What is Aussie Rules?
Australian Rules football is a physical contact sport with some similar styles of play to rugby and Gaelic football. Invented circa 1850's, to keep cricketers fit during the winter. It is played by teams of 18 on an oval field with an oval ball that can be kicked, caught, hit with the fist, or carried and bounced.

How to play...
··· The game is divided into quarters.
··· Each quarter comprises 20 minutes plus time-on. Time-on is the extra time allocated by the timekeepers when play stops.
··· At the end of each quarter the teams swap ends and kick in the other direction.

1. Teams start by determining the choice of goal by tossing a coin.
2. The field umpire starts play by blowing his whistle and bouncing the ball in the centre circle so that it rebounds vertically to be contested by the players in the centre square (At the start of play, no player may enter the centre circle, and only four players from each team are permitted in the centre square after the ball has been bounced.)
3. A goal is scored…
···A ball kicked between the two larger goal posts without being touched is a goal and is worth six points.
··· If the ball passes between a goal post and a behind post then it is a behind, and it scores 1 point.
··· A "rushed" point refers to either
··· when the ball is touched by the opposition before crossing the goal line; or ··· a defensive player kicks/carries the ball over their own defensive goal line (to prevent a goal being scored)
4. After a goal is scored, play is restarted in the centre of the ground.
5. After a behind has scored. Any player of the defending team kicks the ball from within the kick-off 'square' in front of goal, but only after the goal umpire has finished waving his flags. The player must *kick* the ball out to restart play.

So, if your team kicked the ball between the goal posts 7 times and through the point posts 8 times, your score would be :
7 (goals) x 6 (points per goal) = 42 points
PLUS 8 points
= 50 points.

This is sometimes written as 7.8. 50 and literally means 7 goals, 8 points, 50 points total.

What is the crowd yelling ?
In a case where there are a large number of supporters for a team, they will try and influence the umpires decision by subtly bringing to attention any infringements of the rules.

MAN - or 'holding the man' not in possession of the ball
HIGH - when one of your players receives a high tackle
BACK - when one of your players is pushed in the back
BALL - when one of the opposition players is caught in possession of the ball
WANKER- when the umpire misinterprets one of the above.

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