Wexford GAA roots, an All-Ireland winning father and Aussie Rules life in Sydney the42.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from the42.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Australian Football League is a great competition. It is fast, skilful, physical and exciting.
It is also Australia’s biggest sporting league in terms of public interest.
Prior to the coronavirus disaster which adversely affected sporting crowds here and abroad, the AFL had the fourth-largest crowd average of all major sporting leagues around the world at 36,000. Share
Nevertheless, the AFL can promote the sport further to make the league bigger and fairer, even though this may mean a lower crowd average.
The best twelve Australian rules players I have seen in 50 years watching the game theroar.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theroar.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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I have been watching Australian rules football at the top level since the early 1970s and have seen the semi-professional Victorian Football League (VFL) evolve into a professional Australian Football League (AFL) with players today generally faster, stronger and fitter than decades before.
Over the years I have viewed many excellent players, too numerous to list in detail.
While rating best players over the years is indeed a subjective task, I offer a list of twelve players that have most impressed me over the years.