Australian Rules football
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Australian Rules football
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Good’s father, Kerry Good, is a former Australian Rules football player and a current board member of the North Melbourne AFL club.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
The Australian Rules football competition draws the biggest fan attendances of any sport nationally.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024
Adam Goodes, a former Australian Rules football star, was an anti-racism advocate who in 2015 began to be relentlessly booed by opposing fans.
From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020
He also played Australian Rules football as a teenager before moving to the US to concentrate on basketball.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
The recent success of the Matildas has played its part in the explosion of interest but it also echoes the development of women’s professional leagues in cricket and Australian Rules football, the popular indigenous sport.
From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2017
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