Australian Football League

[osu1991]

Texas man becomes unlikely Australian rules football star, mastering world's "roughest sport"

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Texas man becomes unlikely Australian rules football star, mastering world's "roughest sport"

A Texas man had an engineering job lined up, but then an opportunity came knocking from across the globe. Mason Cox tells Jon Wertheim how he became an unlikely Australian rules football star.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[dfergie]

I caught that last night, pretty cool...

 

[N5XZS]

Getting AFL here in USA is pretty hard to find, it's mostly geolocked on internet video streaming and nonexistent on Ku band satellite.

I do get highlights from free YouTube ABC News Australia channel, but yet to see a live feeds one yet!

 

[osu1991]

Getting AFL here in USA is pretty hard to find, it's mostly geolocked on internet video streaming and nonexistent on Ku band satellite.

I do get highlights from free YouTube ABC News Australia channel, but yet to see a live feeds one yet!

Yeah, probably not any free viewing options. It's on FS1 and FS2 every week for USA paytv subs or you also can sub to the Watch AFL streaming service for outside Australia viewers. With the time difference, it's usually on in the early morning hours in the US, so hard to watch live.

 

[Foxbat]

I caught it on the Fox Sports App and was watching a fast-paced, high-scoring match. Thank goodness for Wikipedia!

 

[osu1991]

Some how to and rules videos. Some really good matches this past weekend. I just finished catching up on the dvr this afternoon.


View: https://youtu.be/u_SqfNNfhmM


View: https://youtu.be/XMZYZcoAcU0

 

[madmadworld]

Coolest story on 60 minutes ever LOL

Best Team Sport on this Planet AFL

 

[SamCdbs]

Getting AFL here in USA is pretty hard to find, it's mostly geolocked on internet video streaming and nonexistent on Ku band satellite.

One or two games are on either Fox Sports 2 (very rarely Fox Sports 1) and the rest on Fox Soccer Plus. Which is dumb because Fox Soccer Plus, as the name implies, is otherwise 100% soccer. It is a stand alone pay channel on DirecTV, not included in the "Sports Pack" or any other level of service, AFAIK. While I would certainly enjoy an occasional AFL game, soccer has no interest to me.

 

[osu1991]

True in the past years, but so far this season there have 4 games each week on the FS channels, 1 game on FS1 and 3 games on FS2. Last week was the first week 4 games were on FS2. This week is 1 on FS1 and 3 on FS2.

 

[madmadworld]

This weekend all 9 AFL games are on FS2 or Fox Soccer Plus

Fox Soccer Plus does show some NRL games.

 

[Richfunb]

I've watched many live "Footy" matches during my numerous trips to Australia and have subscribed to the Watch AFL streaming package for the past 5 years. It costs approximately $130 (US) per year and is worth it for dedicated fans. I do see that FS1 and FS2 are showing more matches than previous but the main benefit of Watch AFL is that you can follow a particular team. My team is the St. Kilda Saints (St. Kilda is a suburb of Melbourne, the 2nd largest city in Australia). Their theme song is "When The Saints Come Marching In."

It's a very rough sport with no equipment except for shorts and a T-shirt style top which they call a "Guernsey." Yet they tackle and hit with the ferocity of the NFL. The standings are known as the "Ladder" and when the score is tied they say the score is "Level." Their cleats are known as "Boots" and there are many other interesting expressions. At first I had some trouble understanding the Australian accent but now I listen like a real "Aussie."

 

[osu1991]

And it's back. 2025 season has begun. New match on the dvr this morning. Swans v Hawks…

 

[N5XZS]

Let's hope AFL stays on FS1 or 2 this year.

If not where would they move to other sports networks?

 

[Richfunb]

My team, the St. Kilda Saints, doesn't begin play until next Sunday, March 16. The AFL has a strange schedule to begin the season. There are 4 matches this weekend in what is called the Opening Round. Then next weekend all the other teams play in what is called Round 1. I guess it's similiar to Major League Baseball where the Dodgers are playing in Japan a week or so before the other teams start the season.

 

[Richfunb]

I don't recall "Footy" ever being on any other channels except FS1 and FS2. I renewed my "Watch AFL" subscription over the internet so I can watch all the matches.

 

[osu1991]

Let's hope AFL stays on FS1 or 2 this year.

If not where would they move to other sports networks?

Usually AFANA has up to date info regarding the tv schedules. 2025 will remain on FSP, FS1 and FS2

AFL TV Schedules | AFANA

Aussie Rules TV Schedules. The following page has a brief summary of the coverage situation followed by the complete TV schedules for the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Regularly updated direct from the networks.

www.afana.com

 

[osu1991]

I don't recall "Footy" ever being on any other channels except FS1 and FS2. I renewed my "Watch AFL" subscription over the internet so I can watch all the matches.

It was on ESPN for many years prior to Fox and during the COVID season ESPN picked up some matches from Fox in addition to the Korean Baseball League they were showing. ESPN coverage during the covid season was half assed as they broke away for commercials during the matches.