Our seventh episode is all about player payments, free agency and the age-old debate around amateurism and professionalism. We discuss the social and economic climate of Melbourne during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and how this had an impact on our great game.

Our sixth episode is all about the breakaway of the VFA to the VFL beginning in the year of 1897. We discuss fixturing, illegal payments and secret dealings between clubs, as well as the parallels this topic draws between the Rugby and Association games in England during the late nineteenth century.

Our fifth episode is all about our great men in white! We discuss the rules, the history and the sometimes dubious interpretations of our game with special guest umpire Michael O'Keeffe from the RDFL.

Our fourth episode discusses the early tactics players and teams used throughout the VFA-era (1877-1896) to get that competitive edge. We also look at how these tactics compare to today's game as well as an insight into the Victoria-South Australia rivalry.

Our third episode discusses the 'running with the ball' rule and how it was broken by Henry Harrison which ultimately changed the face of our game forever.

Our second episode discusses our great Australian game from 1859. We cover everything from what it looked like, to the prominent people involved, through to the application of the first ten rules.

Part two of our first episode discussing the links between mob football, Eton and Rugby schools, Cambridge and Sheffield Universities to our great Australian game.

Three of Aussie rules' most unofficial experts get together to discuss the origins and evolution of the great Australian game. Starting with two English mobs' efforts to chase a severed head from one town square to another, our hosts explore the influence of the Eton and Rugby schools. They trace these colonial influences to the inception of the first codified rules in 1859 and then onwards to the game that exemplifies everything that's bloody grouse about footy!