Australian Football League

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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to the Australian Football League in 1990 after expanding its competition to other Australian states in the 1980s. The AFL publishes its laws of Australian football, which are used, with variations, by other Australian rules football organisations. The AFL competition currently consists of 18 teams spread across Australia's five mainland states, with Tasmania to join the league as the 19th team ahead of the 2028 season. AFL premiership season matches have been played in all states and mainland territories, in addition to in New Zealand and China to further expand its audience. As of 2024, the AFL is the richest Australian football and overall sports league in Australia...

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