This week in Perth, Western Force played against Lions (Johanesburg, South Africa).
After a very good game, Western Force won 29-19. Congrats guys!
Western Force players wore pink socks to raise cancer awareness. Have a look at The Weekend West article to have more information.
Australian Rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, footy or Aussie rules is a sport played between 18 players on the field on either an Australian Football Ground (a modified cricket field) or similar sized sports venue.The Australian Football League (AFL) is the highest-level professional competition. The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five states of Australia
There is one of this team in Fremantle and its nickname is Dockers. The team was found in 1994. Its head coach is Ross Lyon and the captain is Matthew Pavlich (since 2007).
The song of the club is Freo way to go and the lyrics are the following:
Freo way to go
Hit ‘em real hard send ‘em down below
Oh Freo give ‘em the old heave ho
We are the Freo Dockers
Freo way to go
Hit ‘em real hard send ‘em down below
Oh Freo give ‘em the old heave ho
We are the Freo Dockers
We’re the rollers
We’re the rockers We’re the mighty Freo Dockers
We’re gonna roll ‘em and we’ll rock ‘em
We’re gonna send ‘em to the bottom
And if they get up, we’ll do it again
The Dockers stop at nothing – nothing
Freo way to go
Hit ‘em real hard send ‘em down below
Oh Freo give ‘em the old heave ho
We are the Freo Dockers
Freo way to go
Hit ‘em real hard send ‘em down below
Oh Freo give ‘em the old heave ho
We are the Freo Dockers
The game’s objective is to move the ball downfield and kick the ball through the team’s goal. The main way to score pints is by kicking the ball between the two tall goal posts. The team with the higher total score at the end of the match wins.
Players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are licking, handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled: for example, players running with the ball must intermittently bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed and players must not get caught holding the ball. Possession of the ball is in dispute at all times except when a free kick or mark is paid. A distinctive feature of the game is the mark, where players are anywhere on the field who catch the ball from a kick (with specific conditions) are awarded possession.
Australian Rules is a contact sport, in which players can tackle using their hands or use their whole body to obstruct opponents. Dangerous physical contact such as pushing an opponent in the back, interference when marking and deliberately slowing the play are discouraged with free kicks, distance penalties or suspension for a certain number of matches, depending on the seriousness of the infringement. Frequent physical contests, spectacular marking, fast movement of both players and the ball and high scoring are the game’s main attributes.
On Saturday 17th May, Fremantle Dockers host the Geelong Cats at Paterson’s Stadium.
Dockers won the game with 96 point against 64 for the Cats. If you want to know more about themains actions of the game: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-match-centre/afl-express-saturday-17-may-20140516-38fyc.html. The main event of the evening was about the Docker’s captain: Pavlich who played his 300th game. In his 300th game he also kicked his 600th goal as well. His teammates, supporters and fans paid him a great tribute!
I have many videos about the game and its wonderful atmosphere but unfortunatly I cannot add themon the blog…
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