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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.
Up to four players can be named on the bench; this number has steadily increased from a single player in the 1930s. Representative teams (such as State of Origin teams or honorific teams such as the AFL Team of the Century), practise and exhibition matches often feature an extended interchange bench of up to six or eight players.
Bench: the interchange area. The "bench" refers to the seat used by the players in this area. [10] Benched: colloquial term for being taken off the ground under orders of the coach due to poor form or errors. See also dragged. Best on ground: player judged the best player taking part in any game. Often referred to as 'best on' or BOG ...
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.
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 team sports, substitution (or interchange) is replacing one player with another during a match. Substitute players that are not in the starting lineup (also known as bench players , backups , interchange , or reserves ) reside on the bench and are available to substitute for a starter.
On 18 February the AFL announced 27-player teams for each of the Victoria and All-Stars side. All AFL teams had at least one player selected in one of the sides. The match was played with an extended interchange bench of nine players instead of four. [3]
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.