Five games in Victoria for every club
OH-01
What it means
Every club plays at least five games at Victorian grounds. A Gather RoundThe round in which every game is played in one host city. Every club appears once.Read more in the glossary game only counts if it is in Victoria.
Why it exists
Victoria is the biggest market and home to ten clubs, so every club gets a Victorian presence each year.
For example
West Coast must visit Victorian grounds at least five times across its 23 games.
How strictly it applies
Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.
Must-follow. Checked from the 19 September release. The figure of five comes from a 2013 description and is a modelled rule for 2027, not an announced AFLAustralian Football League.Read more in the glossary policy.
Where to see it
Teams played twice 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
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Preview 14 September (seed 42)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Repeat-qualified (seed 42)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Corrected (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Rules release (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- B010 nominal (weight 0.10)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- 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 Final tidy-up, 19 Sep 2026.
Related
For analysts: catalogue text and codes
- Rule id
OH-01- Catalogue text
- All teams play at least five matches in Victoria.
- Catalogue type
- Hard
- Catalogue family
- Opponent and Home-Advantage Selection
- Class
hard· The fixture must never break it.- Step
S3· Step 4: home ground and venue- Recorded status
met· source rowevaluated- Catalogue reason
- Victoria is the competition's largest market and the home of most clubs; the rule guarantees every club a Victorian presence.