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‘It flies in the face of the way world sport’s going’: Chris Scott on longer quarters – AFL
Geelong coach Chris Scott has weighed in on the quarter length debate

GEELONG coach Chris Scott prefers the shorter 16-minute quarters of the 2020 season over the return to longer games this year.
Quarters were reduced to 16 minutes plus time on last year to allow the AFL to deliver a condensed fixture, before returning to their traditional 20 minutes plus time on length this year.
After Brisbane’s marathon 136-minute win over Carlton, Lions coach Chris Fagan said games were too long and he’d like to see quarters reduced to 18 minutes plus time on.
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