Australian Rules football

基本解釋

Australian Rules Football can arguably lay claims to the status of our national sport with more than 2.5 million, or 16% of Australians, going to at least one game.
可以有憑有據(jù)的說(shuō)，澳式橄欖球占據(jù)了數(shù)據(jù)中超過(guò)250萬(wàn)的參加體育活動(dòng)的人。
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New South Wales and Queensland are the rugby states; Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are strongholds of Australian rules football.
新南威爾士和昆士蘭是橄欖球之邦；維多利亞、南澳大利亞、塔斯馬尼亞、西澳大利亞和北領(lǐng)地則是澳式足球的根據(jù)地。
All forms of football flourish in Australia, and especially rugby and Australian rules football.
澳洲所有足球形式都很盛行，特別是橄欖球和澳式足球。

The lanky teenager began playing Australian Rules Football just four years ago but has made history by becoming the first player from Africa to join the professional league,the AFL.
A spokesman for North Melbourne said the teenager, who is 194 centimeters tall and is still growing, had "enormous potential" to succeed at the highest level of the Australian Rules Football League, a nationwide organization with 16 professional teams.

In January a new SportsCenter debuted in Australia and New Zealand, opening with a montage of clips from homegrown sports like rugby and Australian Rules football matches.
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