What sports are Australian?

Answer 1

Australians have their own form of football ( Australian rules football ) which is slightly similar to the Irish galick football. its played with 18 on field and 4 bench players on each team. they use an elongated ball similar to a rugby ball. the goals are 4 posts. 2 tall ones in the middle and 2 smaller ones on the outside. if the ball is kicked through the two tall ones, 6 points are scored. 1 point is scored for kicking thru one of the smaller side posts. there is a professional league called the AFL consisting of 16 teams around the country. it is not uncomon for a game to attract 60,000-85,000 people to watch the game. its an extreamly fast, skilled high intensity sport, with alot of hard hits ( tackles and side bumps) , high catches ( marks ), and incredible, well disaplined team work. highly recommend people to check it out ... incedible game.

during the summer cricket is huge, all three versions of the game are popular though the twenty20 version is proving to be the sell out. cricket season is intensified when the English tour. aussies love beating the English. the australians are arguably the best cricket nation in the world.

rugby is also a massive part of Australian sport, again it has its own proffessional leagues, one for rugby league and one for rugy union. again Australia is one of the top rugby nations in the world. they have a feirce rivalry with New Zealand and England.

soccer is starting to boom in Australia also, especially after the 2006 world cup where they surprised not only themselves but the world with how competative they where. there is a proffesinal league in Australia but they tend to lose their best players to richer, larger overseas clubs.

the aussies love sport and will watch and surport there sports people and teams in just about any sport on the planet. for a country of only 20,000,000 they are one of the powerhouses of sports on earth with many many world champion individuals and team. The city of Melbourne has been voted the sporting capital of the world by an international commity. Melbourne has had the Olympics, commonwealth games, they host the Australian open tennis ( 1 of only 4 grand slams), the f1 grand prix, the AFL grand final, the Melbourne cup, and many more major sporting events.

Its one sporty nation.