The 2019 AFLX tournament was the second Australian Football League (AFL)

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series of matches, played under the laws of AFLX, a variation of Australian rules football. The tournament took place on 22 February 2019 at

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Background

The league abandoned the format adopted for the inaugural series which featured all 18 AFL clubs, and instead appointed four high-profile players as captain of their respective teams. midfielder and

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captained the ''Bolts'', captain and fellow Brownlow winner

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captained the ''Flyers'', forward Eddie Betts captained the ''Deadlys,'' and forward and three-time

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captained the ''Rampage''. The teams had 14 players each, with eight on the field and six on the bench.

Rule Changes

A new rule was added to the competition where teams could nominate one of their players on the field to be the

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Game Changer for the last five minutes of the game. The Game Changer had the ability to score double the points of any other player; a behind scored by him would be worth two points, a goal would be worth 12 points, and a super goal would be worth 20 points.

Teams

Results

Ladder

Notes

:1.Replaced Robbie Gray who withdrew due to injury. :2.Replaced

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who withdrew due to injury. :3.Replaced Joel Hamling who withdrew due to injury. :4.Replaced

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who withdrew due to injury. :5.Replaced

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who withdrew due to injury.

Draft

A draft of 48 selections was broadcast on Wednesday 6 February by Network Seven and

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after being held in secret the previous day. The draft featured 12 selections by each captain with a snake draft order determined by random draw on the night of the draft. No more than four players from each AFL club, inclusive of the pre-selected captains and vice-captains, were eligible to play in the tournament.

References

External links

Official website

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