'''ऑस्ट्रेलियाई फ़ुटबॉल''', अठारह खिलाड़ियों की दो टीमों के बीच खेला जाता है।<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/about-the-afl |title=About the AFL |section=Australian Football (Official title of the code) |publisher=Australian Football League |accessdate=18 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203063621/http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/about-the-afl |archive-date=3 दिसंबर 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> यह एक रूपांतरित क्रिकेट ग्राउंड पर खेला जाता है।<ref name="wafc">{{cite web|url=http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/australianrulesdimensions|title=Dimensions for football – Australian rules|publisher=Government of Western Australia, Department of Sport and Recreation|accessdate=12 April 2014|author=Western Australian Football Commission Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325031020/http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/australianrulesdimensions|archive-date=25 मार्च 2014|url-status=livedead}}</ref> खेल के पहले नियम 1859 में लिखे गए थे।<ref name="piesse">{{cite book | author=[[Ken Piesse]]| title=The Complete Guide to Australian Football | publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia | year=1995 | isbn=0-330-35712-3 }} p303.</ref><ref name="Melb1858">{{cite book|title=Melbourne F.C. : since 1858 ; an illustrated history|editor=John Murray|publisher=Geoff Slattery Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-0-9804420-0-7|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4269123|access-date=2 दिसंबर 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126125036/http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4269123|archive-date=26 नवंबर 2015|url-status=livedead}}</ref> यह ऑस्ट्रेलिया में तीसरा सबसे लोकप्रिय खेल है और सर्दियों के महीनों में यह सबसे अधिक लोकप्रिय है।<ref>[http://www.sweeneyresearch.com.au/newsPDF/news_pdf_16.pdf Media Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614165450/http://www.sweeneyresearch.com.au/newsPDF/news_pdf_16.pdf |date=14 जून 2007 }}, Sweeney Sport report for 2006-07</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/22/1053196670542.html|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2003-05-22|title=If you can kick it, Australia will watch it|access-date=2 दिसंबर 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227153552/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/22/1053196670542.html|archive-date=27 फ़रवरी 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> यह [[नौरु]] का राष्ट्रीय खेल है।<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/international/development/docs/nauru.pdf |title=Pacific Sporting Needs Assessment |access-date=2 दिसंबर 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203042324/http://www.ausport.gov.au/international/development/docs/nauru.pdf |archive-date=3 दिसंबर 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
