Interchange Bench
Interchange, also often known as the "bench". Players named on the interchange bench are not permitted to enter the field of play unless substituting for a player during the game.
Up to four players can be named on the bench, this number has steadily increased over the decades from a single player in the 1930s. Representative teams (such as State of Origin teams or honorific teams such as the AFL Team of the Century), practise and exhibition matches often feature an extended interchange bench of up to six or eight players.
Up until the 1970s, the single interchange player, known as the "nineteenth man" or the "reserve" acted only as a substitution for an injured or out of form player; the player substituted out of the game could take no further part. Since the 1970s, interchange has increased from two to three to four players, and substitutions may be made as often as the coach wishes, with players allowed to be moved onto and off from the ground for several rests during the game. As of 2011, the interchange has change from four interchange players to three and the fourth player becomes the substitute. See below for more information.
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