On July the 10th, 1858, Tom Wills wrote a letter to the magazine Bells Life, calling for the creation of football teams. This is where the AFL began, or at least, this is when the game itself began...
Exactly that: leagues. There is the AFL (Australian Football League), and some lower level leagues: SANFL (South Australian National Football League), WAFL (West Australian Football League), VFL...
A mark occurs when a football has been kicked at least 15 metres untouched by any other person except by the person catching it. Such a catch is referred to as "a mark". The benefit of...