AFL Queensland Competitions Rules and Regulations (Printed January 2008) Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 1 Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 2 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Manual This manual is to be used as a template for the administration of all under 18, women’s and open age competitions in Queensland. Affiliated Leagues and clubs will be provided with updates to this manual on a periodical basis in the form of replacement pages. The rules and regulations contained within this document must be formally adopted by each affiliated League. This manual has been designed to provide a basis for consist and efficient practices. It will not contain solutions to all problems relating to administration but it is intended as a guideline for appropriate procedures for the management of Australian Football competitions. 1.2 Standardized Regulations It is envisaged that most rules and regulations will be consistent for all affiliated Leagues. A special section within this document is, however, allocated for local conditions. Affiliated Leagues may, in writing to the AFL Queensland commission, request for “local rules and regulations” to supersede these rules and regulations in the main body of this document. These local rules will be included in section 19. 1.3 Penalties If rules and regulations are broken a system of penalties will be invoked by the relevant affiliated League. Infringements will incur penalty points. Each affiliated League will impose a dollar value on each penalty point. Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 3 Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 4 2.0 Contents Section 1 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 Manual 3 1.2 Standardized Regulations 3 1.3 Penalties 3 Section 2 CONTENTS 5 Section 3/4 AFFILIATE FIXTURES AND CONTACTS 10 Section 5 AFFILIATION 5.1 Affiliation 11 5.2 Affiliation/Licence Agreements 11 5.3 League Constitution and Office Bearers 11 5.4 Club Constitution and Office Bearers 12 5.5 Season 12 5.6 Competition Structure 12 5.7 Admission of Clubs 12 5.8 Fees 13 5.9 Other Matters 13 Section 6 TRANSFERS AND REGISTRATION 6.1 Registration/Permission to Play 14 6.2 Permission to Interview - State League Only 14 - State Association 15 6.3 Procedures for Clearance Application 15 Clearances/Transfers and Permits 15 - Women’s League Temporary Interstate Transfer 17 6.5 Appealing Against a Refused Clearance 17 6.6 Permits 19 6.7 Players Illegally Obtaining Permits or Providing False Information 20 6.8 Clearance/Transfer Fee and Registration 20 - State League Only Interstate/Intrastate 20 - Clearance and Registration 22 6.9 Amalgamation / Merger Club Clearance 22 6.10 Awaiting Clearance Application 22 6.11 Under 18 Registration 23 - Senior Link 23 - Two Team Policy 23 - Clearances 24 - U19 Permit Players 24 - Restrictions on Senior Clubs 25 - Unregistered Players 25 Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 5 - Birth Certificates 25 - Match Day Registrations 25 - Permits 25 Section 7 MATCH DAYS 26 7.1 Laws of the Game 26 7.2 Footballs 26 - State League/Women’s/Finals 26 7.3 Stretchers 26 (a) Injured Player Requiring Stretcher 27 (b) Club Medical Personnel 27 (c) Direct Access 27 (d) Player Not to Resume 27 (e) Interchange Steward Notification 27 (f) Stretcher Breaches 28 (g) Resuming Play Within 20 Minute Period 28 7.4 PA System (State League Only) 28 7.5 Ground and Match Reports 29 7.6 Commencement Times / Late Starts / Match Forfeit 29 7.7 Cancellation of Matches / Incomplete Matches 30 7.8 Timekeepers’ Duties 30 7.9 Official Team Sheet – Players and Officials 33 7.10 Interchange Players 33 7.11 Interchange Steward Operation 34 7.12 Match Reports 35 7.13 Players’ and Officials Pass Issue (State League Only) 36 7.14 Player Uniforms 36 7.15 Runners 37 7.16 Water Carriers, Trainers, Medical Officers and Physiotherapists 38 7.17 Umpiring 40 7.18 Club Appointed Umpires 40 7.19 Club Criticism 41 7.20 Umpires Escorts 41 7.21 Reported Player / Club Requirement 41 7.22 Change Room Allocation 41 7.23 Double Headers 42 7.24 Neutral Venue 42 7.25 Order Off Law 42 - Yellow Card 42 - Red Card 43 7.26 Set Penalties 43 7.27 Home Ground Responsibilities 44 Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 6 7.28 Practice Matches 45 7.29 Match Day Checklist 45 Section 8 GENERAL 46 8.1 Football Record / Publicity 46 8.2 Admission to Grounds 46 8.3 Club Sponsorship 47 8.4 Club Uniforms 47 8.5 Committees / Appointed Officers 48 (a) Independent Investigator 48 (b) Independent Tribunal 49 (c) Fixturing Committee 49 (d) State Selection Committee 49 (e) Clearance And Registration Committee (CARD) 50 8.6 Coach Accreditation 50 8.7 Attendance