Aussie Sports — AFL, cricket and swimming culture

Australian sports are where AFL finals fill the MCG with 100,000 fans and backyard cricket is a national pastime. Australian rules football has no parallel anywhere else, while swimming produces Olympic champions generation after generation. The AFL Grand Final is Australia's biggest sporting day, cricket's Boxing Day Test at the MCG is tradition, and surf lifesaving combines sport with coastal culture. Rugby league's State of Origin between Queensland and New South Wales is one of sport's fiercest rivalries. Aussie sports connect with The Gentleman's Game and matchday rituals.