Come on mate, you're having a lend. It's been around longer than any cricket team, the Aborigines were playing marrngrook with Spinifex rolled up to a ball long before history would indicate. It's AFL now but same game. Read, it's a great story. I believe that nearly all of what I was taught at school is mostly rubbish, but I wasn't told this in school, you probably were. Work that out.
It is a physical game - so these hits can happen frequently - but when someone doesn't get up, its a nasty feeling. Truly one of the greatest games which attracts the 5th largest live audience in the world... not bad for a rather sparsely populated country.
What is also funny, my Kiwi gf who grew up around rugby was just shocked watching a live game at how much two players will punch each other in the guts when the ump isn't looking, or elbow each other in the chest etc. A very physical game.
Some of these hard hits can knock players out of the game and into hospital, but what I've always found astounding is how many of them can take a massive hit and after a moment of laying on the ground to recover they get back up and keep on playing. AFL players are made of different stuff to the rest of the population.
Yeah i almost tore my LCL, i coulda swore i broke one of my knee bones.couldnt walk for 2hrs. A few weeks before that i was concust (mild). i broke my phema a few yrs before i started playing, so ik pain is. but that LCL was so bad
In the older games you seen the players got told to go out and hurt the opposition. The rules have changed a lot these days to accommodate players safety. It still doesn't stop some great hits though. Greatest marks is another great video you would enjoy
Watch some highlights from the North Adelaide vs West Adelaide 1991 SANFL grand final, west Adelaide spent the lead up to the game doing boxing training and came in looking for a fight. Was quite bloody
@@bigscottie3865 yes mate, the shirt front. It was legal to shoulder someone virtually anywhere on the front of body, not in the back. I can remember some crackers, a bloke called Niel Curley who played mainly for Norwood in S.A. was the grand master. Not sure when it was outlawed, somewhere in the late 80s I think, but a lot has changed with it, safety is paramount.
@@deanhall6045 I think it was when the $1Bn court case against the NFL came to be that the AFL started taking notice of concussions. But nevertheless there are many many former players who are now in middle or old age who live with crippling brain injuries as a result of countless hits they took during their playing days.
@@deanhall6045 My impression was that once the eye-watering sum of damages being sought against the NFL was made known, sporting codes all around the world started worrying about similar class actions of large scales happening to them. The AFL and NRL took notice. So did FIFA. In cricket, Phillip Hughes had just been felled by a short-pitched ball to the head, and new helmet designs were being introduced, as well as new concussion protocols. A lot changed between 2014 and 2016 alright....
In some of the games youâll see a legal clean hit that leaves a player laying on the ground, but if the ball is still in play and it moves away from them then the game continues. Full dedication.
That first black and white video... the guy wearing the number 29 jumper is Gary Wilson. He was the captain of the Fitzroy Football Club. They closed their doors back in the mid 90s. The guy he "shirtfronted" was Jim Jesse of Richmond. I knew Gary' parents from when they owned a newagency store near where I lived when I was a kid. The sport was founded in 1848 in Melbourne Victoria. The hits happen every week. Probably several times a game. They are a massive part of the game. Also, there aren't as many concussions as you'd think. There are more leg injuries than there are concussions.
There may not be obvious concussions, but there is plenty of brain injury. Iâve never been diagnosed with concussion, but the bloke who did the MRI of my brain showed me the signs that told him I used to play contact sports.
I am a big Brisbane lions fan and I was actually at 4 games on this compilation. Most memorable was probably the Steven May hit on Stef Martin, turned into an all in push about. The second was the midair hit from Jeremy Cameron on Harris Andrews, Andrews ended up having to go to hospital with a bleed on his brain. Heâs all good now thankfully
You really need to check out a compilation of the best marks (jumping on other players and catching the ball) in the AFL...there's literally hundreds of gobsmacking examples, going back for many years. Each week, there's half a dozen contenders for 'mark of the round' . Completely unique to this sport, imho.
The origins of Australian football date back to the late 1850s in Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria. The earliest Australian football match was held on 15 June 1858, between Melbourne Grammar and St Kilda Grammar. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is built next to the site of that match. In 1859, four members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the rules of the game. In 1896 the Victorian Football League (VFL) was formed which changed its name to the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990. The driving force behind the beginnings of the game was Tom Wills, a cricketer. Contrary to popular belief Australian football has no connection to Gaelic football, the proposed Marngrook link is hotly debated amongst historians.
State library of Victoria has record Marngrook a Aboriginal ball game played by a indigenous man named Johnny Connelly Ledcourt Station ( my ancestors owned Ledcourt) in the west of Victoria in the 1830's, 1840's . The adjoining property to the south in the 1840's lived Tom Wills and his visiting cousin Henry Harrison. Two founder of modern AFL. Experts say there was no connection. I think otherwise!!
Tom Wills lived at Lexington Station Moyston Victoria for about ten years .AFL official historian constructed a Monument (Moyston 1998) Aboriginal influence on Tom playing games with them. Tom went to Rugby School in England aged 14 and was Captain of both Cricket and Rugby teams. An indigenous man Johnny Connelly had played Marngrook in the local area (State Library of Victoria has record of this). Yet many Experts say no connection with Marngrook Rugy or other British football games.
The link to an indigenous sport is something we'd all like to be true, but no evidence actually exists. Indigenous players did not have an influence in the early days, that racism was undoubtedly not right, but it is what happened.
@@daleford8411 Then why did the AFL official historian have a Monument to Tom Wills at Moyston (1998) saying that Aboriginal ball games did have a influence on AFL..
Glad you like our sport! It's a lot cleaner now than it used to be - back in the 70s and 80s there was some real dirty play and dirty players. The AFL is much more aware of player safety, especially around concussions, than they used to be. Much the same can be said of the NFL I guess. Having played both Australian & American football, I can say I got more injuries from 3 years as an RB in a (very!) amateur Aussie gridiron league than in just about anything else. The padding in American football enables harder hits and any part of the body that's not protected tends to get slammed by pads, helmets, facemasks etc. In AFL even though it might be a hard hit, you're just getting hit by another human body, not an armoured missile! They're both physical sports though and I love them both.
@@Rose-jz6ix I watched a super bowl (2016 maybe) and I noticed that for every 10 seconds of playing time, there was about another 50 seconds of people arguing over the rules and what-not in between plays. American football baffles me. What a boring sport.
2005, 2006 and 2018 Grand Finals. That's all you will need, very fair games, not much rough stuff, but nail biting. 100,000+ screaming, enough electric feeling to generate a city. Some of these vid hits are illegal, were punished with suspension. The game has been cleaned up, the head is meant to be protected now. There still are heavy hits, but not as damaging. They probably are the fittest athletes on the planet, as a child you are raised to believe the ball is EVERYTHING. Just go get it, there us nothing else, there is no fear.
