AFL Britain, also referred to as AFL Great Britain was established in 1989 as the governing body for
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
in
England,
Wales and
Scotland. It was formed in 2008, replacing the British Australian Rules Football League (BARFL) as national body.
By 2012, Wales and Scotland had created their own autonomous bodies governing the sport of
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
and AFL Britain was superseded by
AFL England.
See also
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AFL England
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Australian Rules Football in England
Australian rules football in England is a team sport and spectator sport with a long history. The current competitions originated in 1989 and have grown to a number of local and regional leagues coordinated by AFL England. In 2018, these regiona ...
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Australian rules football in Scotland
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Australian rules football in the United Kingdom
Australian rules football is played in Europe at an amateur level in a large number of countries. The oldest and largest leagues are those in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark, in each of these nations there are several established clubs, a ...
References
{{GBR sport federations
Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom
Australian rules football in Great Britain
Brit
Brit, Brits or BRIT may refer to:
People Nicknames
* British people, people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
* Brit Hume (born 1943), American TV journalist
* B ...
Sports organizations established in 2008