The AFL has confirmed there will be another seven changes to the rules next year, after already revealing that the centre bounce had been abolished and the substitute had been scrapped.

Among the new rules revealed on Wednesday, it has been confirmed that a ‘last disposal’ rule will come into play in 2026, which will see a free kick against the team who kicks or handballs the ball over the boundary line within the 50m arcs.

The rule is already in operation in the AFLW (the ‘lasso’ rule) and has also been applied successfully in the SANFL as well.

The last disposal rule will eliminate the call of insufficient intent, when a player kicks or handballs the ball over the line and the umpire has to judge whether it was that player’s decision to deliberately get the ball out-of-bounds.

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