Why is AFL only played in Australia?

Answer 1

I live there and am a big fan of AFL, the aussies are very competitive and very good at their sport. The aussies could have their own sport and play against other cities as a country.

I REST MY CASE!!

However, AFL (Australian Football) is not only a chief sport in Australia, it is also classified the the main sport of island nation, Nauru!

In fact, it has leagues in most of the Pacific Island nations, though it is not a forerunner sport in most other countries.

It also has minor leagues in Europe and North and South America, as well as an Asian presence ... so the game is slowly expanding.

Australian football has had 3 main challenges to its growth over past generations:

1. Australia's isolation from the rest of the world;

2. The great size of the ground needed for proper play (which is cricket ground size)

3. The need for 18 on-field players to make a team plus necessary substitutes due to its higher-than-average rate of injury to players - which means, it traditionally needs at least 40 players to play out a match.

Of recent decades, its promoters have begun to overcome such hurdles by inventing 9 a-side games on smaller pitches.