Rules · Season shape · Must-follow · the model’s own rule
Banned double-up pairs
internal:stage1.forbidden_pairsCatalogue name: Declared exclusions
What it means
Any pairs the season settings forbid as double-upA pair of clubs that meet twice in the season. Each club has six.Read more in the glossary are excluded. Both 2027 settings declare an empty list: no pair is banned.
Why it exists
An operational input. It is checked so that a missing list is never mistaken for an empty one.
For example
If the settings banned Richmond v Carlton as a double-up, they would meet once only. For 2027 nothing is banned.
How strictly it applies
Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.
Must-follow. For 2027 there are zero exclusions, all satisfied.
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
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- 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 TV slots added, 18 Sep 2026.
Related
For analysts: catalogue text and codes
- Rule id
internal:stage1.forbidden_pairs- Catalogue text
- Any pairs the season configuration forbids as double-ups are excluded. Both 2027 configurations declare an empty list: no pair is excluded.
- Catalogue type
- modelled rule (not a catalogue row)
- Catalogue family
- internal
- Class
hard· The fixture must never break it.- Step
S1· Step 1: opponents- Recorded status
met· source rowevaluated- Catalogue reason
- An operational input, checked so that a missing list is never mistaken for an empty one.