I can't enjoy the sickening ones either. Try reacting to high flying marks (catches). The "no helmet, no pads" comment sums up most American reactions, but there are pros and cons as many suggest the added protection in NFL only promotes blatant force to the head due to the security players feel with that amount of protection. As mentioned, many of these are outside the rules and players were often suspended and/or fined for their "indiscretions". Sure, there are injuries, but also strict rules that protect players from illegal head contact. Back in the day these were considered "tough" but now they are considered "dangerous". Over the past decade the AFL has really cracked down on head contact and there are strict concussion protocols as a result. Would love to see you react to Eddi Betts (Pied Piper) and Mason Cox (Don't Belive in Never). Players are UBER fit and learn how to land, how to climb and how to take a hit as the game is part of the culture in some states.
AFL started in 1897. The older footage is when there were less rules about hits, so you might notice a lot of the hits are pretty brutal/hard. Modern game, bad hits are punished severely with match bans and fines, so they aren't as hard but still get big hits regularly.
It used to be a game for the people where the rules were written by the players but then politics came into it and destroyed it. If he could see how they used to play back then he would be really shocked. Better athletes now but a lot more tame than the older days.
One of the parts of AFL like this that causes so many blindside hits is it's a 360 degrees game, there's no line of scrimmage. You can have someone run into you and flatten you from any direction
Yes, the concussion rate is high, they are trying to factor that out as much as they can. If you can find any of the first week of this years finals online, watch them... all those games showcase this game at it's highest level.
It actually isn't that high in our sport. You'd think it would be a higher rate but it's actually pretty low considering how much we expose ourselves lol.
@@shannonsteven3982 because they don't wear pads so when they hit another person they are most likely doing so in a way that would stop the other guy but not injure them internationally
@@RavenStorm332 Yeah I play the sport, we are taught from the age of 5-6 to drive with the shoulder and slip our head to side. You're taught when being tackled to break fall as well so it's not often you have huge head injuries. When we do it's real bad though lol
@@shannonsteven3982 exactly I brought this up in a comment on IG on the XFL's post about their draft coming up about them allowing players fresh out of highschool to play in the XFL to get the 3 years out of highschool play time for the NFL draft. They brought up how most of the players are older and bigger than the fresh out of highschool players and would hurt them so I countered with football shouldn't be about hitting the other person as hard as possible. I stick to my claim that if we make football pads thinner or just remove them all together then the players will be more aware of their bodies and protect themselves
@@RavenStorm332 Exactly, they would also learn how to pin the arms so players stop spinning out of tackles or bouncing off and still running... they tackle horribly
Loving these videos, it seems like you're an intelligent dude. Every so often I swear you pronounce a word with an Aussie accent. One of us. One of us.
The art of a shirt front hit is when you hit someone square in the chest when you are running towards each other but as the game got faster the hits went from stunning your oooonent to disabling them. So we have changed the rules a little to protect players
I knew a guy who played for the swans in that game well he thinks he did haha he was knocked out in the 1st 5mins by I think he said ken Baxter he then left the ground before half time with an injured leg he was a mate of my Gran Father I knew him as Kelly but his full name was Brian Kelly
The hits are rough, and seeing some of the boys blackout is never easy. My husband works in the medical team of one of the major teams and I can assure you even a hit at training is taken seriously and completely assessed and treated; at least at his club. That have a really strict concussion protocol.
Honestly this is the best reaction video I've seen for Aussie rules footy, you weren't over the top, you understood that this is a compilation video and you realised the game was a lot dirtier in the past, particularly the 70's and 80's. The big bumps still happen but the league has cracked down on anything contacting the head so players Try and avoid head high contact.....still happens but not as often. Top notch video
Despite the illegal contact mostly from the old days when it was legal to destroy an opponent, the worst collisions are when 2 or more players only have eyes for the ball , and running at full pace they collide HEAD first.
@@SirEugeneDingle Melbourne Rules Football. Schools had actually started playing it earlier than 1859. In 1877 the VFA was formed, and in 1896, there was a breakaway competition that became the VFL.
These reaction videos are priceless, love watching minds blown by AFL. You should checkout AFLs biggest marks. thought I'd mention that I'm a huge fan of the Essendon Bombers football club too.
Much less concusions compared to the nfl. Wearing a helmet means when you fall to the ground rather than hitting your head once you hit your head several times on the one fall as your helmet and skull move relative to eachother. You fall, hit the ground and get rattled left to right against the sides of your helmet rather than hit your head hard once or better yet not have a bulky thing on your head which allows your neck muscles to strain and avoid slamming your head against the ground. Looks more dangerous but isnt.
The first official game of Australian Rules football was played on the 7th August 1858 in Melbourne between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar School. There were earlier games played before this date but the proper rules for the game weren't yet codified at the time. A lot of changes have been made to the game since then. Football was originally created for the sole purpose of keeping cricket players fit during the winter months as cricket is only played in summer. So cricket - summer, football - winter. But the game proved so popular with Australians that it became a fully fledged sport on its own.
I was a boundary umpire when I was playing juniors for the A grade or men's games. I saw to opposition players collide and literally heard the player from my local team break his leg in the collision, hearing the bone snap because I was so close. It was one of the first times I saw a grown man in agony.
The older ones are more brutal because the "high" tackle/bump rule wasn't brought in yet, so they just went for it in those days. It's a brutal sport but today is much more tame than it was back then. There's only one or two high hits in a game these days and 9 times out of 10 it's by accident. Though still a good amount of hip and shoulder in the torso area.
Collingwood supporter here, I kid you not this sport is the most entertaining sport out there (in my opinion) as a person who doesn't even play many sports cuz i suck at sports AFL is amazing
Aussie rules was codified in 1859. Even though Soccer and Rugby were played earlier their rules were not written up till much later. Tom Wills, who made the rules went to school in England at Rugby.
Tom wills spent his childhood at Lexington Station in the 1840's 3 kilometres from Moyston Western Victoria .A memorial to Tom was built at Moyston in1998 by the official AFL historian. Stating that Tom as Aboriginal ball games had contributed to the modern football game. The Station on the northern boundary of Lexington was Ledcourt Station. The State library of Victoria has on record a Aboriginal man named Johnny Connelly had played a game called Marngrook. In 1830's and 1840's he had played Marngrook at Ledcourt and neighbouring Stations. Tom went to Rugby School in England đŹđ§ at the age of 14. Henry Harrison was Tom's cousin and later brother in law also was credited for AFL today and spent time at Lexington in the 1840's.
Damn dude. Cranking out videos on both channels. Nice one. This sport just seems to have taken ideas from all different sports & just combined all together.
