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A true medical substitute was introduced in 2021, which for the first time placed a formal restriction on using the substitute for medical reasons only; except with permission from the AFL Medical Officer, a player substituted off for the medical substitute was ineligible to play again until at least twelve days later; [9] this rule remained in ...
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.
At the start of the 2016 season, the substitute rule was removed, returning to four available interchange players. The substitute returned in the 2021 season, but was only available to replace an injured player, with the regular sub (to be used for any reason) returning for the 2023 season.
The 2021 AFL Grand Final was the year's most-watched television broadcast in Australia, with an in-home audience of up to 4.11 million. [ 140 ] [ 141 ] In 2019, there were 1,716,276 registered participants in Australia [ 139 ] including 586,422 females (34 per cent of the overall total) and more than 177,000 registered outside Australia ...
The ACT hosted its first AFL match in 1995 and AFL matches have been played every year since 2001 except 2020. Since 2012 the AFL has positioned Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS) as a local side, scheduling three home games a year at Manuka Oval. In 2013, 2016, 2021 and 2022 the stadium's average attendance was higher than that of the Giants ...
The 2022 season was played during the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and was the last season to be directly impacted by it. At the start of the season, the roll-out of Australia's vaccination program was almost complete with 95% of adults vaccinated to a two-dose standard and about 50% having received a booster; [1] and across all states except for Western Australia, practically all ...
The AFL Women's All-Australian team is an all-star team of women's Australian rules footballers playing in the AFL Women's (AFLW), selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best-performed players during the home-and-away season.
The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.