Version · 13 Sep 2026
Audited re-run
Two freshly generated and independently audited fixtures, from two random seeds.
Build note, as recorded
Regenerated with every solver stage reported optimal. Weekday totals Thu 24, Fri 33, Sat 88, Sun 60, Mon 2. Repeat meetings start from Round 13 with a minimum actual gap of 12 rounds. Nine rules evaluated.
Version
- 2025 demo: season as played
- 2025 demo: before the tweak
- 2025 demo: opening game pinned
- Realism: prime time spread fairly — 30 Sep
- Realism: prime time spread fairly · Thursday-start calendar — 30 Sep
- Victorian games and ground minimums — 19 Sep
- Victorian games and ground minimums · Wednesday-start calendar — 19 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked — 18 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked · Softer double-up preference — 18 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked · Wednesday-start calendar — 18 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked · Wednesday-start calendar, softer double-up preference — 18 Sep
- Two opening dates — 15 Sep
- New rules in force — 14 Sep
- Corrected: Geelong goes home — 14 Sep
- Repeat meetings checked — 14 Sep
- Audited re-run — 13 Sep
- First preview — 13 Sep
What this version is
- What it is
- Generated A fixture the model produced from scratch through all its stages.
- When
- Released 13 Sep 2026 in “Audited re-run”, its headline version.
- Built from
- Re-run after rule changes from First preview. A fresh solve after rules were added or corrected. The parent is the previous release's headline version; differences come from the rule changes, not from an edit.
- Calendar
- Nominal (18 March) · Round 1 starts on Thursday night 18 March 2027. Everything but Round 1 is the same as the Wednesday calendar.
- Recorded facts
- 207 games · 5 bye rounds · dates recorded · slot bands recorded · kickoff clocks not recorded
What changed from “First preview”
- Independent slot, marquee, repeat-policy and captured-blackout checks added to the bundle.
- Round 23 kept to four Saturday matches.
Games moved
0
Added
0
Removed
0
Clubs affected
0
Counts from the prototype comparison between the two versions.
What the rules say
9 met · 0 not met · 45 switched off · 4 don't apply
At least one rule rests on a labelled assumption or an unknown rather than a sourced fact for 2027. Every 2027 release so far is incomplete, and says so. It is not a failure.
Only "Not met" is a failure. Everything else in grey is a limit of the checking, or a rule that has nothing to act on. The recorded counts include 2 analyst-level rules listed only on the rules page.
No checked rule is broken in this version.
9 met, met Rules an independent checker confirmed
- Met, metSix days between games
CBA-01 - Met, metAt most three short breaks a season
CBA-02 - Met, metExtra rest beside a short break
CBA-04 - Met, metThe other side must be fresh too
CBA-05 - Met, metThree rounds between a club's short breaks
CBA-06 - Met, metOnly one interstate trip around a short break
CBA-07 - Met, metNo short break after a Perth trip
CBA-08 - Met, metPerth clubs: no short break then travel
CBA-09 - Met, metEvery game has one round
internal:round.ASSIGN-01
43 switched off — no checker yet, switched off by this profile The independent checker for this rule had not been built when this version was published. The fixture may well obey the rule; nobody could confirm it.
- At least 81 games on free TV
BC-01Flag an issue - Three live free-TV games a round
BC-02Flag an issue - Every game live on pay TV
BC-03Flag an issue - Early Thursday nights on free TV
BC-04Flag an issue - Big occasions live on free TV
BC-05Flag an issue - Pay-TV-only Saturdays early in the season
BC-08Flag an issue - When local games return to live TV
BC-09Flag an issue - Every local game on free TV
BC-10Flag an issue - Bye rounds still have seven games
BY-01Flag an issue - Eighteen clubs in the competition
FS-01Flag an issue - Everyone plays everyone
FS-02Flag an issue - Six double-ups each
FS-03Flag an issue - Twenty-three games each
FS-04Flag an issue - Twenty-four rounds in the season
FS-05Flag an issue - One bye each, mid-season
FS-06Flag an issue - Gather Round in one city
GR-01Flag an issue - Gather Round: four days, three grounds
GR-02Flag an issue - Everyone travels to Gather Round
GR-03Flag an issue - Victorian clubs travel at least five times
OH-02Flag an issue - Everyone visits Western Australia
OH-04Flag an issue - Derbies are played twice
OH-07Flag an issue - Games fixed in advance stay put
RA-01Flag an issue - Six rounds between the two meetings
RA-02Flag an issue - No return games before mid-season
RA-05Flag an issue - Final round is for return games only
RA-06Flag an issue - Sold home games: the exact count
SM-01Flag an issue - Darwin games are night games (venue deal)
SM-03Flag an issue - Three Giants home games in Canberra
SM-05Flag an issue - The ground must be free that day
VA-01Flag an issue - Everyone plays at the MCG
VT-03Flag an issue - At least 45 games at the MCG
VT-04Flag an issue - At least 40 games at Docklands
VT-05Flag an issue - Darwin games are night games
VT-08Flag an issue - The weighted rule
WR-01Flag an issue - Derbies are always double-ups
WR-02Flag an issue - Every game has one date
internal:date.DATE-ASSIGN-01Flag an issue - Games per day
internal:date.DATE-DAY-CAPACITYFlag an issue - Same-state derbies per day
internal:date.DATE-MARKET-CAPACITYFlag an issue - One game per club per round
internal:round.ASSIGN-02Flag an issue - Banned double-up pairs
internal:stage1.forbidden_pairsFlag an issue - Double-ups: one home game each
internal:venue.HA-ALTERNATIONFlag an issue - Eleven home, eleven away
internal:venue.HA-BALANCEFlag an issue - Every game has one ground
internal:venue.OPT-01Flag an issue
4 doesn't apply here, doesn't apply here The rule is about a part of the season this model does not cover. Finals are not modelled.
- Short breaks only in the home-and-away season
CBA-03Doesn't apply here - Opening Round involves only some clubs
OR-01Doesn't apply here - Opening Round clubs get an extra bye
OR-02Doesn't apply here - Opening Round runs Thursday to Sunday
OR-03Doesn't apply here
Explore this version
- Fixture explainedThe season walked through, headline games to fairness
- RoundsEvery round, grouped by day
- ClubsOne page per club: 23 games and the bye
- Whole seasonEvery game on one page
- Club × round gridHome, away and bye at a glance
- RulesEvery rule by family, with its verdict here
- EvidenceProvenance: ids, lineage and file digests
Related versions
Built from this version
- Repeat meetings checked 14 Sep 2026