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Six days between games

CBA-01Catalogue name: Six-day minimum break

What it means

Players cannot be asked to play again until the sixth day after their last game, unless the game is one of the allowed five-day breaks.

The players' agreement sets this as the minimum recovery time between matches.

A club that plays on Saturday cannot play again before the following Friday, unless the game is one of its limited five-day breaks.

Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.

Must-follow, from the players' collective agreement. One of the first rules checked independently, and met in every version from the first preview.

Breaks between games shows how this plays out across the season.

One cell per release, oldest first. Each shows the verdict that release recorded for this rule; a release with no row for the rule says so.

First checked independently in First full draft, 13 Sep 2026.

For analysts: catalogue text and codes

Rule id: CBA-01
Catalogue text: Minimum six-day break between matches (default).
Catalogue type: Hard
Catalogue family: CBA / Player Welfare Constraints (2023–2027 CBA)
Class: hard · The fixture must never break it.
Step: S2_5 · Step 3: dates
Recorded status: met · source row evaluated
Catalogue reason: The players' collective agreement sets the minimum recovery between games.