Rules · Season shape · Must-follow
One bye each, mid-season
FS-06Catalogue name: One bye per club
What it means
Every club has exactly one byeA round in which a club does not play.Read more in the glossary, in Rounds 12 to 16.
Why it exists
Byes give players a rest week mid-season while still keeping enough games on each weekend.
For example
Geelong rests in Round 12 on the current release; every other club rests in one of Rounds 12 to 16.
How strictly it applies
Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.
Must-follow. One bye each is the 2027 setting; seasons with an Opening RoundA short extra round before Round 1, played by some clubs only. The 2027 model has none.Read more in the glossary give some clubs two.
Where to see it
How the fixture is made shows how this plays out across the season.
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.
- Preview 13 September2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Preview 14 September (seed 42)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Repeat-qualified (seed 42)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Corrected (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Rules release (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B010 nominal (weight 0.10)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B011 nominal2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B012 Wednesday opening2027 · Generated
Met, met
- 20252025 season as played2025 · As played
Off, switched off by these settings
rule source not recorded
First checked independently in Two start dates compared, 15 Sep 2026.
Related
For analysts: catalogue text and codes
- Rule id
FS-06- Catalogue text
- Each team has one or two byes during the bye window.
- Catalogue type
- Hard / season-configured
- Catalogue family
- Fixture Structure
- Class
hard· The fixture must never break it.- Step
S2· Step 2: rounds- Recorded status
met· source rowevaluated- Catalogue reason
- Byes give players a rest week mid-season while keeping enough matches on each weekend.