IN 1997
In Australia, the game of "Touch" is played with a football. It is sometimes incorrectly called "Touch football", but it has no allegiance to the game of football.
There is no exact record of when touch football was developed, but the first official game was held in Australia in 1968. Touch football is a non-tackle way to enjoy playing football for both males and females.
Here in America touch football was invented the mid-nineteenth century with the first college game taking place in 1869. It was in the twentieth century that touch football gained in popularity.
Cricket, Australian Rules football and Touch are the most common sports played in Australia but not in the USA.
Hyundai is a proud supporter of football both locally and internationally. Since it began in 2007, how much money has the Hyundai "Goals for Grassroots" program raised to support and develop junior football in Australia?
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Flag football or touch football
Women's Football Australia was created in 1997.
The Arctic, Atlantic and Southern Oceans do not touch Australia. The only oceans touching Australia are the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
"touch rugby"
The Atlantic Ocean does not touch Asia or Australia
NRL is tackle football, there are kicks in play (start of field) and there are converisons. Touch football requires you to touch a player, no kicks during plays and no converisons.