The Australian Football League (AFL) has decided to retain the contentious sub rule for the 2025 season, despite calls for its removal. While minor rule tweaks are being implemented, the league remains committed to the sub rule and will monitor its impact.
The AFL will keep the contentious sub rule in 2025 despite calls to remove it, while there will be no significant rule changes to the game. In minor tweaks, non-controlling umpires will be allowed to call advantage at centre-bounces and officials will bounce the ball instead of throwing it up after a 6-6-6 warning. The league will continue to monitor accidental contact with umpires and “impose additional measures” if there’s not a reduction in incidents early in the 2025 season.
Other areas of focus include holding the ball interpretation, deliberate rushed behind interpretation, shot clock length, the interchange cap, time taken to kick in from a behind and the stand rule among other issues. The decision to retain the sub comes after it drew criticism from AFL Players Association chief executive Paul Marsh, who called for it to be replaced with a five-man interchange as the “smart way forward.” Marsh said at a grand final week forum featuring players, coaches and key figures from clubs he doubted “there was anyone in the room who thought the sub continuing was a good idea.” But in the memo to clubs the league said it was happy with how the sub rule was being used and feared for “unintended consequences” if it was scrapped.“As you know, the substitute was introduced to assist in injury and concussion management and subsequently, following club feedback, was expanded to allow for tactical use,” Kane said in the memo, per The Ag
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