NAB Cup set for major revampBy Jason Phelan
afl.com.au
Fri 07 May, 2010The key innovation of the new format would see the 18 teams divided into six pools of three for the opening round of the competition.
Each pool team will play each other once in shortened matches consisting of two 20-minute halves with a five-minute half-time break with the three games to be played in succession on the same day.
In the night timeslot example given by McLachlan the first match would kick off at 7.40 with the next starting at 8.35 and the last to begin at 9.30.
The pool winners, as well as two lucky losers, would then progress to the second week of the competition, which would revert to the more traditional format seen in recent years.
A TEAM from Greater Western Sydney may join the new Gold Coast side in a radical new NAB Cup format proposed for next year.
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