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# Please note these changes in 2005. Classification of Groups by Age
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1st January
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Player Age
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Same age or one year under
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Size of Field
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80m x 50m. (Where the number of players in either one team or both teams falls to the minimum number of eight it is recommended that a mini field be used).
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Number of Players
Maximum
Minimum
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11
8
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Football Size
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9 years - Mini
10 years – Mod
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Coaches
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Coaches are not to be on the field at any time during play.
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Coach Qualification
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A Modified Games Coach certificate is required to coach teams in the modified games ages 7 – 12.
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Advantage Law
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Applies
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Finals Applicable
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9 years - No
10 years - At the end of the season a Round Robin is to be played amongst all teams.
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# Periods of Play
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# 2 x 20 minutes – Maximum
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Injury Time
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Nil
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Intervals
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2 minutes after 1st and 3rd quarters
5 minutes halftime
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Minimum Playing Time per Player
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Each player is to play a minimum of two unbroken quarters.
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Replacement
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A player may be temporarily replaced if injured but for a maximum of 3 minutes at any one time. If the 3 minute period is exceeded, the replacement is permanent. Temporary replacement (3 minutes) is to count as part of the injured player’s playing time. Should a blood bin situation arise, the 3 minutes of injury time does not apply.
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Sin Bin
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Not applicable. If further action is required, this will be taken at the discretion of the match’s controlling body.
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Send Off
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A player may be replaced for the balance of a period or for the rest of the game. However, a player replaced for a period who resumed playing in a later period
AND is guilty of further misconduct MUST be dismissed without replacement.
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Play the Ball
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• One marker to always be present.
• Football to be played backwards with the foot.
• The team not in possession including the marker is not to move forward till the football is in the hands of the first receiver unless the acting half-back runs, kicks or mishandles the football.
• Players of the side not in possession, apart from the marker, must retire not less than 5 metres from the play-the-ball area.
• The team in possession must retire behind the acting half-back.
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