Already for 2026, the AFL has changed the rules so a shrug in a tackle will be considered prior opportunity, but this ...

Last-disposal out of bounds and a tweak to the interpretation of prior opportunity are among the latest AFL rule changes ...

Rather than scrapping the stand rule, the league has doubled down on it to ensure a player properly mans the mark at every ...

Port Adelaide premiership winner Kane Cornes has taken aim at the AFL over the seven key rule changes announced for next ...

Players who collapse at the knees to draw free kicks are in the spotlight, after a raft of rule changes were unveiled this ...

The AFL has confirmed it will introduce a last touch out-of-bounds rule in 2026, with changes also to the nomination of a ...

Among the new rules revealed on Wednesday, it has been confirmed that a ‘last disposal’ rule will come into play in 2026, ...

GOAL SQUARE RESTARTS Players are no longer required to be in the goalsquare when the centre square ball up resumes play. The ...

The AFL is going to look different in 2026 ... sort of. There’s been seven rule changes brought in under new AFL footy boss Greg Swann. But think of them more as corrections or stricter ...

Under the new stand rule, any player within five metres of a player who is paid a mark or a free kick must stand.

The AFL has announced it will implement a swathe of rule changes for next year, including a last disposal out of bounds rule, ...