Rules · Venues · Must-follow · the model’s own rule
Gold Coast's Darwin games back to back
internal:venue.GC-DARWIN-BLOCK
What it means
Gold Coast’s two Darwin home games come in consecutive rounds for the club, skipping any byeA round in which a club does not play.Read more in the glossary. It plays in Queensland immediately before or after that block.
Why it exists
This matches every season from 2023 to 2026: the Darwin trip is one block, with a Queensland game next to it.
For example
Darwin in Rounds 9 and 10, then home at Carrara in Round 11.
How strictly it applies
Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.
Must-follow. A modelled assumptionA value we chose because the AFL has not published the 2027 fact, or because a convention is only visible in past fixtures.Read more in the glossary, not a written AFLAustralian Football League.Read more in the glossary rule. Checked from the 30 September release.
Where to see it
Who plays where 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
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Preview 14 September (seed 42)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Repeat-qualified (seed 42)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Corrected (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- Rules release (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- B010 nominal (weight 0.10)2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- B011 nominal2027 · Generated
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
- 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 Realism rules added, 30 Sep 2026.
Related
For analysts: catalogue text and codes
- Rule id
internal:venue.GC-DARWIN-BLOCK- Catalogue text
- Gold Coast’s two Darwin home games come in consecutive rounds for the club, skipping any bye. It plays in Queensland immediately before or after that block.
- Catalogue type
- modelled rule (not a catalogue row)
- Catalogue family
- internal
- Class
hard· The fixture must never break it.- Step
S3· Step 4: home ground and venue- Recorded status
met· source rowevaluated- Catalogue reason
- A modelled assumption matching every season from 2023 to 2026: the Darwin trip is one block, bracketed by a Queensland game.