No. It's the football league of Australia. They play football.

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But what's the game called?

I mean, technically Rugby League is also playing football.

The AFL play what is colloquially called "Australian Rules Football" and marketed as "AFL" but it is and always has been formally know as ...

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No. It's the football league of Australia. They play football.

.

But what's the game called?

I mean, technically Rugby League is also playing football.

I wasn't aware that NRL, ARU or FFA were codes, I thought they were governing bodies or in the case of the NRL a competition.

I never understood why your competition is called the National Rugby League, if the name of the sport is Rugby League. Shouldn't it be called the National Rugby League ...