It is not recorded why the club chose to adopt the contemporary Melbourne, rather than the Sydney, version of football (the latter being based on Rugby school rules – rugby football was not formally codified until 1871).
Brisbane Australian Football Club, defunct Australian football club that played Victorian rules
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The earliest known recorded regular Rugby football games in Brisbane commenced in 1876, when the Brisbane Football Club elected to change to Rugby, instead of 'Victorian Rules' (now known as Australian Rules) which it had played since its founding in 1866, to permit competition with the newly formed Rangers and Bonnet Rouge football clubs.
He supports five AFL teams, something he cops a lot of flack for: Essendon, Brisbane, Collingwood, Sydney and West Coast.