AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is the last game of the Australian Rules Football, which a lot of people here call 'Footy'. It's the biggest sporting event in all of Australia, and we even get a whole holiday for it! It started in 1898 and still runs to this day. In Australia, footy is a huge thing. We have whole school days dedicated to it, and almost everyone goes for one of the 18 or so footy teams we have. The Grand Final is for the men's AFL, but we also have the WAFL for women. It's held in the MCG, the Melbourne Cricket Grounds [the largest stadium in the southern hemisphere] and hundreds of thousands of people attend to cheer for their teams and even more watch at home. It's a gigantic event that brings us all together. Footy is a big part of Australian culture and a lot of people start playing it really young, which is part of the reason why the Grand Final is such a huge and amazing event.
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