AFL considering 'one or two' extra interchange players (afl site)

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AFL considering 'one or two' extra interchange players

By Riley Beveridge
afl.com.au
27 May 2020

THE AFL is still considering whether it will allow teams to field additional players on the interchange bench this season, as it looks to finalise minor alterations to the game in preparation for the restart of the 2020 campaign.

The League's football operations boss Steve Hocking confirmed on Wednesday that it was still debating a push from senior AFL coaches to allow extra players on the bench, in what would be the final possible amendment ahead of the season recommencing on June 11.

If introduced, it would follow the introduction of shortened 16-minute quarters as the only changes to the game in the wake of a suspension period that has lasted nearly three months due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The AFL's Competition Committee – which features club coaches, football managers and players – debated the issue and the possibility of extending benches by "one or two" players on Wednesday, with a decision not likely to be made until the week of round two.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/440133/afl-considering-one-or-two-extra-interchange-players

[Diocletian]

Surely have to if only for the fact there's no reserve comp. .. ...just for this year and it's extraordinary circumstances, I'd actually have six on the bench...can't expect blokes just to train & play scratch matches and then have to pass judgement on their futures based on that at the end of the year...

[one-eyed]

Bench increase unlikely for round two: McLachlan.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bench-increase-unlikely-for-round-two-mclachlan-20200529-p54xpc.html