Tom Doedee, Ben Keays, Reilly O'Brien, Brodie Smith Prior rules had allowed for the medical substitute to be used only if the player being substituted from the had a medical reason to do so, but this stipulation was removed allowing for the substitute to be used for any reason. The medical substitute position, which had been introduced in 2021, was replaced with a general substitute.The number of field umpires in control of each match was increased from three to four.The following rule changes were made for the 2023 season: South Australia won the bid for the event, beating a bid from New South Wales, and Norwood Oval and Summit Sports Park in Mount Barker each hosted their first AFL matches. this was modelled on the Magic Round, which the National Rugby League had scheduled annually since 2019. This was to accommodate the introduction of Gather Round, a special round featuring all eighteen clubs playing in the same city and its surrounds. The fixture was extended to 23 matches per club, the longest in history. The season will feature eighteen clubs and is scheduled to run from 16 March until 30 September, comprising a 23-game home-and-away season, the longest in league history, followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. The 2023 AFL season is the 127th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.
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