Template:AFLGame

{{{date}}}

{{{home team}}}

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{{{away team}}}

{{{venue}}}

This template is for adding a single line summary of an Australian rules football game. It must be used with {{AFLGameHeader}} and {{AFLGameFooter}} to form a properly formatted table. It can also be used with {{AFLGameBye}} in seasons where teams have a bye.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	date 1	The date and, optionally, time of the match. Example Saturday, 14 September (2:45 pm)	Date	suggested
Home team	home team 2	The template or wikilink for the home team of the match. Example {{AFL Col}}; {{WAFL Sub}}; [[Collegians Football Club|Collegians]]	Content	required
Home team score	home score 3	The final score for the home team. Can be left blank prior to the match being played. Example 13.15 (93); 1.12.10 (91)	Content	optional
Winner	winner 4	If the match has not yet been played, select 'V'. For a victory by the home team, select 'H'. For a victory by the away team, select 'A'. This will set the winning team's name and score to bold and provide the correct 'def.' or def. by' in the middle. For a draw, select 'D'. Suggested values V H A D Example V; H; A; D	String	required
Away team	away team 5	The template or wikilink for the away team of the match. Example {{AFL Car}}; {{WAFL SF}}; [[Old Xaverians Football Club|Old Xaverians]]	Content	required
Away team score	away score 6	The final score for the away team. Can be left blank prior to the match being played. Example 12.16 (88); 2.11.9 (93)	Content	optional
Venue	venue 7	The venue the match is being played at. For sponsored venue names, use a piped link to direct users to the generic name article while displaying the sponsored name in use at the time of the match. Example [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]; [[Perth Stadium|Optus Stadium]]; [[Docklands Stadium|Marvel Stadium]]	Content	suggested
Crowd	crowd 8	The attendance figure for the match. Can be left blank prior to the match being played, or if no verifiable figure can be sourced. Example 29,224; 5,000 est.; [[Behind closed doors (sport)|0]]	Content	optional
Report	report 9	A news report of the game from a reputable source. Should be an external link, preferably to an archived URL, with the display text of 'Report'. Can be left blank prior to the match being played. There is a known issue with parsing URLs that contain the '=' sign as a parameter for a template. To overcome it, all '=' signs should be replaced with '%3D'. Example [https://web.archive.org/web/20230429220049/https://www.afl.com.au/news/913387/power-shut-down-in-form-saints-in-marvel-slugfest Report]	URL	optional