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Name
Australian AFL

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Poster

Established
1897 (127 years old)

First Recorded Event
1961-09-23

Current Season
2024

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Australian Football

Location
Australia

Gender
Male

TV Rights
AUS - Seven Network [1957-1986,1988-2001,2007-]
AUS - Foxtel [2002-]
AUS - Nine Network [2002-2006]
AUS - Network 10 [2002-2011]
US - Fox Sports [2021]

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18/05	Collingwood	-	Adelaide Foo	3:45am
18/05	Greater West	-	Western Bull	6:35am
18/05	St Kilda Foo	-	Fremantle Fo	9:30am
18/05	Brisbane Lio	-	Richmond Foo	9:30am
19/05	Essendon Foo	-	North Melbou	3:10am
19/05	Port Adelaid	-	Hawthorn Foo	5:20am
19/05	West Coast E	-	Melbourne Fo	8:20am
23/05	Western Bull	-	Sydney Swans	9:30am
24/05	Fremantle Fo	-	Collingwood	10:10am
25/05	North Melbou	-	Port Adelaid	3:45am
Results
17/05	Sydney Swans	-	Carlton Foot
16/05	Gold Coast F	164 - 100	Geelong Foot
12/05	Adelaide Foo	90 - 90	Brisbane Lio
12/05	Collingwood	103 - 37	West Coast E
11/05	Gold Coast F	120 - 52	North Melbou
11/05	Richmond Foo	42 - 133	Western Bull
11/05	Essendon Foo	82 - 62	Greater West
11/05	Hawthorn Foo	73 - 64	St Kilda Foo
10/05	Fremantle Fo	39 - 87	Sydney Swans
10/05	Geelong Foot	95 - 101	Port Adelaid

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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia's six states (Tasmania being the exception). Matches have been played in all mainland states and territories of Australia, as well as in New Zealand. The AFL season currently consists of a pre-season competition (currently branded as the "NAB Challenge"), followed by a 23-round regular (or "home-and-away") season, which runs during the Australian winter (March to September). The top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals series, culminating in the AFL Grand Final, which is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year. The winning team in the Grand Final is termed the "premiers", and is awarded the premiership cup. The current premiers are Collingwood.

Seasons

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Teams

Adelaide Football	Brisbane Bears	Brisbane Lions	Carlton Football
Collingwood Footb	Essendon Football	Fitzroy	Fremantle Footbal
Geelong Football	Gold Coast Footba	Greater Western S	Hawthorn Football
Melbourne Footbal	North Melbourne F	Port Adelaide Foo	Richmond Football
St Kilda Football	Sydney Swans	West Coast Eagles	Western Bulldogs