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game invented way before footy 
well I knew it wasnt footy, nearly but not quite lol
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at least ain`t a combo between rugby and American football
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DeathKiss said:game invented way before footy
Doubt it, footy was invented by & first played by Australian Aboriginals. Check out the Mangrook Footy Show heard it on there one day, surprised me. It was a fair bit earlier than European footy.
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" Doubt it, footy was invented by & first played by Australian Aboriginals. Check out the Mangrook Footy Show heard it on there one day, surprised me. It was a fair bit earlier than European footy. "
Really ? I thought Australian rules football was a varied version of Gaelic football hence why the rules are sort of similar , and why Australia and Ireland play regular series of International rules where they hybridise the rules to suit both forms .
My guess is they probably started using the oval type ball instead of the round ball that is used in Gaelic football at the time because Rugby union would have been established and the Oval ball was obtainable by the people at the time.
Rugby league is a variation of Rugby union , also started in the UK.
Really ? I thought Australian rules football was a varied version of Gaelic football hence why the rules are sort of similar , and why Australia and Ireland play regular series of International rules where they hybridise the rules to suit both forms .
My guess is they probably started using the oval type ball instead of the round ball that is used in Gaelic football at the time because Rugby union would have been established and the Oval ball was obtainable by the people at the time.
Rugby league is a variation of Rugby union , also started in the UK.
The Indigenous did play marngrook - played by up to fifty players with a stuffed ball. Apparently lots of people saw Aboriginals playing the game back as far as 1841.
heres a link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marn_Grook
heres a link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marn_Grook
yeah sure the indigenous people had a ball game , but to directly tie it to the origins of AFL is drawing a bit of a long bow , as that Wikipedia article also states;
"Comparisons with Australian rules football
Advocates of these theories have drawn comparisons in the catching of the kicked ball (the mark) and the high jumping to catch the ball (the spectacular mark) that have been attributes of both games.[7] However, the connection is speculative. For instance spectacular high marking did not emerge in Australian rules football until the 1880s "
"Totemic teams may have been formed; however, to observers the game appeared to lack a team objective, having no real rules, scoring or winner. Individual players who consistently exhibited outstanding skills, such as leaping high over others to catch the ball, were often commented on. "
AfL has a lot more similarities to Gaelic football than it does to marngrook ,
Taken from the Wikipedia page on Gaelic football ;
"Players advance the football, a spherical leather ball, up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals."
" The earliest record of a recognised precursor to the modern game date from a match in County Meath in 1670, in which catching and kicking the ball was permitted"
Owing to the high number of Irish immigrants to this county during the 1800's I would be more inclined to say that the origins of AFL football lay more on the side of gaelic football than marngrook .
"Comparisons with Australian rules football
Advocates of these theories have drawn comparisons in the catching of the kicked ball (the mark) and the high jumping to catch the ball (the spectacular mark) that have been attributes of both games.[7] However, the connection is speculative. For instance spectacular high marking did not emerge in Australian rules football until the 1880s "
"Totemic teams may have been formed; however, to observers the game appeared to lack a team objective, having no real rules, scoring or winner. Individual players who consistently exhibited outstanding skills, such as leaping high over others to catch the ball, were often commented on. "
AfL has a lot more similarities to Gaelic football than it does to marngrook ,
Taken from the Wikipedia page on Gaelic football ;
"Players advance the football, a spherical leather ball, up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals."
" The earliest record of a recognised precursor to the modern game date from a match in County Meath in 1670, in which catching and kicking the ball was permitted"
Owing to the high number of Irish immigrants to this county during the 1800's I would be more inclined to say that the origins of AFL football lay more on the side of gaelic football than marngrook .
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Dirtdemon said:
Like I said 1st invented & played by Australian Aboriginals. Doesn't matter what code it is or its origins or whether it's 2 players or 50. The game was invented and played here 1st. Carry on all you like about it, Aussie Rules (N0.1) Soccer or Rugby. Mangrook is the 1st game of football ever played
lol , other than someone jumping up to catch a ball in Marngrook ( which happens in most ball sports ) there is no other similarity whatsoever to AFL .
Gaelic Football close to its current form has been played by teams since around 1670 and has ten times more similarities to AFL than Marngrook ever will .
"Players advance the football, a spherical leather ball, up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals."
All the ball movements in Gaelic football are pretty much the same as AFL other than solo'ing .
Scoring by goals and points - the same
Structure of players on the field -- forwards / backs etc. --- very similar
Im not carrying on about it , im just going on what is well known fact and evidence , that AFL football ,is very similar and miles closer to a form of football that has been played in Ireland in an established sense for nearly 120 years before this country was even colonised .
The Aztecs played a game called ULLAMALIZTLI that involved the use of a round rubber ball and 2 stone rings set vertically on opposing walls , so I suppose you can also draw the same sentimentalist and romantic conclusion that they were the first people to ever play basketball .
Gaelic Football close to its current form has been played by teams since around 1670 and has ten times more similarities to AFL than Marngrook ever will .
"Players advance the football, a spherical leather ball, up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals."
All the ball movements in Gaelic football are pretty much the same as AFL other than solo'ing .
Scoring by goals and points - the same
Structure of players on the field -- forwards / backs etc. --- very similar
Im not carrying on about it , im just going on what is well known fact and evidence , that AFL football ,is very similar and miles closer to a form of football that has been played in Ireland in an established sense for nearly 120 years before this country was even colonised .
The Aztecs played a game called ULLAMALIZTLI that involved the use of a round rubber ball and 2 stone rings set vertically on opposing walls , so I suppose you can also draw the same sentimentalist and romantic conclusion that they were the first people to ever play basketball .
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