Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. At the start of each grand final between 1998 and 2001, as the field umpire prepared to bounce the ball in the centre of the MCG, ...

The AFL believes scrapping the centre-bounce "party trick" will attract more umpires to the game and make them better decision-makers in the process. The league has punted the centre bounce and ...

On a day when the league consigned one of footy’s longest standing traditions - the bounce - to history and eliminated the substitute rule in favour of five on the interchange bench, Matthews said ...

Aussie Rules Football is always changing, and it can be hard to get a grasp of the tactical side of the game for the average viewer. You’ll often hear heaps of complex statistics bandied around which ...

The AFL has confirmed the substitute rule and centre bounce have been scrapped — but Leigh Matthews says the rule changes don’t go far enough. On a day when the league consigned one of footy’s longest ...