Australian rules football is the national sport in Nauru, as it is the most popular sport in the country.

Structure

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The football league system consists of one national league, run by the Nauru Australian Football Association (NAFA), based in the Linkbelt Oval, the country's only active stadium. The NAFA's executives are a president, a secretary and a treasurer, not inculding the manager of each of the teams. Valdon Dowiyogo has been the president since 1999.

History

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Australian rules was first played by Nauruan schoolchildren in the 1930s in schools in Victoria, Australia. Among these schoolkids was Hammer DeRoburt. Schools in Victoria and Geelong in Melbourne were popular destinations of Nauruan schoolchildren of secondary-school age.

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