at Meetings – Players, Coaches and Officials 50 8.8 Players Expelled or Disqualified 50 8.9 Melees 51 Section 9 MATCH AND GROUND CONDITIONS 53 9.1 Ground Requirements 53 9.1.1 Ground Hardness 53 9.2 Coaches Box 54 9.3 Scoreboard 54 9.4 Boundary Fence Requirements 54 9.5 Ground Markings 54 9.6 Boundary Line 55 9.7 Ground Lighting 55 Section 10 FINALS 56 10.1 Finals Eligibility 56 (a) State League Long Term Injury Clause 56 (b) State Association 56 (c) Under 18 57 (d) Women’s League 58 10.2 Drawn Matches – Finals 58 10.3 Arrangement of Grounds for Finals Series Matches 58 10.4 Dressing Room Allocation 58 10.5 Team Uniforms 59 10.6 Umpires 59 Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 7 Section 11 REPRESENTATIVE FOOTBALL 60 11.1 State League / AFL National Under 18 Championships / 60 Queensland U18 / Women’s League / State Association 11.2 Code of Conduct 60 Section 12 AWARDS 61 12.1 AFL Merit Awards 61 12.2 Life Membership 61 12.3 Grogan Medal and Other Best and Fairest Awards 61 Section 13 SAS 62 Section 14 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 64 14.1 Suncoast Lions State League Participation 2008 64 14.2 Under 18 65 14.2.1 Competition philosophy 65 14.2.2 Special arrangements (a) Use of gloves 65 (b) Ten goal rule 65 (c) Melee rule 65 (d) Player number equalization 66 14.3 Women’s League 66 14.3.1 Competition philosophy 66 14.3.2 Coaching requirements 66 14.3.3 Rule modifications 66 14.3.4 Playing age 67 14.3.5 Interchange players 67 14.3.6 Division 2 – playing numbers 67 14.3.7 Playing number equalisation 67 14.3.8 Pregnancy in sport 68 14.3.9 Gender regulation policy 68 Section 15 STATE LEAGUE PLAYER CAP – State League Only 70 15.1 Senior List 70 15.2 Supplementary List 70 15.3 Long Term Injury List 70 15.4 Permit Players 71 Section 16 TOTAL PLAYER PAYMENTS - State League/Association 72 16.1 Introduction 72 16.2 Total Player Payments Schedule 72 16.3 – 16.12 Total Players Payments – State League Only 73 Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 8 Section 17 APPENDICIES 80 Appendix A Interchange Steward Control Sheet (section 7.11) 81 Appendix B Club Official Uniform Order (section 6.15 / 6.16) 83 Appendix C Set Penalty Sheet (section 7.26) 84 Appendix D Match Day Checklist (section 7.29) 85 Appendix E Practice Match Request Form (section 7.27) 86 Appendix F Coach Nomination Form (section 8.6) 87 Appendix G Permission to Interview – State League Clubs 88 Appendix H Permission to Interview – State Association Clubs 89 Appendix I Clearance Queensland Player – Form 3 (section 6.3) 90 Appendix J Clearance Interstate State League Player – Form 2(a) (section 6.3) 91 Appendix K Clearance Interstate District / Amateur Player – Form 2(b) (section 6.3) 92 Appendix L Permit Form (section 6.6) 93 Appendix M Under 18 – Match Day Permit (section 6.6) 94 Appendix N Under 19 Year Old Player Permit Application Form (section 6.11) 95 Appendix O Representative Football Code of Conduct 96 Appendix P State League - List Alteration Request (section 15) 97 Appendix Q Affiliation Agreement 98 Appendix R Licence Agreement 102 Appendix S Temporary Interstate Transfer – Women’s League 104 Section 18 FINES / PENALTY POINTS SYSTEM 105 18.1 Penalties 105 18.2 Points value 108 Section 19 Local Rules – Affiliates Only 109 The following sections can be found in the AFL Queensland Reports and Tribunals Manual. Section 20 REPORTS AND TRIBUNALS (Affiliated Leagues / State Association / Under 18 / Women’s) Section 21 STATE LEAGUE TRIBUNAL Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 9 3.0/4.0 AFFILIATE FIXTURES AND CONTACTS Full fixtures and contacts for each affiliated League can be found on the League website. AFL Queensland State League - http://qfl.aflq.com.au/ AFL Queensland State Association - http://qfl.aflq.com.au/ AFL Queensland Under 18 Competition - http://qfl.aflq.com.au/ AFL Queensland Women’s League - http://aflqw.aflq.com.au/ AFL Brisbane Juniors - http://www.aflbj.com/ AFL Gold Coast Juniors - www.aflgoldcoastjuniors.com.au AFL Sunshine Coast Juniors - www.aflsunshinecoast.com.au AFL Bundaberg Wide Bay - http://bundaberg.aflq.com.au/ AFL Cairns - http://cairns.aflq.com.au/ AFL Capricornia - http://capricornia.aflq.com.au/ AFL Darling Downs - http://darlingdowns.aflq.com.au/ AFL Mackay - http://capricornia.aflq.com.au/ AFL Townsville - http://townsville.aflq.com.au/ AFL Northern Rivers - www.sportingpulse.com/ - Summerland AFL - www.sportingpulse.com/ - Far Nth Coast Juniors AFL Updated 19/02/2008 11:09:00 AM 10 5.0 AFFILIATION 5.1 Affiliation AFL Queensland shall affiliate with the Australian Football League. All Australian Football Leagues in Queensland conducting AFL competitions shall affiliate with AFL Queensland annually.