Australian AFL

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Poster

Established
1897 (128 years old)

First Recorded Event
1961-09-23

Current Season
2025

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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27 Mar	Essendon Foo	-	Port Adelaid	8:30am
28 Mar	Carlton Foot	-	Western Bull	8:40am
29 Mar	Melbourne Fo	-	Gold Coast F	2:20am
29 Mar	St Kilda Foo	-	Richmond Foo	5:15am
29 Mar	Hawthorn Foo	-	Greater West	8:35am
30 Mar	Adelaide Foo	-	North Melbou	4:20am
30 Mar	West Coast E	-	Fremantle Fo	7:10am
03 Apr	Collingwood	-	Carlton Foot	8:30am
04 Apr	Geelong Foot	-	Melbourne Fo	8:40am
05 Apr	Gold Coast F	-	Adelaide Foo	2:20am
Results
23 Mar	Brisbane Lio	94 - 75	West Coast E
23 Mar	North Melbou	125 - 66	Melbourne Fo
23 Mar	Fremantle Fo	65 - 68	Sydney Swans
22 Mar	Port Adelaid	140 - 68	Richmond Foo
22 Mar	St Kilda Foo	98 - 91	Geelong Foot
22 Mar	Essendon Foo	100 - 161	Adelaide Foo
21 Mar	Western Bull	70 - 76	Collingwood
20 Mar	Carlton Foot	60 - 80	Hawthorn Foo
16 Mar	Melbourne Fo	74 - 77	Greater West
16 Mar	Adelaide Foo	135 - 72	St Kilda Foo

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

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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