Opinion AFLX - Name your starting lineup

[koshari]

Xavier Tanner (c)
Xavier Richards
Max Warren
Max Hudghton
Max Bailey
Max Gawn
Max Rooke

Bit tall for a fast pace game, Warren adds some much needed pace.

not enough Xs,
Helen D'Amico?

 

[Shermanator]

Sooky Barrett
Jabba the Hutch
Derrrwayne
Wreck-em Ralphy
Brainiac Brereton
Eddie McChins
Special Bruce

Bench
Mario from Doncaster

 

[Twinkletoes]

Tough call.......

Roxy
Bambi
Brandy
Candy
Blaze
Montana
Diamond

 

[archereleven]

I'll at least watch the 1st game to see what half assed heap of s**t gets rolled out. If this concept has been dreamt up by AFL house, all I can say is WOWEE, OH BOY, OH BOY.

Train wreck incoming...

 

[giantroo]

North Melbourne will again use a shortened version of the game as part of its pre-season training program.

The Roos trialled AFLX (a seven-a-side game played on a soccer sized field) last year and found it worked well as a fitness and conditioning tool.

The AFL is looking to introduce a round robin competition in February and it has the club’s backing.

“We like it and we think it’s the best time of the year to play it,” North GM Football Cameron Joyce told the Herald Sun.

“Guys are fit and ready and playing match simulation anyway.

“It was high scoring, you could kick goals from anywhere and, given it was high intensity, there were certainly some physiological benefits.”

According to Joyce, even the game’s best players would be involved due to it being played across four 10-minute quarters.

“You would normally play a JLT game at that time of year so some teams would leave their best players out, but with a shortened game you might play your more experienced players in one of those games,” he said.

The feedback from the players was also positive and has convinced Joyce that game will take off.

“The boys really liked it,” Joyce added.

“The AFL have done well finding a short form of the product and if we ha d a lot of teams in one venue playing eight or ten games over the course of a day or two with a grand final, it would work.”

http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2017-10-30/roos-eye-xfactor-

 

[Le Grille]

The Roos trialled AFLX (a seven-a-side game played on a soccer sized field) last year and found it worked well as a fitness and conditioning tool.

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yeah worked real well.

 

[giantroo]

Anyway it wont be coming in 2018.

 

[King Corey]

We're like a desperate old bachelor/spinster sometimes.

"Hey AFL we'll do this [insert community task] or this [support your pish venture into x] or this [sellout part of identity] if you'll do this one thing [insert night game fixture, avoidance of fine, entry to AFLW etc that no other club had to specially qualify for] for us."

 

[King Corey]

yeah worked real well.

Actually it did. We became really good at AFL-X.

 

[giantroo]

AFLX, the League's high-octane version of the sport, will debut on February 15 next year with the AFL including traditional soccer and rugby venues among the venues for three separate round-robin tournaments.

The modified game will be played in three cities across three nights, with six AFL clubs represented in each competition.

AFL.com.au can exclusively reveal that Adelaide will host the first round-robin at Hindmarsh Stadium on a Thursday night, the week before the JLT Community Series begins.

The Crows and Port Adelaide will be joined by Collingwood, West Coast, Fremantle and Geelong in the first ever AFLX tournament.

The fast-paced game will then head to Melbourne's Etihad Stadium on February 16, where the Demons, North Melbourne, St Kilda, Carlton, Hawthorn and Essendon will compete under Friday night lights.

The action then heads north to Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday, February 17 when the Swans, Greater Western Sydney, the Brisbane Lions, Western Bulldogs, Richmond and Gold Coast will face off.

AFLX was trialled by North Melbourne during last year's pre-season, while VFL clubs Port Melbourne and Coburg have also experienced the shortened format.

AFL general manager of game development Andrew Dillon said AFLX was an exciting alternative that could be used to take the game overseas.

"AFLX has been created to provide us with the options to play a form of the game in places where oval grounds are limited and to showcase our game internationally at a point in the future," Dillon said.

"Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide have each been chosen to host the individual tournaments with six clubs playing against each other in a round-robin format.

"The decision to hold three individual tournaments during the men's 2018 pre-season period has been chosen to introduce clubs, their players, their fans and the wider public to the AFLX game,” he said.

All 18 AFL clubs were provided with an AFLX document on Friday afternoon, which outlines the fixture and format of the tournament.

Clubs are yet to be shown a detailed brief of all the rules, but will be informed in due course.

Each AFLX tournament will consist of six teams, divided into two pools of three.

Teams in the same pool will play against each other once, with the top team from each pool facing off in a Grand Final.

Games will consist of two 10-minute halves with a two-minute break at half-time.

AFLX will be played on a rectangular field with dimensions similar to that of a soccer field, with 10 players per team.

It is a seven-a-side format with three players on the bench and there is no limit to rotations.

