Is New Zealand football like Australian?

Question

I know that football in the US diverged from Canadian football because of WWI. (US changed rules before entering the war, but Canada, then a part of Brittan, was busy.:)

Was that bit of ocean between Australia and New Zealand wide enough to effect the evolution of the game?

(Oceans effected evolution in North America and Australia from Rugby.)

Answer 1

No Mate, He meens AFL, the greatest football of all time, and a random New Zealand game. i'm going too need a name for that New Zealand game and i will let you know the answer, but i do have an answer which may help you a bit, AFL consists of thirty or more man their is interchange Forward, Back, Centre, Wing, Half Forward...so on......in the Forward line their are four sticks, if you kick the rugby like soccer ball into the middle 2 sticks you have scored a six four youre team if you score it on the outer sticks it is one point and if hits any of the sticks on the full it is also one point except for if you hit the outer 2 sticks on full it is out of bonds on the full, their are four quarters atleast 18 minutes per quarter, a round oval field, You may have heard of the famous MCG ( Melbourne Cricket Ground ) but i am sure their is no Sport like it. The teams are Melbourne demons, Sydney Swans, St Kilda Saints, Western Bulldogs, West Coast Eagles, Geelong cats, Port Adelaide Power, Freomantle Dockers, Richmond Tigers, Collingwood magpies, Brisbane lions, Carlton Blues, Adelaide Crows, Hawthorn Hawks, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Essonden Bombers.

Answer 2

It sure is.  We both play Rugby Union and Rugby League.  There is a competition called Super 14 Rugby which features the major provinces from New Zealand and South Africa and NSW, QLD, WA & ACT from Australia.  It is played over a four month period.  After that, the best players get to represent their country in the tri nations.

South Africa are the current World Cup champions, they won it last year.