Subscribe through the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store for $4.99 per week, $16.99 per month or $99.99 for an annual pass. It provides eliminated teams with match practice before the main premiership season and brings the game to fans in remote areas and can gauge interest in new markets.While attendances for these matches are sometimes published in the media and the AFL carries match reports on all matches, the AFL does not always publish attendance for these matches as the attendances are quite low by AFL standards. But one thing that shouldn’t shock anyone is the training form of Brownlow Medallist Dustin Martin. Extra time was played to resolve drawn knock-out games. Unlike the 2018 competition, no AFL clubs took part in the event, with four all-star teams being picked by four high-profile players respectively; Patrick Dangerfield (captain of the Bolts), Eddie Betts (Deadlys), Nat Fyfe (Flyers) and Jack Riewoldt (Rampage).
The sixteen teams were split into groups of four, each playing three pool matches with the winner of each group advancing to the knockout semi-final stage. Tom Phillips was dethroned as the Magpies’ endurance king by new draftee Jay Rantall, with the basketball convert showing on the track since he has the potential to play senior football in 2020. Lachie Hunter has run strongly after a shoulder operation and is set to return to full training next month. The competition's Grand Final could draw more than 60,000 spectators to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and usually drew more than 40,000 to Docklands Stadium or Football Park (both of which had a capacity of around 55,000)A record night series/pre-season Grand Final crowd of 75,533 fans saw Essendon defeat Richmond.Essendon vs Fitzroy (Feb.28) was the first VFL/AFL match to be decided using extra-time – the Bombers getting home by a goal in overtime then winning their next two matches to claim the title.Most games during the pre-season competition, including the final, were night matches. Hunter Clark produced a breakout patch in the second half of the season and has carried that confidence through the early phase of the pre-season. He hasn’t played a game at any level since he ruptured his third ACL midway through 2018, but has stripped some kilograms off his frame and looms as a trade steal next year.Will Setterfield was still recovering from a knee reconstruction when he arrived at Princes Park last year. The young gun has been a standout on the track so far. But after playing 18 games in his first season at the Blues – after playing only twice in two years at GWS – the inside midfielder has lit the track up in November and December. The inside midfielder has taken his running to another level over the first half of the pre-season and had to be pulled back at times to ensure his shoulder is full recovered from his second reconstruction. Gold Coast co-captain Jarrod Witts won his first best and fairest this year in a landslide over the Suns’ other skipper David Swallow. The tournament occurred at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne on 22 February 2019 and was won by the Rampage. The competition reverted to the straight knock-out format in 2003, and retained that format until 2010.A new rule was introduced to determine the venue of the pre-season Grand Final. Watch every game LIVE of the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, Toyota AFL Finals Series, and Marsh Community Series. The public reaction to the change was mixed, as the atmosphere at some of the pool games was noticeably flat compared with previous years. Lightning matches, when they were played from 2011 until 2013, were played over two halves of 20 minutes plus time-on.