Sold home games: the exact count

What it means

Some clubs play a fixed number of home games at another ground. Hawthorn has four in Launceston; Gold Coast has two in Darwin. Melbourne has one in Alice Springs; the Western Bulldogs have one in Ballarat; Richmond has one in Hobart. Geelong has ten at Kardinia Park. North Melbourne hosts one game each in Bunbury and Perth against the two Western Australian clubs, in consecutive rounds.

Why it exists

These are deals with governments and venues. The count is written in the contract, not chosen by the program.

How strictly it applies

Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.

Must-follow. Richmond's Hobart game and North Melbourne's WA games follow published deals; the other counts are modelled assumptions (show definition)modelled assumptionA value we chose because the AFL has not published the 2027 fact, or because a convention is only visible in past fixtures.Read more in the glossary for 2027.

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.

First checked independently in TV slots added, 18 Sep 2026.

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