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Three points are scored for getting the ball
between the posts and under the crossbar, one point for getting it between
the posts and over the crossbar


All About
Gaelic Football
Gaelic Football can
be described as a mixture of soccer and rugby, although it predates both of
those games. It is a field game which has developed as a distinct game similar
to the progression of Australian Rules. Indeed it is thought that Australian
Rules evolved from Gaelic Football through the many thousands who were either
deported or emigrated to Australia from the middle of the nineteenth century.
Gaelic Football is played on a pitch approximately 137m long and 82m wide.
The goalposts are the same shape as on a rugby pitch, with the crossbar lower
than a rugby one and slightly higher than a soccer one.
The ball used in Gaelic Football is round, slightly smaller than a soccer
ball. It can be carried in the hand for a distance of four steps and can be
kicked or "hand-passed", a striking motion with the hand or fist.
After every four steps the ball must be either bounced or "solo-ed",
an action of dropping the ball onto the foot and kicking it back into the
hand. You may not bounce the ball twice in a row. To score, you put the ball
over the crossbar by foot or hand/fist for one point or under the crossbar
and into the net by foot or hand/fist in certain circumstances for a goal,
the latter being the equivalent of three points.
Each team consists of fifteen players, lining out as follows: One goalkeeper,
three full-backs, three half-backs, two midfielder's, three half-forwards
and three full-forwards. The actual line out on the playing field previously
shown:
Players wear a jersey with their team colours and number on the back. Both
teams must have different colour jerseys. The goalkeepers' jerseys must not
be similar to the jersey of any other player. Referees normally tog out in
black jerseys, socks and togs.
Goalkeepers may not be physically challenged whilst inside their own small
parallelogram, but players may harass them into playing a bad pass, or block
an attempted pass.
Teams are allowed a maximum of five substitutes in a game. Players may switch
positions on the field of play as much as they wish but this is usually on
the instructions of team officials.
Officials for a game comprise of a referee, two linesmen (to indicate when
the ball leaves the field of play at the side and to mark '45'' free kicks
and 4 umpires (to signal scores, assist the referee in controlling the games,
and to assist linesmen in positioning '45' frees).
A goal is signalled by raising a green flag, placed to the left of the goal.
A point is signalled by raising a white flag, placed to the right of goal.
A '45'/'65' is signalled by the umpire raising his/her outside arm. A 'square
ball', when a player scores having arrived in the 'square' prior to receiving
the ball, is signalled by pointing at the small parallelogram.
The rules for Women's Football differ only slightly from Men's Football. No
deliberate physical contact is permitted in Women's Football and the ball
may be picked directly off the ground. Most other rules are the same as in
the Men's game.
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