It does seem that way but this sport came before all the ones it âtakes ideas fromâ beside Gaelic football. Could possibly identify it as the oldest sport on earth considering a very large portion of it comes from marngrook (aboriginal ball game that was around before any other ball sport)
I can't speak for AFL, however NRL (National Rugby League) is aware of chronic blows to the head leading to brain damage & premature dementia and they have joined a program with multiple neurologists, public health researchers etc. to limit the blows to the heads, prescribe immediate testing, the amount of time off the field and follow up scans & medical releases before the players are able to resume playing. Many players who have suffered repeat head knocks & concussion have signed up to donate their brains to this research. Some of the recent volunteers in the program who have died or suicided have been found to have had very damaged brains at post mortem. One of our local NRL captains diagnosed with this chronic concussion caused early dementia just raised $3million walking 300kms from his country birthplace to Sydney, collecting donations on the way in October. He's pledged his brain too. People are waking up.
What's up bro, liking the channel. Im from western aus, been playing this game since I was 5yrs old. I'm now 32. I played at a high leveL (WAFL) I am still sore from that shit to this day.
The older footage was from 70s 80s 90s where it was almost anything goes and players weren't always penalized or not severely. In today's game players can bump hard to each other's bodies, but any contact to the head is severely penalized with players often being suspended from playing for up to 4 to 6 games. If you come to see our great game in person you might see one bad incident but you'll also see all the great thrills and skills our game showcases. Hope to see you at a game very soon
Murder ball. đ The game is fast and hits can come from any direction. But the real risk are collisions when two players are at full speed with eyes only does the ball, rather than players doing something deliberately dodgy.
So I found this to send to someone. I love the reaction videos to our sport. Itâs literally my number 1 love and glad we get to share it with the rest of the world. There are American afl leagues. You should check them out
Many huts on here arent legal hits, others were legal at the time, but the rules of the game have changed a lot over the years to try protect players from major injuries (mainly head and neck). Also not really sure why there wasnt more shots with a player called Byron Picket, one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) enforcers of the AFL era. Heres a clip of some of his best. czcams.com/video/2f6w5Iq7Zqk/video.html
it is a common thing (concussion's) in the game at any given time. the hits and bumps were worse in the old days. now the rules have tightened up more, like if you played in the earlier year's, it wouldn't be odd to see all in brawls in games, they can happen when a player is coming down from making a mark or tackled by an opponent. it is a physical game that has been around since the 1800's. It's always been a game with hard knocks, but no matter how ruff the game was, you shake hands and have a beer after the game. it was developed as a way to keep our cricketer's fit in the winter months and become popular to play in its own right to now have a player be a paid professional. there is no game lick it.
It can be an absolutely brutal game at times. You know the bloke is hurting when he goes T-Rex arms. Every game you'll see some great tackles, the "rivalry" games and Finals is when you'll see them go full send.
The AFL has been around since the 1830s but back then it looked nothing like it does now, It took more of it's shape and only began to become a professional game in the 1850s but the game hit it's strides in the 1950's and 1960's
enjoyed your reactions its been cleaned up a lot now---and now you understand why it has a crazy following here.....the head high hits a heavily scrutinized now.
Usually when you watch Americans react the the AFL itâs a bit of show and not much understanding. You young man and an intelligent and emotionally aware person and I really appreciate the juxtaposition you highlight between the need for action and the concern for welfare that is the life of an afl fan. Well done. All the best.
Think we need to clarify. The AFL is a league. The game is actually Australian Rules Football. Although the AFL is the custodian of the game formalising rules and what not. There are many footy leagues in Australia, but somehow saying AFL has slipped into the lexicon as meaning the game itself.
there was one bump that was so bad one of the players became a quadriplegic as a result, thankfully the AFL has addressed this issue, and are doing everything they can to ensure the safety of the players.
gday my names micuela and i am from melbourne australia. these hits happen every game and more then once. check out the best marks in afl. you will enjoy. anything else you want to know dont hesitate to ask. we love our aussie rules đ
Dude afl is hard hitting the hole game it's all about tackling. As years go on there getting softer because of safety. Most crazy sport why us Aussies love it. In the old days day they use to smoke ciggies and drink beer at half time this game back to 1896 These guys a tuff as hell also playing this growing up as a sport is what made Aussies tuff. I'm enjoying watching you enjoy Australia đŠđș
Victorian Football Association was founded in 1877 and continued to 1995. In 1896 8 clubs formed the VFL which continued until 1989 when the name changed to the AFL and became a national competition. Now with 2 teams in each of Queensland - New South Wales - South Australia & Western Australia, with 10 Teams in Victoria.
The administrators running the game are trying to reduce head high contact to reduce concussions. Probably get two serious hits each weekend. Eighteen team / 9 games per weekend over 23 weeks plus finals. A lot of players making the dangerous hits get suspended and miss anywhere between 1 to 6 matches. Players that get concussed canât play for a minimum of 12 days. A player if concussed must also get medical approval before being allowed to play again. One player was out of the game for 4 years before being allowed to play again. He lasted just over a season before getting concussed again. No news yet when / if he will return to the sport. Older players from 70âs, 80âs, 90âs etc starting to sue the AFL over long term continuing concussion issues.
Another big thing you have to realise about AFL is that these hits can come in from ANYWHERE. It is a full 360 degree game with no offside positions. If you've got the ball in hand, or in the general vicinity of the ball, you are fair game and can be hit from any direction (provided no head contact is made). In regards to your question if this happens every game or not, the game itself is extremely physical from the opening bounce right up to the final siren. These bumps/tackles happen quite often, although these days you don't find the big head collision hits as often as the game has been working tirelessly (similarly to NFL) to stamp it out... players are much more disciplined these days, that's why a lot of the "big" hits were from footage of the 70's/80's where the rules were a bit more loosely followed. Hope this comment finds you and is helpful !
I would love to see you react to a grand final game. Basically at the end of September the two teams at the top of their game duke it out, and you will see the best skills on display. Maybe two or three "hits" as well.
Impacts are still there now but not as much as you see in some of the older footage. One of the commentators made the opoint when Frankiin collided. The onus was on Franklin not to take the player head high. Yes there have been a lot of concussions over the years, but a lot of them I don't think were picked up. Now they do pick them up and if you're going to hit then it's on the hitter to not go head high. Nowadays there is a concussion protocol when players look like they're oncussed, if they end up being ruled with concussion they take no further time in the game and get subbed out by a medical sub, if the meidcal sub hasn't bseen used for hamstrings, broken ribs, collar bones, arms etc etc, if medicalk sub has been used, the team just has one less interchange polayer they can use. The game when it comes to hits especially head high has been cleaned up a lot, some say too cleaned up. But imho, the start of the cleaningup was 1990 onwards but concusssion care I don't think was considered til late 200s to 2010s. But the 1989 Grand Final of the game bertween the two best teasms of the year through a finals series, was really the last big hit game that was really ever on, where it was free for all. Players did clothesline other pplayers. One player was that injured and hurt that the doctors didn't know how bad he was, he had multiple broken ribs and I think maybe a puncture lung, but when he was flattered one of hhis team mates did flatyten a couple of other oppoistion players as a payback, basically. What you'll find is things like payback for hits does still hapen, but the umpires try and break it up quickly and if players do not back off, there tends to be monetary fines and even suspensions for anyone involved in a brawl or fracas.
