Only one interstate trip around a short break

What it means

Around a five-day-break game, at most one of the two games on either side can involve interstate travel. If a bye (show definition)byeA round in which a club does not play.Read more in the glossary follows the short-break game, both can be interstate.

Why it exists

Stops a long flight and a short recovery piling up in the same week.

How strictly it applies

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

Must-follow. Step 3 sets dates before Step 4 chooses grounds. The date step applies this rule as if every possible interstate trip (show definition)interstate tripA game played outside the club's home state. Gather Round and games the club hosts interstate do not count.Read more in the glossary happens. A checker tests it again once the grounds are known.

Applied at Step 3 as if any possible interstate trip will happen, because venues are chosen later; re-checked at Step 4 once venues are known.

How it played out across versions

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.

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