Back in December 2010, the League agreed to move to a split competition format for this year. This was decided to prevent one-sided affairs becoming commonplace especially between clubs that were either new or had few players when playing the more established clubs.
It was resolved that the 2011 season would have the following features:
Each side would play each other once for the first nine rounds. Then the competition would split into the top 6 teams (Pool A) and the bottom 4 teams (Pool B).
In Pool A, the top 6 teams would then play each other once to determine final standings. So they would have played the other top teams twice. (14 games). The top 4 teams in Pool A would then use the Macintyre Final 4 series format to work out the Grand Final places.
In Pool B, the 4 teams would then play each other twice to determine final standings in their pool. The top two finishers in Pool B would face off in the Grand Final of Pool B to determine second division placings.
Last Modified on 18/04/2011 09:36