SEVEN new rule changes designed to reduce match lengths by about three minutes will make their debut at the 2026 AAMI AFL Origin clash between Western Australia and Victoria. A last disposal rule, new ...

The AFL didn't anticipate players exposing the new ruck rule in the manner Sydney's Brodie Grundy was able to in the practice ...

ESSENDON ruck Nick Bryan will miss the rest of the season after scans confirmed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Bryan ...

AFL football boss Greg Swann has definitively closed a loophole to the new ruck rules. Sydney ruckman Brodie Grundy raised ...

The seven new rules introduced to the AFL in 2026 will cause the most visible changes to the game since the stand rule was ...

There are seven rule changes brought in by the AFL in 2026. We go through each one, with video, so you’ll be up to speed for the first … ball-up.

The AFL has changed rules to centre ball-up ruck contests, which now encourage rucks to leap into each other. There were fears Shannon Neale had injured his knee when he collided with Marc Pittonet in ...

The AFL has admitted to overlooking rucks skirting around the new centre ball-up rules after Brodie Grundy baited his opponent into giving away a free kick on Thursday. One of the AFL’s new rules ...

The new rules mean ruckmen are unable to cross the centre line before engaging with their opposition. The change was made to bring more athletic and jumping rucks back into the game and to move away ...