The 2018 JLT Community Series was the

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(AFL) pre-season competition played before the 2018 home and away season. It featured 18 matches across 16 days, reducing each team's games played from three to two, seemingly to create space for AFLX events. For the fifth year in a row, the competition did not have a

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or overall winner. 2018 was also the first pre-season competition played without the nine-point

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, since its inception in 2003. The competition continued under

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(JLT) as a sponsor. All matches were televised live on

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as well as on the AFL Live app.

Results

References

JLT Community Series The 2017 JLT Community Series was the Australian Football League (AFL) pre-season competition played before the 2017 home and away season. It featured 27 matches across 25 days, which began on 16 February 2017 and ended on 12 March 2017. For ...

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