The fixture for the first-ever AFLX tournament has been released with the GIANTS to line up against the reigning premiers Richmond and the Brisbane Lions at Allianz Stadium.
The GIANTS will play the League's high-octane version of the sport at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on February 17.
The modified game will be played in three cities across three nights, with six AFL clubs represented in each competition.
GIANTS Coach Leon Cameron said he wouldn't be hiding his stars from the debut of AFLX.
"I expect guys like Tom Scully, Lachie Whitfield and Callan Ward to be rolling out along with some of our younger boys, but it all depends how they're going with their pre-season," he said last week.
"We'll have a really good mix of experience and young guys who will be rewarded for their training with their first real crack at competing against an opposition.”
Each match is two ten-minute halves with no time on. Two-minute half time and five-minutes in between matches.
Pool A: GIANTS, Richmond, Brisbane Lions
Pool B: Sydney Swans, Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast SUNS
- 4.10pm GIANTS v Richmond
- 4.38pm Sydney Swans v Western Bulldogs
- 5.06pm Richmond v Brisbane Lions
- 5.34pm Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast SUNS
- 6.02pm Brisbane Lions v GIANTS
- 6.30pm Gold Coast SUNS v Sydney Swans
- 7.03pm Grand Final
10 Things You Need to Know
- The 2018 AFLX tournaments will see three events being played across three days with the first at Hindmarsh Stadium, then Etihad Stadium and Allianz Stadium on Saturday, February 17. These events will feature six teams at each location with two pools of three playing in a round robin format. A Grand Final will be played at each event.
- The X in AFLX relates to the roman numeral character for the number ten which is a constant through the alternative version of the game with ten players (seven on the field and three on the bench with unlimited rotations), ten point super goals and ten minute halves for the 2018 AFLX Tournaments.
- Played on a rectangular field (approx. 70m width x 110m length) with four posts at each end (as per a normal AFL field). Ground markings will showcase an X in the centre square and it also has 40m arcs.
- Two field umpires, two boundary umpires and one goal umpire at each end of the ground.
- Free kick against for last touch out of bounds.
- Kick-ins from behind the goal line after all scores.
- No marks paid for backwards kicks (except in forward 40m area).
- Quarters commence with a ‘ball up’ in the centre and at least two players from each team starting inside the 40m arc.
- Free shot from forward 40m arc – directly in front for deliberate rushed behinds.
- 10-point super goals when goals kicked on the full from outside the 40m arc.
