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They already play a version of this overseas because they don't have the large ovals, and it's been very successful.
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Had a look at the rules for AFLX.
The AFL putting the rules they haven't got the nuts to introduce into the season proper into AFLX.
We will all be conditioned slowly.
The AFL putting the rules they haven't got the nuts to introduce into the season proper into AFLX.
We will all be conditioned slowly.
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It'd be pretty ingenious tbh.
Even for just one round.
BBL will be over as well.
Quite likely that the stand off is actually around foxtel wanting (even thinking they are entitled to) exclusive access rather than neither 7 or foxtel wanting to show it though
just like they did from 2000-2004 with the preseason cup. have the media praise a certain rule, then introduce it into the season.
end of the day, its so they can reduce airtime to appease the networks (just as the NBA have done)
Yep, it'll quickly join that T20 cricket fad in the rubbish bin of unsuccessful shortened versions of popular sports.
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not sure what we are looking for but it is no doubt a lot more than Gill mc laffin is looking for over alll.
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...and rugby sevens/league 9s
I'm surprised at the tone of a lot posts; I thought (wrongly I guess) that it was self evident that AFLx is designed purely to boost participation both in Australia (where there are loads of people who would love to play AR but are either too old or not fit enough, or time-poor to do it traditional way - in the exact same way people enjoy 6 a side soccer or indoor cricket)... and to provide a viable/legitimised format for expats and foreigners to get into abroad. Having the senior AFL teams participate in this little tournament is purely to formally promote and legitimise the format in order to promote it; its not a serious league format.
I'm way too old to play a full game of AR, but boy I would jump at the chance to play a game of AFLX here - and by making it ok to play on a soccer field, shorter time and less players required - that's now a real possibility. the AFL gets criticised (often rightly) in its poor custodianship of the wider game at grasss roots level, but this is really an fantastic thing its put its weight behind. There were several local variants of it emerging world wide (AFL9's et al) so it excellent that we get a standardised version (a version that will no doubt evolve in early years - but at least something that can be much easier played outside Australia too. I'd be surprised if the AFL has AFL teams playing this tournament in 3 years time, as by then it should have taken on a life of its own and be able to do with out being 'stoked' along at elite level. It is designed purely to be a grass roots level game.
I'm way too old to play a full game of AR, but boy I would jump at the chance to play a game of AFLX here - and by making it ok to play on a soccer field, shorter time and less players required - that's now a real possibility. the AFL gets criticised (often rightly) in its poor custodianship of the wider game at grasss roots level, but this is really an fantastic thing its put its weight behind. There were several local variants of it emerging world wide (AFL9's et al) so it excellent that we get a standardised version (a version that will no doubt evolve in early years - but at least something that can be much easier played outside Australia too. I'd be surprised if the AFL has AFL teams playing this tournament in 3 years time, as by then it should have taken on a life of its own and be able to do with out being 'stoked' along at elite level. It is designed purely to be a grass roots level game.
All the reports from the intraclub trials of AFLX that I've read (GWS, Coll, Nth Melb, Geelong) seem to say it suits the quick players and allows talls to take big marks, but also rewards good clean ball use, and all report high scoring. Nothing stated about any congestion or rolling mauls.
From what Todd Goldstein said in the Herald Sun it sounds a lot like basketball, where if you have the ball you will be able to have a shot, but if you turn it over, even for a second, the other team is almost guaranteed a shot on goal.
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Sounds like it rewards good ball users. For the Swans I would go with a lineup of something like
Franklin
Rohan
Grundy
Papley
McVeigh
Dawson
Heeney
I think that would be a good team for this format.
Agreed that's a pretty decent side.
Leon Cameron has said that Scully, Ward and Whitfield are likely starters for GWS.
If the format is a success and well recieved by the public, I reckon for the next installment the AFL might be tempted to offer prizemoney and a proper finals series to determine an overall winner.
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