Now it is protect the head at all cost there are still big hits in the game maybe 3 or 4 a game but they are now cleaning up the sport but you can still use a hip & shoulder but if you hit the persons head it's a free kick and/or be reported and could get a 1 to 3 week holiday from playing watch a game from this year and you will get a better idea how the game is played today season only finished a month ago cheers
This brings back memories of having to go back to class after playing footy on the oval all lunch and getting knocked about đ damn it was good to be a kid
These hard hits are extremely common. AFL was codified/founded in 1859. It common for players to be carried of the field due to injury or being knocked out, or due to severe bleeding from the head. One of the worst injuries in AFL was when a guys face was partial cave in from smacking his face in a guys knee, it was so bad they did not focus on the injury, they were not sure he would survive, that type of injury scare is rare fortunately. He had to get reconstructive surgery with a plate in his face and was out for a year. Players used to get back on the field after recovering from the concussion. Some times players who are carried off the field would go straight to the hospital. When magic johnston told people he had aids, it actually impacted the rules of AFL, they implemented a new rule, where if anyone on the field was bleeding (or better known as Claret by the commentators) they had to get off. Before the new rule when players bled they would continue playing. It was common to see blood pouring down a guys face while still playing. The 70's and 80's was the golden era of AFL, it was brutal back then, but sooo much better than this soft version people are used to now. Each team used to have at least one player called "the enforcer" normally the largest guy on the team whos job it was to just aim for certain opposition to get them carried of the field either because that player was a threat to the well being of the enforcers team mates, or because the player was playing exceptionally well. Melbourne has a stadium that seats nearly 100,000, and it is common to have upto 90,000 people in the stadium mid season. The largest crowd to watch a footy match is about 115,000.
Went to a kids (~13-14y olds) rugby game with the family i stayed at in NZ ages ago. Despite playing like total savages no lasting damage on either side. Some almost slapstick style hits but not one stayed down. One broken pinkie if i remember right but thats it. Probably lots of bruising though ;)
look up Tony Lockett and Barry Hall. Barry was a boxer who played AFL and Tony holds the record for most goals in a career if he wasn't suspended so much for fighting.
Its also a bit like ice-hockey and grid-iron in that you can body-check opposition players who dont even have the ball (to protect your player) but you can't use your hands or feet to do so. We call that 'shepherding' using your 'hip and shoulder'
that older footage from the 80s, they were brutal times,, lots of big whole team fights, crazy stuff big hits back then, ppl got hurt, its cleaned up a lot these days. Those big hits happen a few times a game but the tackles and smaller hits happen all game long. you need to watch a game...
If you want to watch a full game highly recommend the 2018 grandfinal eagles vs collingwood goes down to the wire with 2 of the most athletic teams of modern times
Soccer - where grown men pretend to be hurt.
Australian rules football - where grown men pretend they're not hurt.
Well put!
very true
Aussie rules was founded in the 1850s to keep cricketers fit during the off season. The vfl started as a regular competition in 1897
New that
Ever heard of Marrngrook?
Nowadays, of course, no sane cricketer will play AFL for the fear of being maimed...
@@cyriloliver6747 exactly my thoughts đđ
Come on mate, you're having a lend. It's been around longer than any cricket team, the Aborigines were playing marrngrook with Spinifex rolled up to a ball long before history would indicate. It's AFL now but same game. Read, it's a great story. I believe that nearly all of what I was taught at school is mostly rubbish, but I wasn't told this in school, you probably were. Work that out.
Back in the 80s to 90s AFL was a bloodbath, so many brawls and the tackling rules were so relaxed.
go watch the 70's ....bloodbath of a sport
It is a physical game - so these hits can happen frequently - but when someone doesn't get up, its a nasty feeling. Truly one of the greatest games which attracts the 5th largest live audience in the world... not bad for a rather sparsely populated country.
What is also funny, my Kiwi gf who grew up around rugby was just shocked watching a live game at how much two players will punch each other in the guts when the ump isn't looking, or elbow each other in the chest etc. A very physical game.
Facts
Yeh bro AFL is hugggeeee over here
What sports attracts more fans? Whatâs 1st 2nd 3rd 4th?
AFL is a great growing game and is by fan my favourite sport!
AFL is the best contact team sport in the world on every level by a long way. End of story âŠ
Some of these hard hits can knock players out of the game and into hospital, but what I've always found astounding is how many of them can take a massive hit and after a moment of laying on the ground to recover they get back up and keep on playing. AFL players are made of different stuff to the rest of the population.
Into hospital đit's AFL
@@jamesleetuffnel3745 well, yes, if you get knocked out then you SHOULD be heading to hospital to get checked.
Unlike soccer players who go down like theyâve been shot when they get a little kick in the shins, the sooks ⊠đ
Aussies are built differently
Yeah i almost tore my LCL, i coulda swore i broke one of my knee bones.couldnt walk for 2hrs. A few weeks before that i was concust (mild). i broke my phema a few yrs before i started playing, so ik pain is. but that LCL was so bad
In the older games you seen the players got told to go out and hurt the opposition. The rules have changed a lot these days to accommodate players safety. It still doesn't stop some great hits though.
Greatest marks is another great video you would enjoy
If you want to see a a game, watch the Bulldogs vs Demons grand final. It shows you how great a game of footy can be
S'truth, I first found the game during "the Rough Charlie" era . LOVE @ FIRST SIGHT
Watch some highlights from the North Adelaide vs West Adelaide 1991 SANFL grand final, west Adelaide spent the lead up to the game doing boxing training and came in looking for a fight. Was quite bloody
Some of the old footy really shows how far the sport has come to protect the player. Some really rough hits called play-on in the old days.
That's right Kane.
I played in 1980s ( local comp.) and shirtfront hits were common. The game is a lot faster these days.
@@bigscottie3865 yes mate, the shirt front. It was legal to shoulder someone virtually anywhere on the front of body, not in the back. I can remember some crackers, a bloke called Niel Curley who played mainly for Norwood in S.A. was the grand master. Not sure when it was outlawed, somewhere in the late 80s I think, but a lot has changed with it, safety is paramount.