In order to create a fast and free-flowing game, the last touch out-of-bounds rule has been introduced, while the ball will be kicked in after all scores.

To promote high scoring, the League has also introduced a 10-point super goal for majors kicked from outside the 40m arcs.

Two field umpires will adjudicate the shorter format, while two boundary umpires and two goal umpires will also be required.

 

[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

 

[Le Grille]

This is a ******* waste of time.

 

[giantroo]

AFLX, the League's high-octane version of the sport, will debut on February 15 next year with the AFL including traditional soccer and rugby venues among the venues for three separate round-robin tournaments.

The modified game will be played in three cities across three nights, with six AFL clubs represented in each competition.

AFL.com.au can exclusively reveal that Adelaide will host the first round-robin at Hindmarsh Stadium on a Thursday night, the week before the JLT Community Series begins.

The Crows and Port Adelaide will be joined by Collingwood, West Coast, Fremantle and Geelong in the first ever AFLX tournament.

The fast-paced game will then head to Melbourne's Etihad Stadium on February 16, where the Demons, North Melbourne, St Kilda, Carlton, Hawthorn and Essendon will compete under Friday night lights.

The action then heads north to Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday, February 17 when the Swans, Greater Western Sydney, the Brisbane Lions, Western Bulldogs, Richmond and Gold Coast will face off.

AFLX pre-season fixture
Pool A, Hindmarsh Stadium, Thursday February 15
Adelaide, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, Port Adelaide, West Coast

Pool B, Etihad Stadium, Friday February 16
Carlton, Essendon, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, St Kilda

Pool C, Allianz Stadium, Saturday February 17
Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney, Richmond, Sydney, Western Bulldogs

AFLX was trialled by North Melbourne during last year's pre-season, while VFL clubs Port Melbourne and Coburg have also experienced the shortened format.

AFL general manager of game development Andrew Dillon said AFLX was an exciting alternative that could be used to take the game overseas.

"AFLX has been created to provide us with the options to play a form of the game in places where oval grounds are limited and to showcase our game internationally at a point in the future," Dillon said.

"Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide have each been chosen to host the individual tournaments with six clubs playing against each other in a round-robin format.

"The decision to hold three individual tournaments during the men's 2018 pre-season period has been chosen to introduce clubs, their players, their fans and the wider public to the AFLX game,” he said.

All 18 AFL clubs were provided with an AFLX document on Friday afternoon, which outlines the fixture and format of the tournament.

Clubs are yet to be shown a detailed brief of all the rules, but will be informed in due course.

Each AFLX tournament will consist of six teams, divided into two pools of three.

Teams in the same pool will play against each other once, with the top team from each pool facing off in a Grand Final.

Games will consist of two 10-minute halves with a two-minute break at half-time.

AFLX will be played on a rectangular field with dimensions similar to that of a soccer field, with 10 players per team.

It is a seven-a-side format with three players on the bench and there is no limit to rotations.

In order to create a fast and free-flowing game, the last touch out-of-bounds rule has been introduced, while the ball will be kicked in after all scores.

To promote high scoring, the League has also introduced a 10-point super goal for majors kicked from outside the 40m arcs.

Two field umpires will adjudicate the shorter format, while two boundary umpires and two goal umpires will also be required.

 

[Zondor]

This is a ******* waste of time.

And what happens if someone does an ACL playing this rot? :stern look

 

[Colbys Boots]

And what happens if someone does an ACL playing this rot? :stern look

Nothing happens. It's not real football so the injury doesn't keep them out for the season.

 

[shintemaster]

"High Octane"

Well, in that case...

 

[Bigeasy]

And what happens if someone does an ACL playing this rot? :stern look

They're still allowed to play AFL as the injury was sustained in AFLX. They have thought of everything at AFL House.

 

[Bigeasy]

Nothing happens. It's not real football so the injury doesn't keep them out for the season.

They're still allowed to play AFL as the injury was sustained in AFLX. They have thought of everything at AFL House.

D'oh

 

[kangaspurs]

And what happens if someone does an ACL playing this rot? :stern look

It's just taking the place of the 3rd pre-season challenge game. They're just as likely to do an ACL in one of them than AFLX.

 

[Arden]

What a crock of s**t.

Just introduce a multi-ball feature and be done with it.

 

[muttley45]

So, anyone who can roost a Torp 70m, can kick a goal from a kick in, LMac a chance ?

 

[Donkey Chop]

So, anyone who can roost a Torp 70m, can kick a goal from a kick in, LMac a chance ?

I bloody hope not. I’d only want to send anyone not in our best 22

 

[Steele7]

Are they selling XXXX beer at the game. Hope not.

 

[KangaFan35]

I’ll have an interest if they allow retired players to play like originally advertised, seeing Boomer play in the blue and white again would be great.