The AFL has suddenly found itself working through complications with the proposed changes to the finals system .

The league is keen to present the concept of ‘wildcard round’ to the AFL Commission in a fortnight but there are now concerns about teams ranked seventh to 10th (who cannot move positions in the final round) potentially resting players en masse.

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Ross Lyon, when coaching Fremantle, once rested 11 players ahead of a qualifying final in 2015, and the league doesn’t want to see a repeat of such tactics as teams enter the wildcard round.

As a result, it now seems that the AFL will place limits on how many players a club can drop for crucial matches.

“It looked over the line, but there were talks l

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