@@deanhall6045 I think it was when the $1Bn court case against the NFL came to be that the AFL started taking notice of concussions. But nevertheless there are many many former players who are now in middle or old age who live with crippling brain injuries as a result of countless hits they took during their playing days.
@@bevanml correct, I looked into what you said, their was no correlation mentioned, but the timing says you're spot on. Cheers.
@@deanhall6045 My impression was that once the eye-watering sum of damages being sought against the NFL was made known, sporting codes all around the world started worrying about similar class actions of large scales happening to them. The AFL and NRL took notice. So did FIFA. In cricket, Phillip Hughes had just been felled by a short-pitched ball to the head, and new helmet designs were being introduced, as well as new concussion protocols.
A lot changed between 2014 and 2016 alright....
In some of the games youâll see a legal clean hit that leaves a player laying on the ground, but if the ball is still in play and it moves away from them then the game continues. Full dedication.
Eyes on the ball!
Itâs honestly the best sport in my opinion, the roar of the crowd just gives you tingles listening to it in person
That first black and white video... the guy wearing the number 29 jumper is Gary Wilson. He was the captain of the Fitzroy Football Club. They closed their doors back in the mid 90s. The guy he "shirtfronted" was Jim Jesse of Richmond. I knew Gary' parents from when they owned a newagency store near where I lived when I was a kid.
The sport was founded in 1848 in Melbourne Victoria.
The hits happen every week. Probably several times a game. They are a massive part of the game.
Also, there aren't as many concussions as you'd think. There are more leg injuries than there are concussions.
There may not be obvious concussions, but there is plenty of brain injury. Iâve never been diagnosed with concussion, but the bloke who did the MRI of my brain showed me the signs that told him I used to play contact sports.
I am a big Brisbane lions fan and I was actually at 4 games on this compilation. Most memorable was probably the Steven May hit on Stef Martin, turned into an all in push about. The second was the midair hit from Jeremy Cameron on Harris Andrews, Andrews ended up having to go to hospital with a bleed on his brain. Heâs all good now thankfully
To this day I can't stomach any adulation for Cameron. He also broke Rhys Mathieson's jaw.
Hate may haha
@@julesschulte9293 Cameron has a history of being a dirty prick on the field.
Big lions fan
@@BrisbaneLionsAreEpic nice pfp
You really need to check out a compilation of the best marks (jumping on other players and catching the ball) in the AFL...there's literally hundreds of gobsmacking examples, going back for many years. Each week, there's half a dozen contenders for 'mark of the round' . Completely unique to this sport, imho.
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Tony Modra highlights...one of the best ever
The origins of Australian football date back to the late 1850s in Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria.
The earliest Australian football match was held on 15 June 1858, between Melbourne Grammar and St Kilda Grammar. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is built next to the site of that match.
In 1859, four members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the rules of the game.
In 1896 the Victorian Football League (VFL) was formed which changed its name to the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990.
The driving force behind the beginnings of the game was Tom Wills, a cricketer.
Contrary to popular belief Australian football has no connection to Gaelic football, the proposed Marngrook link is hotly debated amongst historians.
State library of Victoria has record Marngrook a Aboriginal ball game played by a indigenous man named Johnny Connelly Ledcourt Station ( my ancestors owned Ledcourt) in the west of Victoria in the 1830's, 1840's .
The adjoining property to the south in the 1840's lived
Tom Wills and his visiting cousin Henry Harrison.
Two founder of modern AFL.
Experts say there was no connection.
I think otherwise!!
Tom Wills lived at Lexington Station Moyston Victoria for about ten years .AFL official historian constructed a Monument (Moyston 1998) Aboriginal influence on Tom playing games with them.
Tom went to Rugby School in England aged 14 and was Captain of both Cricket and Rugby teams. An indigenous man Johnny Connelly had played Marngrook in the local area (State Library of Victoria has record of this). Yet many Experts say no connection with Marngrook Rugy or other British football games.
The link to an indigenous sport is something we'd all like to be true, but no evidence actually exists. Indigenous players did not have an influence in the early days, that racism was undoubtedly not right, but it is what happened.
@@daleford8411 Then why did the AFL official historian have a Monument to Tom Wills at Moyston (1998) saying that Aboriginal ball games did have a influence on AFL..
The SANFL was formed in 1877. 19 years before the VFL
Glad you like our sport! It's a lot cleaner now than it used to be - back in the 70s and 80s there was some real dirty play and dirty players. The AFL is much more aware of player safety, especially around concussions, than they used to be. Much the same can be said of the NFL I guess. Having played both Australian & American football, I can say I got more injuries from 3 years as an RB in a (very!) amateur Aussie gridiron league than in just about anything else. The padding in American football enables harder hits and any part of the body that's not protected tends to get slammed by pads, helmets, facemasks etc. In AFL even though it might be a hard hit, you're just getting hit by another human body, not an armoured missile! They're both physical sports though and I love them both.
I only ever watched one gridiron game in Australia & was bored to tears. Never watched it on tv because of adverts.
@@Rose-jz6ix I watched a super bowl (2016 maybe) and I noticed that for every 10 seconds of playing time, there was about another 50 seconds of people arguing over the rules and what-not in between plays. American football baffles me. What a boring sport.
Like? I think addicted would better describe how I feel. Love Melbourne.
2005, 2006 and 2018 Grand Finals. That's all you will need, very fair games, not much rough stuff, but nail biting. 100,000+ screaming, enough electric feeling to generate a city.
Some of these vid hits are illegal, were punished with suspension. The game has been cleaned up, the head is meant to be protected now. There still are heavy hits, but not as damaging. They probably are the fittest athletes on the planet, as a child you are raised to believe the ball is EVERYTHING. Just go get it, there us nothing else, there is no fear.
I can't enjoy the sickening ones either. Try reacting to high flying marks (catches). The "no helmet, no pads" comment sums up most American reactions, but there are pros and cons as many suggest the added protection in NFL only promotes blatant force to the head due to the security players feel with that amount of protection. As mentioned, many of these are outside the rules and players were often suspended and/or fined for their "indiscretions". Sure, there are injuries, but also strict rules that protect players from illegal head contact. Back in the day these were considered "tough" but now they are considered "dangerous". Over the past decade the AFL has really cracked down on head contact and there are strict concussion protocols as a result. Would love to see you react to Eddi Betts (Pied Piper) and Mason Cox (Don't Belive in Never). Players are UBER fit and learn how to land, how to climb and how to take a hit as the game is part of the culture in some states.
Love your sportsmanship, you know your a sport lover and can pick the big plays. Nice video
ACL, PCL ruptures are fairly common, lots of soft tissue injuries. Rarely, you get compound fractures. Dislocations are also quite common.
AFL started in 1897.
The older footage is when there were less rules about hits, so you might notice a lot of the hits are pretty brutal/hard.
