League Review | It was a new look A Grade netball match in Round 18 as the Alinta Energy Gippsland League trialed rolling substitutes for the first time.
Morwell A Grade had already secured the minor premiership and were scheduled to play Sale in the Round 18 match. The League had flagged with clubs earlier in the year that it would trial the proposed rule introductions towards the end of the season. Both clubs were eager participants in the trial and embraced being the first two teams to be apart of the exciting new change.
The proposed changes, which will likely be implemented in 2023, will see all teams across the six grades of competition have access to substitutions during live play in matches. Currently teams are only allowed to make substitutions at quarter breaks and if there is a case of an injured player. The rolling substitutions will give the ability for the teams to make changes at any time during the match without halting the play.
