Player re-grading
6.2 A player will be automatically graded to the team he/she plays his/her first game of a new
season for, or if he/she returns from injury after taking the field.
6.3 Named substitutes who do not take the field, are not graded to the higher team . The intent of this regulation
is to allow players to be names as a higher grade substitute, but still play lower in the grades without being
considered a re-grade.
6.4 Unless otherwise specified‘ re-grades’ or ‘ re--grading’ only applies to the movement of players down
leagues/teams.
6.5 A men’s league player can be re-graded a maximum of two leagues below the team the player is re--graded
from. For the purpose of this clause a‘ league’ is the league where the club’s next team play .
6.6 Up to four men’s league players in total can be re--graded down from any one team per match
: up to three players can be re-graded one league down from where their usual team plays
one player can be re-graded two leagues down from where their usual team plays
any one team can only receive three re-graded players per game.
6.7 A total of three women’s league players per match can be re-graded a maximum of one league below
the team the player is re-graded from. For the purpose of this clause a ‘league’ is the league where the club’s
next team plays.
6.8 A player is not classed as a re-grade when returning to the team they played in for the previous match.
However:
if the player re-grades to another team, in a lower league than their original team, for a second consecutive
match they are still deemed to be a re-graded player
the player will be classified as a player of the higher graded team.
6.9 Once a player has played two consecutive matches for a club’s lower graded team they are deemed to be
a player of that team.
6.10 Any player who reaches 75% of league matches for any one team cannot re-grade down again to a team in
a lower division for the remainder of that season.
This includes players
who have played 14 Central League matches entering into a tier 1 team.
The intent of this regulation is to prevent higher graded players unfairly assisting lower league teams at the end of
the season when promotion/relegations are being decided