Modern game, bad hits are punished severely with match bans and fines, so they aren't as hard but still get big hits regularly.
Started in 1897 but clubs and the game testing was back in the 1850s
@@cameronbarrow6834 the VFL split from the VFA in 1897
It used to be a game for the people where the rules were written by the players but then politics came into it and destroyed it. If he could see how they used to play back then he would be really shocked. Better athletes now but a lot more tame than the older days.
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One of the parts of AFL like this that causes so many blindside hits is it's a 360 degrees game, there's no line of scrimmage. You can have someone run into you and flatten you from any direction
Love watching your videos ! Hope you come to australia soon ! X
Yes, the concussion rate is high, they are trying to factor that out as much as they can. If you can find any of the first week of this years finals online, watch them... all those games showcase this game at it's highest level.
It actually isn't that high in our sport. You'd think it would be a higher rate but it's actually pretty low considering how much we expose ourselves lol.
@@shannonsteven3982 because they don't wear pads so when they hit another person they are most likely doing so in a way that would stop the other guy but not injure them internationally
@@RavenStorm332 Yeah I play the sport, we are taught from the age of 5-6 to drive with the shoulder and slip our head to side. You're taught when being tackled to break fall as well so it's not often you have huge head injuries. When we do it's real bad though lol
@@shannonsteven3982 exactly I brought this up in a comment on IG on the XFL's post about their draft coming up about them allowing players fresh out of highschool to play in the XFL to get the 3 years out of highschool play time for the NFL draft. They brought up how most of the players are older and bigger than the fresh out of highschool players and would hurt them so I countered with football shouldn't be about hitting the other person as hard as possible. I stick to my claim that if we make football pads thinner or just remove them all together then the players will be more aware of their bodies and protect themselves
@@RavenStorm332 Exactly, they would also learn how to pin the arms so players stop spinning out of tackles or bouncing off and still running... they tackle horribly
I love it when theirs an all out fight , rare but cool
Thanks for the content keep up the good work
THE AFL, (then VFL) played an exhibition match in the UK, a huge fight broke out before the game started. Pommy poofters cried and VFL never took off.
Matthew are you writing about melees that generally start at the beginning of games when the men are hyped up?
Loving these videos, it seems like you're an intelligent dude. Every so often I swear you pronounce a word with an Aussie accent. One of us. One of us.
The art of a shirt front hit is when you hit someone square in the chest when you are running towards each other but as the game got faster the hits went from stunning your oooonent to disabling them. So we have changed the rules a little to protect players
The game was more brutal in the old days. The 1945 Grand Final, between Carlton & the Swans, was called âThe Bloodbathâ.
I knew a guy who played for the swans in that game well he thinks he did haha he was knocked out in the 1st 5mins by I think he said ken Baxter
he then left the ground before half time with an injured leg he was a mate of my Gran Father I knew him as Kelly but his full name was Brian Kelly
The Swans didn't exist then. They were South Melbourne or the bloods.
The hits are rough, and seeing some of the boys blackout is never easy. My husband works in the medical team of one of the major teams and I can assure you even a hit at training is taken seriously and completely assessed and treated; at least at his club. That have a really strict concussion protocol.
As an Australian we love these bumps a lot of people wish it would be kind of back to the old rules where there was a lot of punches and blood
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Honestly this is the best reaction video I've seen for Aussie rules footy, you weren't over the top, you understood that this is a compilation video and you realised the game was a lot dirtier in the past, particularly the 70's and 80's.
The big bumps still happen but the league has cracked down on anything contacting the head so players Try and avoid head high contact.....still happens but not as often.
Top notch video
Great reaction brother, look forward to more
Despite the illegal contact mostly from the old days when it was legal to destroy an opponent, the worst collisions are when 2 or more players only have eyes for the ball , and running at full pace they collide HEAD first.
Good to see you checking out a bit of AFL, Iâm a St Kilda fan from the UK
They weren't very full on mate. There's a whole bunch of awesome knocks to see. Enjoy!đđđ»
Aussie rules was created in the 1850's.
1859
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@@SirEugeneDingle Melbourne Rules Football. Schools had actually started playing it earlier than 1859. In 1877 the VFA was formed, and in 1896, there was a breakaway competition that became the VFL.
There was a colonial competition before the VFA. Throughout the 1860âs & 70âs Carlton & Melbourne were the dominant teams.
These reaction videos are priceless, love watching minds blown by AFL. You should checkout AFLs biggest marks. thought I'd mention that I'm a huge fan of the Essendon Bombers football club too.
Gary Moorcroft best mark ever. czcams.com/video/-RpoTtudPck/video.html
Legend go the Mighty Bombers
The AFL players are some of the fittest sportsmen..The crowds every week are huge, some regular round games can draw 100k
Concussion is a serious issue in the AFL much like the NFL and CTE is real reality for a lot of players
Much less concusions compared to the nfl. Wearing a helmet means when you fall to the ground rather than hitting your head once you hit your head several times on the one fall as your helmet and skull move relative to eachother. You fall, hit the ground and get rattled left to right against the sides of your helmet rather than hit your head hard once or better yet not have a bulky thing on your head which allows your neck muscles to strain and avoid slamming your head against the ground. Looks more dangerous but isnt.
Yeah, and the padding and helmets encourage players to hit each other harder with less control, a bit like boxing with gloves vs bare knuckle.
The first official game of Australian Rules football was played on the 7th August 1858 in Melbourne between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar School. There were earlier games played before this date but the proper rules for the game weren't yet codified at the time. A lot of changes have been made to the game since then. Football was originally created for the sole purpose of keeping cricket players fit during the winter months as cricket is only played in summer. So cricket - summer, football - winter. But the game proved so popular with Australians that it became a fully fledged sport on its own.
Glad to see this great game getting promoted on CZcams.. Cheers đ
I was a boundary umpire when I was playing juniors for the A grade or men's games. I saw to opposition players collide and literally heard the player from my local team break his leg in the collision, hearing the bone snap because I was so close. It was one of the first times I saw a grown man in agony.
The older ones are more brutal because the "high" tackle/bump rule wasn't brought in yet, so they just went for it in those days. It's a brutal sport but today is much more tame than it was back then. There's only one or two high hits in a game these days and 9 times out of 10 it's by accident. Though still a good amount of hip and shoulder in the torso area.
Port Adelaide fan here , loving the reactions. So many freak Players in the AFL. Get keen !
Just a bit of fun on a Saturday arv.
Collingwood supporter here, I kid you not this sport is the most entertaining sport out there (in my opinion)
as a person who doesn't even play many sports cuz i suck at sports AFL is amazing
The intensity of these hits - the head cracking, ground slamming, hardcore hits - always induces a physical reaction.
