Australian AFL

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Poster

Established
1897 (129 years old)

First Recorded Event
1961-09-23

Current Season
2026

Current Round
7

Sport
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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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Upcoming
24 Apr	Richmond	9:40am	Melbourne
25 Apr	Hawthorn	2:15am	Gold Coas
25 Apr	Essendon	5:15am	Collingwo
25 Apr	Port Adel	8:35am	Geelong F
25 Apr	Fremantle	10:15am	Carlton F
26 Apr	St Kilda	3:10am	West Coas
26 Apr	Brisbane	5:15am	Adelaide
26 Apr	Greater W	6:40am	North Mel
30 Apr	Collingwo	9:30am	Hawthorn
01 May	Western B	9:30am	Fremantle
Results
23 Apr	Western B	-	Sydney Sw
19 Apr	West Coas	41 - 97	Fremantle
19 Apr	Melbourne	104 - 102	Brisbane
19 Apr	North Mel	130 - 55	Richmond
18 Apr	Adelaide	103 - 102	St Kilda
18 Apr	Hawthorn	89 - 86	Port Adel
18 Apr	Gold Coas	119 - 110	Essendon
17 Apr	Sydney Sw	107 - 66	Greater W
17 Apr	Geelong F	131 - 56	Western B
16 Apr	Carlton F	83 - 88	Collingwo

Description

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

2026	2025	2024	2023
2022	2021	2020	2019
2018	2017	2016	2015
2014	2013	2012	2011
2010	2009	2007	2004
1999	1998	1996	1995
1990	1965	1961

Teams

Adelaide Football	Brisbane Lions	Carlton Football
Collingwood Footb	Essendon Football	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