Aussie Sports

Football in Australia
There are 4 codes of football played in Winter.

AFL

NRL

Rugby Union

Soccer

In the Summer, Cricket reigns supreme.

In terms of participation, the most popular sports played in Australia are (in order);

Golf

Tennis

Netball

Soccer

Swimming

AFL Big Hits 2005


Sport in Australia

Paraphrased from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sport in Australia plays a central role in many aspects of the local lifestyle. The climate is suited to playing sport year-round.

Many sports are played in Australia, with popularity varying between sports and between regions. The popularity of the various codes of football is one good example of this: although Australian rules football is the more popular spectator sport in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, and has the highest cumulative sport's attendances in Australia, rugby league football is more popular in Queensland and New South Wales.

When not playing sports, Australians are just as keen to spectate. Australians sports are amongst the highest attended. In fact, the top 5 television shows in 2005 were sports programs. Such is the Australian population's devotion towards sport that it is sometimes humorously described as "Australia's national religion".