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This should really please Dan24 but I am going to declare the 22 home and away rounds irrelevant.
Take a look at the top four. Its exactly the same as the ansett cup semi-finalists
In the Ansett cup:
Semi final 1
Essendon beat Melbourne
Semi final 2
Kangaroos beat Carlton
Final
Essendon beat Kangaroos
So it seems that provided you seed the four groups of four correctly in the first place, you will get the same result as a home and away season, whether it's 15, 22 or 30 rounds
So you could expand the ansett cup qualifying rounds to 6 (four clubs play each other H&A), promote the first and second team in each group to quarter finals, giving the top sides home ground advantage and some form of double chance. And have say a four week finals series
The whole thing would take 10 weeks.
Each year the bottom two clubs in each group move to a new group to have some vareity.
Take a look at the top four. Its exactly the same as the ansett cup semi-finalists
In the Ansett cup:
Semi final 1
Essendon beat Melbourne
Semi final 2
Kangaroos beat Carlton
Final
Essendon beat Kangaroos
So it seems that provided you seed the four groups of four correctly in the first place, you will get the same result as a home and away season, whether it's 15, 22 or 30 rounds
So you could expand the ansett cup qualifying rounds to 6 (four clubs play each other H&A), promote the first and second team in each group to quarter finals, giving the top sides home ground advantage and some form of double chance. And have say a four week finals series
The whole thing would take 10 weeks.
Each year the bottom two clubs in each group move to a new group to have some vareity.