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Australian Football League Quiz: Test Your Knowledge

Test your knowledge of the Australian Football League with this engaging quiz covering teams, history, and key figures.

1 At the end of the 22-game season, the Cats were at the top of the ladder four games ahead of Hawthorn, who were a further game and a half ahead of the ________.

2 In 2008, selected ________ games were screened.

3 Which of the following teams did Australian Football League play for?

4 The VFA took over the ________ name in 1996.

5 Who of the following was chairman of Australian Football League?

6 Who played centre in the Australian Football League?

7 Which of the following titles did Australian Football League have?

8 What is the governing body of Australian Football League?

9 ________ – Fiji TV screens one game per week either LIVE or on replay.

10 Who coached the Australian Football League?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Michael Barlow is the seventh winner of the Fothergill-Round Medal in the last eight years that was listed on an Australian Football League squad via the rookie draft.
  • Ranga Ediriwickrama could become the first Australian Football League player of Sri Lankan descent.
  • in a VFL game against North Melbourne, Fitzroy player Frank Curcio famously stated "hit me as hard as you like, but don’t hurt my fingers".
  • the Australian Harvey family includes the leading Australian batsman of the 1950s Neil Harvey as well as his grandnephew Robert Harvey, who won consecutive Brownlow Medals as the best player in Australian Football.
  • Liam Jurrah, a Warlpiri from Yuendumu, is the first Indigenous Australian from a remote community in Central Australia to play in the Australian Football League.
  • Garry Foulds is one of only five footballers to play 300 VFL/AFL matches for the Essendon Football Club.
  • Australian rules footballer Joe Misiti was inducted into the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century in 2007.
  • Fremantle Football Club defender Clancee Pearce is only the fourth player of Indian heritage to play in the Australian Football League.
  • Alex Silvagni's debut performances in the Australian Football League as a 22-year-old rookie is part of a shift in the recruiting philosophy to also recruit older players, not just 18-year-olds.
  • AFL club the Fitzroy Lions' former best and fairest winner Norm Johnstone is the grandfather of current Brisbane Lions player Travis Johnstone.