Hi!
Well I'm back in Melbourne, and what better way to spend my weekend than to go to an AFL game at the MCG.
AFL stands for Australian Rules Football and is the most popular sporting competition in the country. There are 16 teams from all over Australia.
The aim of the game is to get the ball through the goals on your side of the field by kicking it. You can pass it to other players on your team by either kicking or handballing it.
There are four goal posts. If a player kicks it between the middle two, it's a goal. A goal is worth 6 points. If a player kicks it between either of the outer two, it's a point. A point is only worth 1.
It's a contact sport so there are always exciting moments, especially when players of opposing teams will jump on top of each other to grab the ball in the air.
It's hard to explain, but I hope you get the idea. Even I had a hard time following what everybody was screaming about!
We saw Hawthorn vs Collingwood. It was a huge game and there were 80,000 people in the crowd. Lucky we arrived early so we could get good seats and take some photos without people blocking the view!
The end score was:
Hawthorn Hawks 24 goals, 10 points. Total: 154
Collingwood Magpies 13 goals, 11 points. Total: 89
Go Hawthorn!
