Free kicks to punish players in the VFL rules lawsuit

This question of how to monitor the rule and penalize the teams for breaking the starting positions was one of the main difficulties to overcome in the examination of the rule.

The AFL had planned to conduct a 6-6-6 rule test in the NEAFL match between Sydney and Brisbane, which was taking place prior to Saturday's Sydney-Collingwood match at SCG, but opted against the trial which would have been for a single rule.

It was decided that the NEAFL match the AFL to try the 6-6-6 rule and not the expanded goal square because it would have to paint new lines on the oval before an AFL match.

The AFL said that he believes that a single rule change would be futile in reducing congestion and only multiple rule changes in collaboration would be helpful. So, the AFL only wanted one try where he could try two or three changes.

AFL General Manager, Gillon McLachlan, launched last week the idea of ​​using an AFL match "dead rubber" at the end of the season. A few days later, after hostile reactions on the integrity of the game.

Steve Hocking, director of AFL football operations, who is also the head of the competition committee, said that this match offered a chance to test the rules. The competition committee and clubs he had met up to now had made it clear that they wanted to see the rules in action for a full match before they could make a decision on their fitness for change.

Hocking said that there could be a second. trial in a VFL game.

AFL Victoria CEO Steven Reaper stated that the league supported the possibility of trial and that the two clubs involved in this trial were eager to get involved