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Victorian Football League: five interchange players. [3] In AFL Women's, in which each side has 16 players on the field instead of the 18 of the men's game, five interchange players are allowed, with a limit 60 rotations per game as of 2023. Prior to 2023, there was no limit on the number of rotations a team could make per game.
Rookie: a player who is on an AFL club's playing list, but who cannot play senior games unless replacing a long-term injured or retired player. Roost: a long kick. [32] Rotation: a planned interchange designed to minimise fatigue of midfielders. Round: a week or a stage of matches in a regular season. Rover: a small inside midfielder.
The AFL later gained formal affiliations with these states and territories signalling the end of the NFL's involvement in interstate football. The AFL Commission, taking over the role from the NFL in 1991 ruled out the minor states including Queensland and New South Wales from again playing the major states under State of Origin rules. [31]
The 2024 AFL season was the 128th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 7 March to 28 September, comprising a 23-match home-and-away season over 25 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football ...
Melbourne won the McClelland Trophy, the format of which was altered to a club championship including results from both the AFL and AFL Women's 2023 seasons. Under the points system, Melbourne won 128 points with a percentage of 142.3, clear of second-place Brisbane Lions , who won 116 points and 126.4 percentage.
The 2025 AFL season is the upcoming 129th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season will feature 18 clubs and run from 6 March to 27 September.
Australian rules football in Oceania is the sport of Australian rules football as it is watched and played in the Oceanian continent. The regional governing and development body, AFL South Pacific (formerly AFL Oceania), is affiliated to the AFL Commission (but does not include Australia) and was formed in 2008. [1]