The opponent has at most six days’ rest
CBA-05Catalogue name: The opponent must be fresh too
What it means
When a club has a five-day break, its opponent must have a break of no more than six days.
Why it exists
Stops one club carrying a short breakA five-day gap between games. Each club may have at most three a season.Read more in the glossary into a game against a fully rested opponent.
For example
If Richmond plays a Thursday game five days after its last match, its opponent cannot be coming off a nine-day break.
How strictly it applies
Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.
Must-follow, from the players' agreement.
Where to see it
Breaks between games shows how this plays out across the season.
How it played out across versions
One cell per release, oldest first. Each shows the verdict that release recorded for this rule; a release with no row for the rule says so.
- Preview 13 September2027 · Generated
Met, met
- Preview 14 September (seed 42)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- Repeat-qualified (seed 42)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- Corrected (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- Rules release (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B010 nominal (weight 0.10)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B011 nominal2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B012 Wednesday opening2027 · Generated
Met, met
- 20252025 season as played2025 · As played
Off, switched off by these settings
rule source not recorded
First checked independently in First full draft, 13 Sep 2026.
Related
For analysts: catalogue text and codes
- Rule id
CBA-05- Catalogue text
- Opposition in a 5 Day Break Match must also have no more than 6 days since their previous match.
- Catalogue type
- Hard
- Catalogue family
- CBA / Player Welfare Constraints (2023–2027 CBA)
- Class
hard· The fixture must never break it.- Step
S2_5· Step 3: dates- Recorded status
met· source rowevaluated- Catalogue reason
- Prevents one club carrying a short break against a fully rested opponent.