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The Official WXV Rulebook

Part A - Game Day

1. Team Submissions
Submission Format Overview

Submission Description

Non-Traditional Submissions (Flood/Attack) (New in 2024!!)
Moving forward, Flood and attack options will contain a score adjustment element to them. The basics still remain, Flooding is a 5-4-1-3-2 submission and Attacking is a 3-4-1-5-2 submission, however:
 - When you Flood, each of your 5 defenders will have a 9% score increase, whilst each of your 3 forwards will have a 15% score decrease.
 - When you Attack, each of your 3 defenders will have a 15% score decrease, whilst each of your 5 forwards will have a 9% score increase.

Other important notes:
 - OOP players can be named. The 50% penalty is captured by the adjustment amount. For example an OOP forward when flooding is 42.5% of the raw score (1 * 0.85 * 0.5).
 - Other bonuses (captaincy, resting) are applied to the raw score separately.
 - Your opponent can't cancel out your choice to flood or attack.
 - You can only use this feature 5 times across your entire season.
 - You can't use it multiple times in one week (I.e. no 8-4-1-0-2 formation is allowed)

Captains
Captains are nominated each week, you have the choice of either:

• Your nominated captain will receive double points each week. Should he not play, your vice-captain will receive double points.
• You can nominate Co-captains, each of who will earn 1.5 times there score. If one doesn't play, the other will receive double points. No vice-captain.

Tagging (New in 2024!!)
The intention behind a tag is to sacrifice part of your own players score (The Tagger) with the intention of lowering an opposition's player's score (The Captive) by more, to provide a net benefit to your matchup.
When a tag is applied, the raw scores of the two players are compared, which will result in one of two scenarios:

Scenario 1: A Successful Tag
The Tagger scores more than half the Captive's score. This results in:

• The Tagger having their score reduced by 30%
• The Captive having their score reduced to the Raw score of the Tagger
• If the Tagger's raw score is higher, the Captive's score is unchanged.

Note: Within a successful tag there's a sub-category where the result is a net loss to the team applying the tag. In this case you can consider it a "wasted" tag.

Scenario 2: A Broken Tag
The Captive scores equal to or more than double the Tagger's score. This results in:

• The Tagger having the score reduced by 50%
• The Captive's score being unchanged.

Tagging is also subject to the following conditions:

• The Tagger and the Captive must both be midfield eligible players named in midfield eligible positions (Mid line or Utility line).
• Each team may only apply 1 tag in each round
• A maximum of 5 tags may be used across your entire season.
• A player who is a Tagger for one team, can also be the Captive from the other team (i.e. Tagging the tagger)
• Captaincy and Resting bonuses are unaffected by tagging, they are still calculated separately.

Out Of Position Players

Train-on Players (New in 2024!!)
Each coach will have the ability to choose up to 2 players to have a train-on position added for the upcoming season. These players when played in this position are only given a 25% OOP penalty instead of the usual 50%.

• Coaches have from the end of the WXV Intl. Draft until Christmas to nominate any players they wish to use as a train-on player
• That player will not be able to be traded in Trade Period 2.
• For a player to be considered eligible for a ruck train-on spot, they need to have averaged at least 1 hitout per game the recently concluded AFL Home & Away season. A full list will be provided but here is the link to the source. There is no minimum games requirement applied to this criteria.
• There are no restrictions on who can be added as a def, mid, or fwd train-on.
• A train-on position may be added to a player who is already DPP.
• The train-on player may be named in their added position as many times as necessary across your entire season.

Non-submissions

The Practice Of Loopholing
Captain/Vice-Captain/Co-Captain or Emergency loopholing is forbidden. Players named in the starting XV must be named in their respective AFL club's 26 player squad for that round. If this criteria has somehow been leveraged to benefit the coach that sough to exploit it, the admin may determine the entire team submission as they see fit.

However, all forms of loopholing are permitted during the EurAsia v AAP Alliance Representative Round clash.

2. Emergencies

Part B - Off-season

3. The Draft

4. Voting on Rules

5. Trade Season

6. Salary Cap

7. List Lodgements


Part C - General

8. Tanking
Any team found guilty of tanking, will lose there first round draft pick. Tanking will be result of (consistent) unreasonable selection decisions.

9. Scoring
Scores are divided by 10 to better reflect the AFL's scoring system, and are rounded to nearest whole number.

• If rounded scores are the same, unrounded scores are used to determine the victor.
• If the unrounded scores are the same, the result is a draw.
• If a draw occurs in the finals, the team that finished higher on the ladder progresses.
• All bonuses/penalties are applied independently of each other unless otherwise specified
• All rounding is UPWARDS, but done after all bonus/penalties are applied to a player.

