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A free kick in Australian rules football is a penalty awarded by a field umpire to a player who has been infringed by an opponent or is the nearest player...

Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams...

Variations of Australian rules football are games or activities based on or similar to the game of Australian rules football, in which the player uses...

the offensive team. Under NFHS rules, kickoffs are also classified as free kicks. A free kick in Australian rules football is awarded after a player commits...

Australian rules football were first defined by the Melbourne Football Club in 1859 and have been amended over the years as Australian rules football...

glossary of Australian rules football terms, jargon and slang. While some of these entries are shared with other sports, Australian rules football has developed...

passes, runs, punts or field goal attempts (from either a place kick or a drop kick) – or free kicks such as kickoffs and fair catch kicks. Substitutions can...

rewarded with a free kick (a feature that today survives in various forms in Australian rules football, rugby union and American football). There was a...

A mark in Australian rules football is the catch of a kicked ball which earns the catching player a free kick. The catch must be cleanly taken, or deemed...

between Gaelic football and Australian rules football also led to a belief that caid played some part in the origins of Australian rules football. Some historians...

of Australian rules football. As throwing the ball is not allowed in Australian football, passing to a fellow player are executed either by kicking, or...

International rules football (Irish: Peil na rialacha idirnáisiunta; also known as international rules in Australia and compromise rules or Aussie rules in Ireland)...

Australian rules football began its evolution in Melbourne, Australia about 1858. The origins of Australian football before 1858 are still the subject...

colloquially, the bench or interchange bench) is a team position in Australian rules football, consisting of players who are part of the selected team but are...

in Australian rules football and Gaelic football. Whereas most sports allow points to be scored by methods other than kicking, in Australian rules football...

An Australian rules football playing field is a venue where Australian rules football is played. The playing field is typically a large oval-shaped grass...

Gaelic football. Similar to the mark in Australian rules football, a player who catches the ball from a kick-out is awarded a free kick. The rule in full...

In Australian rules football, the ruck is the name given to both the contests for the ball initiated by a field umpire to commence play, and to the players'...

Shepherding is a tactic and skill in Australian rules football, a team sport. The term originates from the word shepherd, someone who influences the movement...

CHF RFF LW Ru RW C RR Ro LBF CHB RBF LBP FB RBP In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular...