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View from the Outer / Re: Rule changes for 2026 [merged]
« Last post by one-eyed on Today at 12:23:46 AM »AFL rules and regulations memo sent to clubs for feedback:
- Intentional gut punches = 1 week.
- Pushing in a marking contest = rough conduct & a suspension.
- Contact with umpire 4+ times = 1 week suspension.
- Clubs who have 4+ umpire contact incidents = fine.
- Player fines escalate over one season, not two.
- Wiggle room in careless cases where where concussion occurs to suspend for 1-2 weeks and not just 3 or nothing.
- Players who have Thu night game will have any tribunal case heard before Tue arvo/night.
https://x.com/Sammy__Edmund/status/1998617149431230721
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-changes-to-afl-regulations-for-2026-including-suspensions-for-stomach-punches-new-rules-proposed-to-clubs-nick-daicos-marcus-windhager-incident/news-story/6e32e31e7aba38a542e0aa53987f780c
- Intentional gut punches = 1 week.
- Pushing in a marking contest = rough conduct & a suspension.
- Contact with umpire 4+ times = 1 week suspension.
- Clubs who have 4+ umpire contact incidents = fine.
- Player fines escalate over one season, not two.
- Wiggle room in careless cases where where concussion occurs to suspend for 1-2 weeks and not just 3 or nothing.
- Players who have Thu night game will have any tribunal case heard before Tue arvo/night.
https://x.com/Sammy__Edmund/status/1998617149431230721
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-changes-to-afl-regulations-for-2026-including-suspensions-for-stomach-punches-new-rules-proposed-to-clubs-nick-daicos-marcus-windhager-incident/news-story/6e32e31e7aba38a542e0aa53987f780c


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