10. Sacking
You may be SACKED if you do not have any contact for 2 weeks (at the admin's discretion), and have not delegated an assistant to take over the team. Sacking could also occur for other reasons if needed.

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FAQs + Common Examples

Tagging


Flood/Attack


Emergencies

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2024 Ruck train-on eligibility list
Just a note that most of these players will be ruck eligible anyway, so adding ruck as a train-on position won't apply to them

Rank   Player   AFL Team   Average
1   Jarrod Witts   Suns   39.24
2   Sean Darcy   Dockers   39.13
3   Reilly O'Brien   Crows   38.61
4   Oscar McInerney   Lions   33.86
5   Toby Nankervis   Tigers   32.47
6   Timothy English   Bulldogs   31.17
7   Todd Goldstein   Kangaroos   29.20
8   Matthew Flynn   Giants   28.33
9   Rhys Stanley   Cats   28.31
10   Ned Reeves   Hawks   28.19
11   Bailey J. Williams   Eagles   27.57
12   Darcy Cameron   Magpies   27.44
13   Rowan Marshall   Saints   27.00
14   Ned Moyle   Suns   26.50
15   Kieren Briggs   Giants   26.07
16   Marc Pittonet   Blues   25.60
17   Jonathon Ceglar   Cats   25.50
18   Tristan Xerri   Kangaroos   25.44
19   Max Gawn   Demons   24.90
20   Scott Lycett   Power   24.58
21   Toby Conway   Cats   24.00
22   Tom Hickey   Swans   23.64
23   Ivan Soldo   Tigers   22.75
24   Brynn Teakle   Power   20.75
25   Andrew Phillips   Bombers   20.70
26   Brodie Grundy   Demons   20.53
27   Peter Ladhams   Swans   20.22
28   Sam Draper   Bombers   20.14
29   Tom De Koning   Blues   18.88
30   Sam Hayes   Power   18.50
31   Lloyd Meek   Hawks   18.00
32   Luke Jackson   Dockers   17.65
33   Nick Bryan   Bombers   17.62
34   Dante Visentini   Power   17.00
35   Mason Cox   Magpies   14.56
36   Lachlan McAndrew   Swans   13.50
37   Darcy Fort   Lions   12.86
38   Samson Ryan   Tigers   12.21
39   Mark Blicavs   Cats   10.63
40   Hayden McLean   Swans   9.62
41   Max Lynch   Hawks   9.00
42   Billy Frampton   Magpies   8.87
43   Ben Miller   Tigers   8.85
44   Rory Lobb   Bulldogs   7.80
45   Charlie Dixon   Power   7.46
46   Callum Coleman-Jones   Kangaroos   7.11
47   Max Ramsden   Hawks   7.00
48   Shannon Neale   Cats   6.33
49   Lachlan Keeffe   Giants   5.82
50   Callum Jamieson   Eagles   5.75
51   Riley Thilthorpe   Crows   5.52
52   Elliott Himmelberg   Crows   4.67
53   Levi Casboult   Suns   4.65
54   Lewis Young   Blues   4.00
55   Josh Treacy   Dockers   3.94
56   Jacob Van Rooyen   Demons   3.84
57   Sam Darcy   Bulldogs   3.67
58   Joel Amartey   Swans   3.29
59   Tom Hawkins   Cats   3.15
60   Mabior Chol   Suns   3.12
61   Jack Williams   Eagles   3.10
62   Charlie Comben   Kangaroos   3.00
62   Chris Burgess   Suns   3.00
62   Jack Hayes   Saints   3.00
65   Jeremy Finlayson   Power   2.95
66   Jack Silvagni   Blues   2.94
67   Zaine Cordy   Saints   2.62
68   Taylor Walker   Crows   2.50
68   Peter Wright   Bombers   2.50
70   Daniel McStay   Magpies   2.42
71   Jake Waterman   Eagles   2.36
72   Jacob Koschitzke   Hawks   2.25
73   Mitchito Owens   Saints   2.23
74   Buku Khamis   Bulldogs   2.00
75   Joe Daniher   Lions   1.74
76   Sam De Koning   Cats   1.68
77   Jack Darling   Eagles   1.65
78   Anthony Caminiti   Saints   1.53
79   Griffin Logue   Kangaroos   1.47
80   Ollie Lord   Power   1.36
81   Tom McDonald   Demons   1.33
82   Jesse Hogan   Giants   1.00
82   Ash Johnson   Magpies   1.00
82   Hugh Greenwood   Kangaroos   1.00
82   Ben Brown   Demons   1.00
82   Harry Barnett   Eagles   1.00