The scary thing for the rest of the world is that Australia's BEST athletes nearly all play Australian Rules Football, so the performances you see from Australia in things like the Olympics, rugby, soccer, hockey, netball and so on are not indicative of the best the country has to offer. The top players in the AFL have insane sporting talent. If the AFL didn't exist, Australia would have a far greater presence in the other sports, FAR greater. It's a good thought for the Aussies, but also a little scary imo that a country with such a small population can so consistently produce freakish athletes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65NdEJDNNfE
Have a look at that, the way some of those guys jump like that is ridiculous, and the entire game is played without any sort of padding aside from a mouth guard.







