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No Change to the Sub Rule in 2025

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11 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Seems a silly rule to me. Just have 5 interchange.

Does any other sport in the world deem it necessary? Genuine question. 

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    Forget the sub rule, get rid of this basket case, STAND RULE🤮🤮🤮

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    28 minutes ago, Palace Dees said:

    Seems a silly rule to me. Just have 5 interchange.

    Does any other sport in the world deem it necessary? Genuine question. 

    In soccer they're all subs.

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    I think they could reduce rotations further (say, to 50/game or even less) and get rid of the sub. Fewer rotations means there's less disadvantage to someone being injured and more strategy in managing interchange.

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    Genuinely thought they would get rid of it.

    Reckon Melksham should be the semi regular sub next year. Can see him having impact in the last quarter of games, and I doubt at his age he could play week in week out of 24 rounds of footy.

    Let's hope the Turner on / JVR off sub was a Goody one off!

     

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    I would have thought it a no brainer to at least allow sub on whilst any concussion protocol is in progress. It encourages completion of the SCAT test as a team will not be a man down (several clubs have used on ground assessments this season and then cited delayed concussion. If player passes the concussion protocol, then the sub can come back off. A simple positive OHS play.

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    There is no advantage to having a sub versus a 5th interchange. If a player is injured, the difference between 4 and 5 on the bench is negligible.

    The advantage of having 5 on the bench is a young player doesn't lose fitness/continuity in his game and need to go to the VFL and train after a game at 11pm at night

     

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    The AFL love it as do the TV rights holders as it gives the boundary riders something to talk about when it’s not windy and raining sideways... I love when they cross downstairs to the boundary and they say that the sub is warming up, but they have been on the ground 5 minutes and already had 10 touches and a goal! 

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