Pete_09 wrote:In AFL a person kicks the ball to a guy to catch it (we say mark) & a defender tries to spoil it.
In American Football a quarterback tries to throw the ball to a guy to catch it & a defender tries to spoil it.
That is very similar to AFL & the part that makes American Football exciting & something that Rugby League is missing, a contest for the ball!
Anyone can throw a ball backwards & then run into someone. Wow so exciting
Pete AFL is the least similar of the oval ball codes to Grid Iron.
AFL has 3 goals
League and Grid Iron have one.
AFL has round fields.
League and Grid Iron are rectangular.
AFL has lanky tall players.
League and Grid Iron players have similar weight trainers phsiques.
League and Grid Iron has line breaks, AFL does'nt.
League and Grid Iron have conversion kicks.
AFL does'nt.
League and Grid Iron score past a line AFL does'nt.
There is almost nothing that AFL and Grid Iron have in common.
AFL is more similar to the Irish game