Samoa rules is a game derived fromAustralian rules football andrugby union that is occasionally played inSamoa.
Generally the rules are taken from Australian rules, but each team consists of 15 players, like rugby union.[1]
Unlike Australian rules football, player movement is restricted to zones (similar torec footy). There is a line across the centre that backs and forwards can not cross.Onballers are allowed to go anywhere. Forwards can only operate in their attacking half, the backs in their defensive half.[1] LikeGaelic football, players are permitted to bounce the ball only once while running, in order to encourage kicking.[1]
The game is played on rugby union fields, sometimes a single one, or two side by side.[1] This means the pitch is rectangular, rather than oval, like an Australian football field.
The Vailima Six-Shooters' Championship began in Samoa in 1998 under these rules, becoming known as Samoa rules. A number of Samoa rules players went on to represent Samoa in theSamoa national Australian rules football team.
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