How many games can a player play in a weekend or a season?

Once a player reaches Under 14, the AFL asks leagues and clubs to monitor the number of games each player plays across all levels of football, including talent, club and school games, and to put measures in place to protect the player's welfare. For youth football the Junior Rules Handbook recommends:

• no more than 25 games per season across talent, club and school competitions, and
• ideally no more than 2 games per week.

The handbook's summary table also lists the season length for Under 13 to Under 18 as 20 games maximum.

These are recommendations in the national handbook, not a hard ban on a third game in a weekend. A league or state body may set a firmer limit for its own competition.