More Than Just a Game

By Chris Brown

The pioneers of Australian Rules football began playing a team game that was a physical contest and a game of attrition, for the enjoyment of all.

When footballers enlisted for World War I they brought with them the players' traits of toughness, endeavour and refined teamwork with moments of individual brilliance. All these qualities are befitting those who serve our country in the armed forces.

In an unlikely but historicallysignificant event on Saturday, 28 October 1916, Australian Rules footballers in the war service of our country assembled at the Queen's Club in London to play what was dubbed the Pioneer Exhibition Game of Australian Football. It was the first exhibition of Aussie Rules outside our country.

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