Editing Australian rules football (section)

==Variations and related sports==
{{Further|Variations of Australian rules football}}
Many related games have emerged from Australian football, mainly with variations of contact to encourage greater participation. These include [[Auskick]] (played by children aged between 5 and 12), [[kick-to-kick]] (and its variants [[Kick-to-kick#End-to-end footy|end-to-end footy]] and [[Kick-to-kick#Marks up.2C King of the pack and Points Up.2C Jack in the Pack.2C No Torps|marks up]]), [[rec footy]], [[9-a-side footy]], [[masters Australian football]], handball and longest-kick competitions. Players outside Australia sometimes engage in related games adapted to available fields, like [[metro footy]] (played on gridiron fields) and [[Samoa rules]] (played on rugby fields). One such prominent example in use since 2018 is [[AFLX]], a shortened variation of the game with seven players a side, played on a soccer-sized pitch.<ref name="AFLX1">{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-11-17/aflx-revealed-who-your-club-plays-and-when|title=AFLX revealed: Who your club plays|date=17 November 2017|work=AFL.com.au|access-date=17 November 2017|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117104844/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-11-17/aflx-revealed-who-your-club-plays-and-when|url-status=live}}</ref>

===International rules football===
{{Main|International rules football}}
{{See also|Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football}} 
The similarities between Australian football and the Irish sport of [[Gaelic football]] have allowed for the creation of a [[hybrid sport|hybrid code]] known as [[international rules football]]. The first international rules matches were contested in Ireland during the 1967 [[Australian Football World Tour]]. Since then, various sets of compromise rules have been trialed, and in 1984 the [[International Rules Series]] commenced with national representative sides selected by Australia's state leagues (later by the AFL) and the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA). The competition became an annual event in 1998, but was postponed indefinitely in 2007 when the GAA pulled out due to Australia's severe and aggressive style of play.<ref>Haxton, Nance (3 January 2007). [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1821003.htm "Sounds of Summer: International Rules Series"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731183225/http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1821003.htm |date=31 July 2016 }}. ''PM'', [[ABC Radio National]]. Retrieved 1 May 2016.</ref> It resumed in Australia in 2008 under new rules to protect the player with the ball.