my favourite part is there’s rarely a game without blood!😍
We play this game in grade school. It's one of the reasons we don't consider playing marbles with your feet like soccer to be "football". There ARE no other games.
Nice video guys, hope you can enjoy Australian Rules football , like us aussies enjoy watching American Football. both great games just different concepts.
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great to see you back into AFL Joel. Bit ruff video to inroduce mates to game tho. BTW Joel Brits sent their convicts to the US before Australia. I'm not up on the actual history but fighting between UK and France to get ur independence. Couple years later convicts sent to Australia
AFL was derived from aboriginals playing kick for kick. They own this ball game and the county I call home. I’m a direct descendant of the first fleet of convicts to OZ. I’m Norfolk Island convict based. But it’s not MY land.
Awesome vid guys! 😊❤
Fun Fact, the English only sent 160,000 convicts to Australia during an 88 year period... About a 1/4 returned to the U.K and 30,000 migrated to New Zealand after their sentences were over.
Early 90's and before you could get away with a lot more. Now, any head contact you are almost guaranteed to be suspended for 1-3 games. Forearms or any deliberate strike to the head will get you 3+ games
I recall copping one of these shirtfront hits in an inter school soccer match in Australia and it wasn’t even a yellow card, just get up and take a free kick 😂
I grew up with the punches and big fights during the games. It's now totally against the rules.
At 6:27 you can see the umpire wave his hands in the air which means "fair bump play on"
No joke those hits are tame compared to dozens I can think of in modern times - not sure why the compilations have basic bumps in them.
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Def react to afl best commentary. It's so funny and if u kinda get the Aussie humour or slang u will enjoy the laugh! And react to the afl grand final 2018 west coast vs Collingwood. Best final game in a very long time!!! Especially last 2mins of the game!!!!
Yes Kicking is a big part of the game, the main part of the game. Hence the name ‘football’. Lol
there are weekly highlights or the grand final last week was good
Afl is basically basketball with a bigger "court/field" and you kick instead of shooting
these kind of hits happen in school AFL too I've seen it at my school and some end in fights
A little over 20 years ago dudes used to throw hands lol. They'd get in trouble but not as in trouble as they would get today. I still remember the 2004 Grandfinal where two dudes were borderline helicopter punching each other in the head.
AFL reactions are fun. If you wanna see what some peak skill looks like, look up Dustin Martin and watch one of the compilations that come up. The dude is fucking insane
Yep they pussified it. Years ago they used to have out and out brawls.
Regarding the section where you blokes asked if this stuff is regulated or not, the bump you had just seen was considered to be fine AT THAT TIME. It would mean a VERY long ban nowadays.
footy, rugby, it;s how we have fun. it prepares us for a fight.
You guys should do a review on some of the best goals in AFL (Aussie Rules).. and by the way there are always hits like that in every game, you are also allowed to Shepard opposition players off your team mates so a lot of the hits don't get seen on TV best to go to a live game.
When I was 16 I played for onkapringa valley in South Australia against uraidla ended up in hospital for a week with 12 stitches in my mouth and three teeth missing lol