Competition and Finals Eligibility

This page explains what players need to do before they can play in their own team, or as an emergency fill in and in finals games. Please ensure you read this carefully and comply with the requirements as failure to do so could lead to the team forfeiting the relevant game.

 

Player Eligibility

• A player is only eligible to play in a team once they have registered with MRF online,
  paid the relevant season registration fee
• Players must register in their own age group

Emergency Fill-in policy

• Only eligible players (already playing in a registered team) that have paid their registration and season fees can play as an emergency fill-in player
• Emergency fill-in players are only able to play as an emergency for the same team on 3 occasions during a season
• The player cannot be an emergency in a team in the same age group as they already play (this rule does not apply to the junior mixed grade 1 & 2 competition). 
• Emergency fill ins must come from the age group below and be in the older of the school grades for that comp. For example, an emergency fill in for the Junior mixed grade 5 & 6 comp must come from the Junior mixed grade 3 & 4 comp but MUST also be a grade 4 school student. In this case, grade 3 students are inelligible to be emergency fill ins as they are two school grades below the Junior mixed grade 5 & 6 comp. Please note, in Summer Seasons, the player would need to be a grade 5 student as that is the higher school grade in Term 1 of the new school year.
• Players may only be an emergency one age group up from their normal age group.
• Emergency players may only fill in to bring a team up to 5 players – this means a team cannot engage an emergency if they already have 5 players, the team plays without any substitutes in this instance.

   

Finals eligibility

• Only eligible players that have paid their relevant season fees or casual players who have played at least 5 games in that team can play in the finals