Rules · Venues · Must-follow · the model’s own rule
Venue caps for interstate visitors
internal:venue.SM-CLUB-INTERSTATE-VENUE-MAXCatalogue name: Tenancy caps against interstate opponents
What it means
The Victorian venue caps, applied just to home games against interstate clubs (Gather RoundThe round in which every game is played in one host city. Every club appears once.Read more in the glossary excluded).
Why it exists
A refinement of the venue caps so that interstate visitors are not all funnelled to one ground.
For example
Carlton hosts at most one interstate club at the MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground.Read more in the glossary; Essendon at most two.
How strictly it applies
Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.
Must-follow. The caps are owner-approved modelled settings for 2027. Checked from the 18 September release.
Where to see it
Who plays where 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
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- 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 TV slots added, 18 Sep 2026.
Related
For analysts: catalogue text and codes
- Rule id
internal:venue.SM-CLUB-INTERSTATE-VENUE-MAX- Catalogue text
- These home-ground limits cover only games against interstate opponents. Gather Round does not count.
- Catalogue type
- modelled rule (not a catalogue row)
- Catalogue family
- internal
- Class
hard· The fixture must never break it.- Step
S3· Step 4: home ground and venue- Recorded status
met· source rowevaluated- Catalogue reason
- A refinement of the tenancy caps so that interstate visitors are not concentrated at one ground.