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Victorian clubs travel at least five times

OH-02

What it means

Each Victorian club plays at least five games outside Victoria.

Spreads the travel load and gives interstate fans visits from Victorian sides.

Collingwood cannot play 19 of its 23 games in Victoria; at least five must be interstate.

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

Must-follow. The 2013 source could be read as either a minimum or a maximum; recent seasons reach ten, so the model uses the minimum-five reading.

The 2013 source reads as both a minimum of five and a maximum of six; recent seasons reach ten, so the minimum-five reading is the one modelled.

Teams played twice 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 TV slots added, 18 Sep 2026.

For analysts: catalogue text and codes

Rule id: OH-02
Catalogue text: Victorian teams travel outside Victoria at least five times.
Catalogue type: Hard
Catalogue family: Opponent and Home-Advantage Selection
Class: hard · The fixture must never break it.
Step: S3 · Step 4: home ground and venue
Recorded status: met · source row evaluated
Catalogue reason: Spreads Victorian clubs' travel load and gives interstate markets visits from Victorian sides.