How does AFLX work, and will it be a hit?
It’s AFL, but not as you know it. On Thursday the first game of AFLX – a shorter, faster version of Aussie Rules – will be played. So how exactly does this new type of footy work? And is it AFL’s version of T20 cricket? AFL game development manager Grant Williams helped create the new format. “AFLX is played on a rectangular field, there is only 10 players on each team, as opposed to 22 in a normal AFL game played on an oval,” he explained. “Seven of those are on the...