Australian casual shorthand for touch football — the non-contact version of rugby league where instead of tackling players you touch them to end the play.
Australian casual shorthand for touch football — the non-contact version of rugby league where instead of tackling players you touch them to end the play. Touch footy is huge in Australian recreational sports culture, played in parks, school yards, and corporate sports leagues across the country. It's faster and more accessible than full rugby since anyone can play without worrying about getting smashed. A Friday afternoon touch footy session with coworkers is as Australian as a barbie on the weekend.
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(uncountable, Australia) Any code of football that involves physical tackling (i.e. not soccer or touch football); generally refers to Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union or American football.
The beloved abbreviation for Australian rules football, the high-flying, high-contact sport that functions as something close to a religion in Victoria and South Australia. When Australians say AFL they typically mean both the sport itself and the national league that runs it. Footy season conversations, office tipping competitions, and weekend plans all revolve around the AFL in a way that outsiders find both baffling and enviable.
(UK, sports) To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory.
The office signed up for the Thursday night touch footy competition at the local oval.
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(Australia, informal) touch football.
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(Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.