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Footy looks like ‘a different game’, just as the AFL wanted: What we learned this preseason – Fox Sports
Footy looks like ‘a different game’, just as the AFL wanted: What we learned this preseason
Its always hard to take too much out of the pre-season – especially in 2021, when it only lasts one week. Its a small sample size for individual players.
But in the big picture, one thing was clear from the opening bounce on Thursday night: footy has changed.
Its not just the return to 20-minute quarters; and its not just the rule changes, most notably the stand rule which forces the man on the mark to do just that. Its a combination of a bunch of things, all adding up to a faster, more open game;…
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