Formerly | Auckland Australian Football Association (AAFA) |
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Sport | Australian rules football |
Founded | 1974 |
No. of teams | 6 |
Country | New Zealand |
Most recent champion(s) | North Shore Tigers (2022) |
Most titles | 18 |
Official website | www.aafl.co.nz |
The Auckland Australian Football League which began in 1974, is an amateur Australian rules football competition in Auckland, New Zealand currently consisting of 6 clubs and is one of the leagues governed by AFL New Zealand. The league has a men's competition and affiliated women's competition known as Auckland Women's AFL featuring some of the same clubs. The competition runs from September to December to avoid clashes with the rugby football season.
An earlier league which existed in Auckland from 1904 until the outbreak of World War I was also known, for a time, as the Auckland Australian Football League.