[rick]

          There is some discussion that it is actually derived from an
aboriginal game Marngrook.

          I think a couple of teams(our southern state friends would know)
play for the Marngrook Cup every year.

            http://www.footystamps.com/ot_early_history.htm






> Actually, Aussie rules is an off-shoot of Gaelic Football, not Rugby.
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> He listened and heard my cry.
> He lifted me up out of the pits, out of the miry clay.
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> --------- Original Message ---------
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> DATE: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:21:22
> From: "steven moore" <smmmdpowderworks@hotmail.com>
> To: mironmizrahi@yahoo.com, powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
> Cc:
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> >All the games originally came from the concept of football (with the
round
> >ball and no use of the hands).  Rugby was an offshoot of this game and
both
> >american football and Australian rules football are offshoots of rugby.
For
> >details of how rugby emerged from football, see the following interesting
> >link:
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> >http://rl1908.com/Origin-Rugby.htm
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> >-Steven
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> >>From: Miron Mizrahi <mironmizrahi@yahoo.com>
> >>To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
> >>Subject: [Powderworks] Why football (was NMOC: World Cup )
> >>Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:46:01 -0700 (PDT)
> >>
> >>so here is a question for all you footy lovers (on both sides of the
> >>ocean) - why the hell is this game (rugby, NFL, AFL....) called
> >>football? to begin with it is not a ball nor are feet particularly
> >>important (well, except to run ofcourse and maybe in the AFL).
> >>
> >>was always curious about it.
> >>
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