AFL
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"My advice to the AFL would be, let's celebrate the players who may not be the most successful, but they're the most important players in our community."
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
"It's a massive threat to the future of rugby, the money the AFL and NRL have, to target the youth and get the kids well before they become a rugby fan," he explains.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
"As a kid you are dreaming of playing AFL here as a kid, you are dreaming of playing cricket for Australia," adds Fleming.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
It is the home of Australian Rules football - a religion in these parts - often hosting two or three games a week during the AFL season.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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