who would win?

[Established1870]

Honestly, I think I appreciate OP just for making me imagine American athletes attempting to play Aussie rules for the first time. It'd be a laugh to see!

Picture 22 Yanks doing that for 4 quarters.

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

israel folau

that is all

 

[Furn2]

Do you mean you just get these guys on a plane and they go out and play a game ?

In that case any organised side up to about under 15s would beat them.

They wouldn't even know the rules.

Needs to be more specific, eg they train for 2,6,10 weeks with an afl coaching team or 2 years or whatever.

 

[Slax]

I always find it hard to believe that a soccer player runs 10 km in a match. A soccer pitch is about 100 metres long from goal line to goal line so to run close to 10 km in a game they would have to essentially run from one end to the other every minute that the game is on.

Actually soccer players run further than that in a match, the average midfield player in the EPL runs approximately 14 km in a match, defensive players run about 10km. When you translate this against AFL, soccer players require much higher endurance ability than AFL players as they only get one official break during the match, AFL has 3, cannot get time on the bench like AFL players do. So it is a bit of a myth about AFL players running so much more than other sports, 16km in 120min is less than 14km in 90min.

 

[Spongebob]

The Auskick kids would run rings around them in grid games.

 

[Furn2]

I always find it hard to believe that a soccer player runs 10 km in a match. A soccer pitch is about 100 metres long from goal line to goal line so to run close to 10 km in a game they would have to essentially run from one end to the other every minute that the game is on.

10km over 90mins is only 110m a minute, which is an average of about 6.5kmph.

You are constantly moving and repositioning in soccer, often quite slowly but the endurance needed at a high level of soccer is often underrated.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

An under 16 footy team would kill them.

 

[NathanMX]

Actually soccer players run further than that in a match, the average midfield player in the EPL runs approximately 14 km in a match, defensive players run about 10km. When you translate this against AFL, soccer players require much higher endurance ability than AFL players as they only get one official break during the match, AFL has 3, cannot get time on the bench like AFL players do. So it is a bit of a myth about AFL players running so much more than other sports, 16km in 120min is less than 14km in 90min.

Average EPL wage is 43,717 pounds a week so would hope they would run more then us over here. So for all the endurance they need they sure have a big incentive to work on it.

 

[maljones]

They would have the athletic ability to intercept a lot of balls, but they'd have none of the skills to actually score or even dispose of the ball. It wouldn't be a walkover, but the bush footy side still wins.

 

[BF Tiger]

They say a brisk walking pace is 5kph, in 90 mins at that pace is 7.5km's

That's only if they walk for the entire 90 minutes though.

Yeah but they run most of the match, sometimes flat out, so 10km's is not really that far.

Apparently the data confirms that they run/move up to 10 km in a game. I would have thought the game didn't move from end to end enough, and quite often when it does the player would rarely move the entire length of the ground, and then to do it 90+ times in 90 minutes. I'm surprised, that's all.

 

[Underdog]

Actually soccer players run further than that in a match, the average midfield player in the EPL runs approximately 14 km in a match, defensive players run about 10km. When you translate this against AFL, soccer players require much higher endurance ability than AFL players as they only get one official break during the match, AFL has 3, cannot get time on the bench like AFL players do. So it is a bit of a myth about AFL players running so much more than other sports, 16km in 120min is less than 14km in 90min.

It's the fact that Aussie Rules players do so whilst playing a contact sport, that makes it more notable.

 

[BF Tiger]

Actually soccer players run further than that in a match, the average midfield player in the EPL runs approximately 14 km in a match, defensive players run about 10km. When you translate this against AFL, soccer players require much higher endurance ability than AFL players as they only get one official break during the match, AFL has 3, cannot get time on the bench like AFL players do. So it is a bit of a myth about AFL players running so much more than other sports, 16km in 120min is less than 14km in 90min.

10km over 90mins is only 110m a minute, which is an average of about 6.5kmph.

You are constantly moving and repositioning in soccer, often quite slowly but the endurance needed at a high level of soccer is often underrated.

See comment #35 above.

 

[Sando22]

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

TLR

 

[Billy ray]

I think that bruce would love to commentate. All those lovely long legs. Scrumptious.

 

[Slax]

Apparently the data confirms that they run/move up to 10 km in a game. I would have thought the game didn't move from end to end enough, and quite often when it does the player would rarely move the entire length of the ground, and then to do it 90+ times in 90 minutes. I'm surprised, that's all.

That data has to be manually calculated as it is illegal to wear a GPS tracking device in a match.

 

[Slax]

It's the fact that Aussie Rules players do so whilst playing a contact sport, that makes it more notable.

Soccer is also a contact sport if you hadn't noticed.

 

[Underdog]

Soccer is also a contact sport if you hadn't noticed.

Sure, soccer, like with many other sports, have a minor amount of contact allowed.

However, in context, there's a clear difference in levels of contact between Soccer and Aussie Rules. Let's not be pedantic.

 

[Pessimistic]

Not sure this is really mainboard worthy but considering I didn't know where else to post it coupled with the fact I almost never create threads I thought why not.. no h8

So I was browsing a basketball forum that I frequent reguarly and they were showing highlights of Team USA picking apart whatever international team stood in its way. It lead to a poster saying that the Olympics needed American Football (NFL) as the results would be hilarious to watch. My obvious reply was that AFL's results would be even more lopsided with IMO not a single international team getting within 30 goals of Australia in a standard length game. My basis for that argument was that a lot less Americans knew about AFL than the number of Australians that would have a grasp of the concept of NFL.

Then it got me to thinking about another point.

If you assembled a team of the greatest U.S athletes in the country, think Lebron, Westbrook, KD, Cam Newton, Mayweather, whoever else it may be. Absolute elite physical specimens. What level Aussie Rules team would it take to win a game against them?

Now obviously any AFL team should destroy this team by ridiculous amounts (maybe even Brisbane?), state league teams should win easily, especially the VFL, SANFL and WAFL clubs. What I'm wondering is, would regular middle of the road country football senior teams possess the skills and football knowledge to beat this athletically gifted freak of nature team?

I honestly think they would, comfortably. Keen to hear others opinions.

Edit: I realize it's not off-season yet either.

NFL and NBA don't WADA so moo point

 

[Slax]

Sure, soccer, like with many other sports, have a minor amount of contact allowed.

However, in context, there's a clear difference in levels of contact between Soccer and Aussie Rules. Let's not be pedantic.

The contact is very different, there is far more contact with the legs which impacts running.

Rugby players cover about 7km is 80m and the physicality of that leaves AFL for dead.

 

[Pies n Punt]

Hawthorn

 

[Goats]

Does anyone remember that thread where the OP proposed an 18 man flying V style sheparding formation as a game day tactic?



I miss that thread.

 

[specq]

Does anyone remember that thread where the OP proposed an 18 man flying V style sheparding formation as a game day tactic?

So just so I have a clear mental picture of this...

You have 18 blokes all charging down the field - every one of them sheparding with all his might, until one of them turns around and says... uh... fellas...?

 

[Goats]

So just so I have a clear mental picture of this...

You have 18 blokes all charging down the field - every one of them sheparding with all his might, until one of them turns around and says... uh... fellas...?

There's one player in the middle of the pack bouncing the ball up the ground if I remember correctly.