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The Carlton interchange bench in a match against St Kilda, 2011. Interchange (or, colloquially, the bench or interchange bench) is a team position in Australian rules football, consisting of players who are part of the selected team but are not currently on the field of play.
From 2011 until 2015, the AFL level interchange rules provided that each team was permitted three interchange players (instead of four) and one substitute player. The substitute sat on the bench and began the game wearing a green vest over his playing guernsey.
1–2: (pronounced one-two) an action where a player handpasses to a teammate, who immediately handpasses back.; 6–6–6 rule: a rule introduced in the AFL from 2019 to reduce flooding that says that at centre bounces each team must have six players in their forward-50 arc, six players in their defensive-50 arc, and six players between the arcs.
Official 2023 All-Australian logo. The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season.It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-performed players during the season, traditionally led by that season's premiership coach.
In addition, some leagues notably including the AFL, have each team designate one additional player as a substitute who can be used to make a single permanent exchange of players during a game for either medical or tactical reasons. [67] Players on the playing surface can be swapped with those on the interchange bench at any time.
In 1994, the AFL turned its focus to speeding up the game. To do this, the league increased the number of interchange players for their matches from 2 to 3 and increased the number of field umpires in the AFL from 2 to 3. [17] In 1998, the number of interchange players for AFL matches was increased from 3 to 4 to further speed up the game.
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Gardiner also earned her first All-Australian selection on the interchange bench, and was voted into the AFL Players' Association 22under22 team. [6] [7] In 2024, Gardiner was named Sydney's best player in its win over Collingwood in round 1, [8] and was among its best players in losses to St Kilda in round 2 [9] and Richmond in round 3. [10]