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Every state gets footy most weeks

internal:venue.STATE-ROUND-PRESENCECatalogue name: Every state sees football most rounds

What it means

The model limits rounds without a game in each two-club state, using the AFLAustralian Football League.Read more in the glossary’s 2023 to 2026 maximum. South Australia allows three; Queensland seven; New South Wales six. A Giants game in Canberra counts towards New South Wales. Western Australia allows seven in this release, the most the current round structure allows.

Why it exists

Keeps every interstate market supplied with football across the season.

For example

South Australia cannot go without a game in more than three rounds of the 24.

How strictly it applies

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

Must-follow. The current release discloses that WA has no game in seven rounds, against the AFL's two or three; a follow-up fix brings it to three. Checked from the 30 September release.

The current release discloses that WA has no match in seven rounds against the AFL's two or three; a follow-up brings it to three.

Where to see it

Travel 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.

13 Sep13 Sep 2026Preview 13 September2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
13 Sep13 Sep 2026Preview 14 September (seed 42)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
14 Sep14 Sep 2026Repeat-qualified (seed 42)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
14 Sep14 Sep 2026Corrected (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
14 Sep14 Sep 2026Rules release (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
15 Sep15 Sep 2026B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
18 Sep18 Sep 2026B010 nominal (weight 0.10)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
19 Sep19 Sep 2026B011 nominal2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
30 Sep30 Sep 2026B012 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 Realism rules added, 30 Sep 2026.

For analysts: catalogue text and codes

Rule id: internal:venue.STATE-ROUND-PRESENCE
Catalogue text: For South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia, the number of rounds with no match in the state is capped at the AFL's own 2023 to 2026 maximum (SA 3, QLD 7, NSW 6, with a Giants game in Canberra counting as NSW). WA is capped at 7 for the current release, the most the current round structure allows.
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 row evaluated
Catalogue reason: Keeps every interstate market supplied with football across the season.