Quote Originally Posted by rawr. View Post
Maybe I'm out of touch, but how are players 'borrowed' when they're submitted as a squad? Has this been from ZFL Meeting requests?
Are 3rd grade players allowed to play 1st grade straight into the Starting XI, without having to sit on the bench?
What the rule means is that a player can’t start third grade have a rest and then start first grade, unless you are short players to actually field 11.

Any player can play in any grade but once they play in a set grade that’s considered their grade for that match day and each grade they play after that they are considered a borrowed player.

I was an actual example in the weekend just gone, played third grade GK and then started Ressies CB. I was considered a borrowed player because I had played thirds but because we didn’t have the numbers to field a starting 11 I was able to start and not be on the bench for Ressies.

It’s really only a rule for end of year to prevent teams stacking a lower grade to get results going into finals.

Of course if you want to stack from Round 1 that’s your choice