Aussie rules was codified in 1859. Even though Soccer and Rugby were played earlier their rules were not written up till much later. Tom Wills, who made the rules went to school in England at Rugby.
First invented in 1848. Used to keep cricketers fit during the winter months in Australia :D
@@dramoth64 1858 I thought?
Tom wills spent his childhood at Lexington Station in the 1840's 3 kilometres from Moyston Western Victoria .A memorial to Tom was built at Moyston in1998 by the official AFL historian. Stating that Tom as Aboriginal ball games had contributed to the modern football game.
The Station on the northern boundary of Lexington was Ledcourt Station. The State library of Victoria has on record a Aboriginal man named Johnny Connelly had played a game called Marngrook. In 1830's and 1840's he had played Marngrook at Ledcourt and neighbouring Stations. Tom went to Rugby School in England đŹđ§ at the age of 14.
Henry Harrison was Tom's cousin and later brother in law also was credited for AFL today and spent time at Lexington in the 1840's.
Like you, Joel I love these guys' biceps. With all that body contact, it'll a much more robust game than I thought.
Damn dude. Cranking out videos on both channels. Nice one.
This sport just seems to have taken ideas from all different sports & just combined all together.
It has components of other sports but did not copy them as it was created before them.
It does seem that way but this sport came before all the ones it âtakes ideas fromâ beside Gaelic football.
Could possibly identify it as the oldest sport on earth considering a very large portion of it comes from marngrook (aboriginal ball game that was around before any other ball sport)
First recorded games ofAussie Rules was played in 1859: before soccer, before Rugby, before American football, before basketball.
After cricket.
Codified in 1850's so older than most other sports.
Itâs arguably the other way round given how old this sport is, and that is was the first codified football league in the world
I can't speak for AFL, however NRL (National Rugby League) is aware of chronic blows to the head leading to brain damage & premature dementia and they have joined a program with multiple neurologists, public health researchers etc. to limit the blows to the heads, prescribe immediate testing, the amount of time off the field and follow up scans & medical releases before the players are able to resume playing. Many players who have suffered repeat head knocks & concussion have signed up to donate their brains to this research. Some of the recent volunteers in the program who have died or suicided have been found to have had very damaged brains at post mortem. One of our local NRL captains diagnosed with this chronic concussion caused early dementia just raised $3million walking 300kms from his country birthplace to Sydney, collecting donations on the way in October. He's pledged his brain too. People are waking up.
What's up bro, liking the channel. Im from western aus, been playing this game since I was 5yrs old. I'm now 32. I played at a high leveL (WAFL) I am still sore from that shit to this day.
This video should be called "AFL's biggest hits + 3 Paul Chapman love taps". Gee he loved to go down quick.
Joel is just a wonderful young lad. Enjoy his videos but laugh at his reaction to "hits" which is normal part of the games. Thanks Joel.
The older footage was from 70s 80s 90s where it was almost anything goes and players weren't always penalized or not severely.
In today's game players can bump hard to each other's bodies, but any contact to the head is severely penalized with players often being suspended from playing for up to 4 to 6 games.
If you come to see our great game in person you might see one bad incident but you'll also see all the great thrills and skills our game showcases.
Hope to see you at a game very soon
Murder ball. đ
The game is fast and hits can come from any direction. But the real risk are collisions when two players are at full speed with eyes only does the ball, rather than players doing something deliberately dodgy.
Awesome reaction. Can't believe the Harbrow hit on Lewis wasn't in the video.
So I found this to send to someone. I love the reaction videos to our sport. Itâs literally my number 1 love and glad we get to share it with the rest of the world. There are American afl leagues. You should check them out
Love your reaction. I hope one day you can come over and watch a game.đ
Many huts on here arent legal hits, others were legal at the time, but the rules of the game have changed a lot over the years to try protect players from major injuries (mainly head and neck).
Also not really sure why there wasnt more shots with a player called Byron Picket, one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) enforcers of the AFL era. Heres a clip of some of his best.
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Lethal Leigh Matthews... Picket would run away wetting his pants if confronted with Matthews in his prime.
@@dramoth64 as stated, AFL era, he never played in the AFL, only the VFL!
Even with that said, Picket never backed down from anyone.
The old VFL games were great to watch.
@@Rose-jz6ix They were much better watching them when they happened :D
it is a common thing (concussion's) in the game at any given time. the hits and bumps were worse in the old days. now the rules have tightened up more, like if you played in the earlier year's, it wouldn't be odd to see all in brawls in games, they can happen when a player is coming down from making a mark or tackled by an opponent. it is a physical game that has been around since the 1800's. It's always been a game with hard knocks, but no matter how ruff the game was, you shake hands and have a beer after the game. it was developed as a way to keep our cricketer's fit in the winter months and become popular to play in its own right to now have a player be a paid professional. there is no game lick it.
It can be an absolutely brutal game at times.
You know the bloke is hurting when he goes T-Rex arms.
Every game you'll see some great tackles, the "rivalry" games and Finals is when you'll see them go full send.
Good to see you guys checking out our great game , gg
The AFL has been around since the 1830s but back then it looked nothing like it does now, It took more of it's shape and only began to become a professional game in the 1850s but the game hit it's strides in the 1950's and 1960's
props to recognising the pre dating of the sports its kinda like :)
enjoyed your reactions its been cleaned up a lot now---and now you understand why it has a crazy following here.....the head high hits a heavily scrutinized now.
As a teenage Aussie playing all the time, I've been knocked cold before during a school carnival.
Usually when you watch Americans react the the AFL itâs a bit of show and not much understanding. You young man and an intelligent and emotionally aware person and I really appreciate the juxtaposition you highlight between the need for action and the concern for welfare that is the life of an afl fan. Well done. All the best.
If you like to see big hits, watch a game of Rugby League. Makes AFL look like a church picnic!
Think we need to clarify.
The AFL is a league. The game is actually Australian Rules Football.
Although the AFL is the custodian of the game formalising rules and what not.
There are many footy leagues in Australia, but somehow saying AFL has slipped into the lexicon as meaning the game itself.
there was one bump that was so bad one of the players became a quadriplegic as a result, thankfully the AFL has addressed this issue, and are doing everything they can to ensure the safety of the players.
gday my names micuela and i am from melbourne australia. these hits happen every game and more then once. check out the best marks in afl. you will enjoy. anything else you want to know dont hesitate to ask. we love our aussie rules đ
@ 12.26 the 2 guys are brothers - Selwoods..Not a surprise Joel got up..
Greatest game in the World! Maybe watch a compilation of the skill they have by foot kicking goals, marking, tackling and so on. You will love it!
Dude afl is hard hitting the hole game it's all about tackling.
As years go on there getting softer because of safety.
Most crazy sport why us Aussies love it.
