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Clubs will list four emergencies each week this season when submitting their team line-ups, allowing for more options in their group of reserve players.
In another change under the AFL's new football operations manager Steve Hocking, the League has outlined to clubs they will need to list four emergencies – up from three – for every game.
An AFL spokesperson confirmed the introduction of the extra player means clubs should not have to pick a player from outside the named group of emergencies, which had happened at times in the past when there was a limit of three emergencies.
The League sent a memo to clubs last month detailing the change, plus other rule tweaks for the season.
Included was the abolition of the pre-game warm-up. Aside from just prior to the first bounce, clubs will no longer be able to warm up as a team on the ground before a game.
It is in a bid for the League to host more curtain raisers and pre-game activities at venues.
The change will impact clubs differently, with each team having slightly different pre-game preparations in previous seasons.
Some had chosen to have a lengthy warm-up well before the game, while other teams had done theirs closer to the bounce then returned to the rooms briefly before coming out to start the game.
The views in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the AFL or its clubs
Exclusive to AFL Bigpond Network
http://www.afc.com.au/news/2018-03-05/emergencies-extended
In another change under the AFL's new football operations manager Steve Hocking, the League has outlined to clubs they will need to list four emergencies – up from three – for every game.
An AFL spokesperson confirmed the introduction of the extra player means clubs should not have to pick a player from outside the named group of emergencies, which had happened at times in the past when there was a limit of three emergencies.
The League sent a memo to clubs last month detailing the change, plus other rule tweaks for the season.
Included was the abolition of the pre-game warm-up. Aside from just prior to the first bounce, clubs will no longer be able to warm up as a team on the ground before a game.
It is in a bid for the League to host more curtain raisers and pre-game activities at venues.
The change will impact clubs differently, with each team having slightly different pre-game preparations in previous seasons.
Some had chosen to have a lengthy warm-up well before the game, while other teams had done theirs closer to the bounce then returned to the rooms briefly before coming out to start the game.
The views in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the AFL or its clubs
Exclusive to AFL Bigpond Network
http://www.afc.com.au/news/2018-03-05/emergencies-extended
Seems rediculous.
Teams and players get picked to death over every aspect of there performance, let them prepare however they want.
Interesting story from Terry Wallace a few weeks back when this news broke. Doggies started the early on ground warm ups, Wallace told the AFL if they couldn’t do it on the ground they’d do it outside the ground.
Teams and players get picked to death over every aspect of there performance, let them prepare however they want.
Interesting story from Terry Wallace a few weeks back when this news broke. Doggies started the early on ground warm ups, Wallace told the AFL if they couldn’t do it on the ground they’d do it outside the ground.
This article amuses me - https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/we...s/news-story/29de8e832a2c8b056a1575c2567d1a1b
D Russell seems to think commentary can be just saying a players name followed by another players name etc!
D Russell seems to think commentary can be just saying a players name followed by another players name etc!
