AFL Masters Football
Western Australia




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Our Game

Master Football is played in both metropolitan and country regions of WA. There are 12 Clubs in the metropolitan area and a further 17 clubs in the country.

The metropolitan clubs play a 12 game season, normally every fortnight at varying venues. Each Club takes a turn to host the whole of the competition on their respective home day, making the day about football, families and the concept of "footy for kicks".

The Country competition is played on a more ad hoc basis, aside from the South West where teams play in an 8-town fixture. As with any sport in our country towns, travel is necessary, but this only makes the camaraderie and fellowship all the better. The highlight for our country teams is the two carnivals played through the season.
This year the Country Carnival for all teams will be played on the weekend of 16 August. In addition, Albany will host a carnival open to all WA teams on 1 June.

Our game is played over four 13-minute quarters. We adopt the AFL standard rules with a few modifications unique to Masters Football being:

  • The Super goal (a dropkick from outside the goal square) worth 9 points
  • We do not allow slinging of a player in tackles
  • We do not allow knees to be raised in ether ruck duels or in a pack-marking situation.
See [Rules] for a full summary of MAF WA's rules.


PHILOSOPHY OF MASTERS FOOTBALL AND GUIDELINES

The most important aspect of our game is that it is "football for fun". It is for this reason that there are no ladders, finals or best & fairest awards.

All participants should adhere to this philosophy and accept these guidelines:
  1. Egos are to be left at home. Criticism of other player's performance, abilities etc. is not on. We are here to do our best and have fun.
  2. Disputing the umpire's decisions or abuse of umpires is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
  3. On field fighting or bad language is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
  4. Every effort will be made to give all players equal time on the ground.
  5. Tackling is kept to a minimum.
  6. Masters Australian Football recognises the importance of involving our families in our activities and will continue to make a conscious effort to do this.
New players are always very welcome, but should be made fully aware of and abide by the above philosophy and what is required of them as a representative of your club and Masters Australian Football. See Metro Clubs or Country Clubs on the menu above for a club near you!



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