Australian rules football positions

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In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the ground. As the game has evolved, tactics and team formations have changed, and the names of the positions and the duties involved have evolved too. There are 18 on-field positions in professional Australian rules football, not including the interchange players (normally between two and six) who may replace another player on the ground at any time during play. Women's football uses 16 players, with one less forward and defender. Junior football can often decrease the numbers further, based on player availability or ground size. The fluid nature of the modern game means the positions in football are not as formally defined as in sports such as rugby or American football. Even so, most players will play in a limited range of positions throughout their career...

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