Previously I've only ever watched the Grand Final of AFL.

Over the last few weeks I've just so happened to be in places on a Fri/Sat night that have AFL games going. 

I've never watched closely enough to appreciate how truly brutal the sport is. Three quarters of what I do in my football games and am considered a dirty/thug player for, seems to be standard play by all players in AFL. These guys are athletic machines! 

I've been really enjoying watching the games. I think over the last few weeks I've caught Hawthorn v Cats, Hawthorn v Dogs, GWS v Dogs. What I can 100% say in such little viewing time is I hate Hawthorn :lol: they're all just mega jerks. 

My sister used to live in Central-West WA and every single person seemed to support WCE over there, so I told everyone I supported the Dockers to wind them up. And Sydney has always been my "local" team. So I consider myself a Dockers & Swans fan. 

Will definitely be heading to a game in future, and plan on watching more games on TV next season. I'd love to play it but my body couldn't cope with the injuries :lol:

The main thing I consider AFL to lack that I love football for is the ideal of possession of the ball. That's where football just reigns supreme IMO. It is nice watching AFL teams spread wide and find kick/pass between players all the way up the field though. 

Fail to see the richmond hype. Played 2 extremely poor sides. 

Watching a lot of fox footy lately and the comparison to fox league is crazy.  The NRL knocks them out of the park.  Robbo is deadset a more punchable bloke than paul kent and that is saying something. Cant believe he has a job on television. One thing i have to give the NRL is that the presenters of fox league are far more likeable and proffesional than pretty much all the people on fox footy. Whether that is because they had more time to develop their channel or some other reason.  Most of the fox footy team are far too serious/wankers while leagues hosts are more a larakin type persona. Browny does my absolute head in as well.