It's pretty fun to play to be honest, but fuck me there is no rhyme or reason to it, the bloody thing is the worst spectator sport in the world (I've been told TV is rubbish and live it's not bad). Hock the bastard to the bloke with the best leg and let him smash it for a six or miss for one point. It's also a dirty game, at least in rugby it's frontal contact, one can run up behind a poor prick in VFL and dig the knee into their spine to make a catch on the full.
Racist fans as well, can't have that in league half the players are Aboriginal.