In the old days day they use to smoke ciggies and drink beer at half time this game back to 1896
These guys a tuff as hell also playing this growing up as a sport is what made Aussies tuff. I'm enjoying watching you enjoy Australia đŠđș
Victorian Football Association was founded in 1877 and continued to 1995. In 1896 8 clubs formed the VFL which continued until 1989 when the name changed to the AFL and became a national competition. Now with 2 teams in each of Queensland - New South Wales - South Australia & Western Australia, with 10 Teams in Victoria.
The administrators running the game are trying to reduce head high contact to reduce concussions. Probably get two serious hits each weekend. Eighteen team / 9 games per weekend over 23 weeks plus finals. A lot of players making the dangerous hits get suspended and miss anywhere between 1 to 6 matches. Players that get concussed canât play for a minimum of 12 days. A player if concussed must also get medical approval before being allowed to play again. One player was out of the game for 4 years before being allowed to play again. He lasted just over a season before getting concussed again. No news yet when / if he will return to the sport. Older players from 70âs, 80âs, 90âs etc starting to sue the AFL over long term continuing concussion issues.
Good one to look up next Iâd best afl tackles
12:25 is funny because the two players are brothers (Adam & Joel Selwood) playing on opposing teams.
Another big thing you have to realise about AFL is that these hits can come in from ANYWHERE. It is a full 360 degree game with no offside positions. If you've got the ball in hand, or in the general vicinity of the ball, you are fair game and can be hit from any direction (provided no head contact is made).
In regards to your question if this happens every game or not, the game itself is extremely physical from the opening bounce right up to the final siren. These bumps/tackles happen quite often, although these days you don't find the big head collision hits as often as the game has been working tirelessly (similarly to NFL) to stamp it out... players are much more disciplined these days, that's why a lot of the "big" hits were from footage of the 70's/80's where the rules were a bit more loosely followed.
Hope this comment finds you and is helpful !
By the way the game started in 1858 as the V.F.L then around 1990 it became the A.F.L
Joel. You should watch afl best brawls.. Esp from the 70s and 80s.. Certainly no holds barred
The more recent bumps you enjoyed, but the ones from the 1970s and 1980s, there were virtually no rules back then it was all in đ
I would love to see you react to a grand final game. Basically at the end of September the two teams at the top of their game duke it out, and you will see the best skills on display. Maybe two or three "hits" as well.
Hi Joel, I enjoyed this video (pierre)
concussion wise they now have concussion protocol if your head gets hit.
Impacts are still there now but not as much as you see in some of the older footage. One of the commentators made the opoint when Frankiin collided. The onus was on Franklin not to take the player head high. Yes there have been a lot of concussions over the years, but a lot of them I don't think were picked up. Now they do pick them up and if you're going to hit then it's on the hitter to not go head high. Nowadays there is a concussion protocol when players look like they're oncussed, if they end up being ruled with concussion they take no further time in the game and get subbed out by a medical sub, if the meidcal sub hasn't bseen used for hamstrings, broken ribs, collar bones, arms etc etc, if medicalk sub has been used, the team just has one less interchange polayer they can use. The game when it comes to hits especially head high has been cleaned up a lot, some say too cleaned up. But imho, the start of the cleaningup was 1990 onwards but concusssion care I don't think was considered til late 200s to 2010s. But the 1989 Grand Final of the game bertween the two best teasms of the year through a finals series, was really the last big hit game that was really ever on, where it was free for all. Players did clothesline other pplayers. One player was that injured and hurt that the doctors didn't know how bad he was, he had multiple broken ribs and I think maybe a puncture lung, but when he was flattered one of hhis team mates did flatyten a couple of other oppoistion players as a payback, basically. What you'll find is things like payback for hits does still hapen, but the umpires try and break it up quickly and if players do not back off, there tends to be monetary fines and even suspensions for anyone involved in a brawl or fracas.
You should watch a compilation of them taking marks. I think youâd enjoy it more đ
You should react to the best tackles or goals some of them are so good.
Now it is protect the head at all cost there are still big hits in the game maybe 3 or 4 a game but they are now cleaning up the sport but you can still use a hip & shoulder but if you hit the persons head it's a free kick and/or be reported and could get a 1 to 3 week holiday from playing watch a game from this year and you will get a better idea how the game is played today season only finished a month ago cheers
This brings back memories of having to go back to class after playing footy on the oval all lunch and getting knocked about đ damn it was good to be a kid
These hard hits are extremely common. AFL was codified/founded in 1859.
It common for players to be carried of the field due to injury or being knocked out, or due to severe bleeding from the head. One of the worst injuries in AFL was when a guys face was partial cave in from smacking his face in a guys knee, it was so bad they did not focus on the injury, they were not sure he would survive, that type of injury scare is rare fortunately. He had to get reconstructive surgery with a plate in his face and was out for a year. Players used to get back on the field after recovering from the concussion. Some times players who are carried off the field would go straight to the hospital.
When magic johnston told people he had aids, it actually impacted the rules of AFL, they implemented a new rule, where if anyone on the field was bleeding (or better known as Claret by the commentators) they had to get off. Before the new rule when players bled they would continue playing. It was common to see blood pouring down a guys face while still playing. The 70's and 80's was the golden era of AFL, it was brutal back then, but sooo much better than this soft version people are used to now. Each team used to have at least one player called "the enforcer" normally the largest guy on the team whos job it was to just aim for certain opposition to get them carried of the field either because that player was a threat to the well being of the enforcers team mates, or because the player was playing exceptionally well.
Melbourne has a stadium that seats nearly 100,000, and it is common to have upto 90,000 people in the stadium mid season. The largest crowd to watch a footy match is about 115,000.
Went to a kids (~13-14y olds) rugby game with the family i stayed at in NZ ages ago. Despite playing like total savages no lasting damage on either side. Some almost slapstick style hits but not one stayed down. One broken pinkie if i remember right but thats it. Probably lots of bruising though ;)
look up Tony Lockett and Barry Hall. Barry was a boxer who played AFL and Tony holds the record for most goals in a career if he wasn't suspended so much for fighting.
Its also a bit like ice-hockey and grid-iron in that you can body-check opposition players who dont even have the ball (to protect your player) but you can't use your hands or feet to do so. We call that 'shepherding' using your 'hip and shoulder'
that older footage from the 80s, they were brutal times,, lots of big whole team fights, crazy stuff big hits back then, ppl got hurt, its cleaned up a lot these days.
Those big hits happen a few times a game but the tackles and smaller hits happen all game long. you need to watch a game...
Marks and goals of the year, any year, all classic.
If you want to watch a full game highly recommend the 2018 grandfinal eagles vs collingwood goes down to the wire with 2 of the most athletic teams of modern times
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