Australian Rules Football Comes to Hawaii

Hawaiʻi Public Radio

Published October 18, 2018 at 1:06 PM HST

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The Australian Football League Grand Final is held every year in Melbourne.

Dallas McCullouch

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Members of the Hawaii aussie rules club practice at Honolulu's Kapiolani Park.

Ryan Finnerty

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Dallas McCullough began playing aussie rules in Austin, Texas before moving to Australia and eventually Hawaii.

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Local aussie rules fans joined staff of the Australian Consulate-General in Honolulu to display the colors of their favorite AFL teams ahead of the Grand Final earlier this month.

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What do you get when you combine American football, rugby, soccer, and a few other sports into one? A little game called Australian Rules Football. It’s one of the most popular, and rough, sports from the Land Down Under.

But the game isn’t confined to its native land. The US Australian Football League held its national finals in Wisconsin this past week and a Hawaii resident was on the championship team. He’s part of a local club trying to bring Aussie Rules to Hawaii.

Click here for the Hawaii Australian Rules Football club Facebook page.