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Hello, my name is Steph. I live in the northern suburbs. i immigrated from Africa. I went to my very first Afl game today at Claremont oval. My next door neighbour who is a passionate West Perth supporter took me on the train so i have followed his passion and i now am a West Perth suppoter. He has given me a shirt and i love the colours. I hope i can contribute to this site anf if i get the rules wrong or i disgribe things badly, please respect me. I was told that the referis are maggots but i think Brian was joking.

Raptor wrote: Hello, my name is Steph. I live in the northern suburbs. i immigrated from Africa. I went to my very first Afl game today at Claremont oval. My next door neighbour who is a passionate West Perth supporter took me on the train so i have followed his passion and i now am a West Perth suppoter. He has given me a shirt and i love the colours. I hope i can contribute to this site anf if i get the rules wrong or i disgribe things badly, please respect me. I was told that the referis are maggots but i think Brian was joking.

You have picked up the lingo pretty quickly there Raptor but you could have chosen a better WAFL club to support!

Raptor wrote: Hello, my name is Steph. I live in the northern suburbs. i immigrated from Africa. I went to my very first Afl game today at Claremont oval. My next door neighbour who is a passionate West Perth supporter took me on the train so i have followed his passion and i now am a West Perth suppoter. He has given me a shirt and i love the colours. I hope i can contribute to this site anf if i get the rules wrong or i disgribe things badly, please respect me. I was told that the referis are maggots but i think Brian was joking.

Rule 1 Raptor. You went to a game of Australian Rules Football, not AFL.
The AFL is a competition and not a sport, despite the fact they try and brainwash everyone about that.
And welcome to the forum.

Raptor wrote: Hello, my name is Steph. I live in the northern suburbs. i immigrated from Africa. I went to my very first Afl game today at Claremont oval. My next door neighbour who is a passionate West Perth supporter took me on the train so i have followed his passion and i now am a West Perth suppoter. He has given me a shirt and i love the colours. I hope i can contribute to this site anf if i get the rules wrong or i disgribe things badly, please respect me. I was told that the referis are maggots but i think Brian was joking.

Welcome to the forum Raptor.
Many people from overseas are a bit confused about Aussies Rules footy. But you will find gameplay and the rules easy enough to understand. Well done on getting across to Claremont Oval to see your first Wafl match.
You will find plenty of good knowledgeable people in the forums if you have any questions. And welcome aboard.

Raptor wrote: Hello, my name is Steph. I live in the northern suburbs. i immigrated from Africa. I went to my very first Afl game today at Claremont oval. My next door neighbour who is a passionate West Perth supporter took me on the train so i have followed his passion and i now am a West Perth suppoter. He has given me a shirt and i love the colours. I hope i can contribute to this site anf if i get the rules wrong or i disgribe things badly, please respect me. I was told that the referis are maggots but i think Brian was joking.

You got it 100% correct Raptor the refs are maggots, welcome along

good one mate
I would also us the 'wafl' or 'aussie rules' when referring to the league, otherwise, even in this state, most people will start rattling on about that competition which is played largely 'over east', as we would say.

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Raptor wrote: Hello, my name is Steph. I live in the northern suburbs. i immigrated from Africa. I went to my very first Afl game today at Claremont oval. My next door neighbour who is a passionate West Perth supporter took me on the train so i have followed his passion and i now am a West Perth suppoter. He has given me a shirt and i love the colours. I hope i can contribute to this site anf if i get the rules wrong or i disgribe things badly, please respect me. I was told that the referis are maggots but i think Brian was joking.

You have picked up the lingo pretty quickly there Raptor but you could have chosen a better WAFL club to support!

Frothy wrote:

Raptor wrote: Hello, my name is Steph. I live in the northern suburbs. i immigrated from Africa. I went to my very first Afl game today at Claremont oval. My next door neighbour who is a passionate West Perth supporter took me on the train so i have followed his passion and i now am a West Perth suppoter. He has given me a shirt and i love the colours. I hope i can contribute to this site anf if i get the rules wrong or i disgribe things badly, please respect me. I was told that the referis are maggots but i think Brian was joking.

Rule 1 Raptor. You went to a game of Australian Rules Football, not AFL.
The AFL is a competition and not a sport, despite the fact they try and brainwash everyone about that.
And welcome to the forum.

You think that’s confusing Frothy, I wonder if Steph has asked neighbour Brian in the Northern suburbs, why is your team called West Perth when it’s in the northern suburbs and so far from West Perth?

Penny dropped yet WPFC???

Raptor...you will soon realize the umps also go by a variety of other names too mate..LOL..enjoy watching your team playing finals, most folk here don't have such luxury...or had that luxury for a few years....even decades....welcome aboard mate.

Welcome Raptor...nice to have you on board. Since you're new to the caper I'd be happy to give you a bit of a history lesson on the greatest moments of the WAFL starting with 1973 then drilling down into the glory years of 1986, 88, 2004, 06, 07, 08 then 2014, 15, 18 and ending with 2019. I'd also touch briefly on 1995 when a bloke called Paul Mifka singlehandedly brought the game into total disrepute. Anyway...that's for another day...enjoy the WAFL and this site.