The earliest official formal leagues were the South Australian National Football League at the time called the South Australian Football Association and the Victorian Football Association formed in 1877. The first intercolonial matches were played shortly after in 1879. The game was first known as Melbourne rules football then as the game spread throughout the country, it became known as Victorian rules football and then Australian rules football. The game was shaped in the early years through feed back from clubs, players and spectators. The rules changes from this feedback was addressed from at least 1860 in the annual meeting of club secretaries usually held in May.