A successful second trial of video-assisted goal-umpiring decisions in this year's NAB Cup will almost certainly result in the technology's permanent introduction in the home-and-away season according to AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson.
Speaking following the launch of the NAB Cup in McLeod on Tuesday morning, Anderson said the league is keen to adopt the technology for the season proper after goal-umpiring errors in two of the past three grand finals.
"We're serious about the video-assisted scoring consultation," Anderson said.
"(This is the) second time we've had a look at that and what that means is that a guy that has access to the video footage will be able to assist in discussing a scoring decision within 40 seconds after it's occurred."
"The video review, we've always signalled since last year that that's one of the topics that we're looking at for home-and-away (season) this year."
"(We) trialled (it) in the NAB Cup last year, (we're) trialling it again (and if it) works well, (we'll introduce it for the) home and away (season) this year."
Anderson added: "I think that we've seen now we want to use the technology if it's there and it's available and it doesn't slow the game down too much."
"We'll collect the feedback and examine all the incidents where it's come in to play."
"(We'll analyse) whether we're happy with it (and) the way it worked, whether it could be tweaked and then make a call on whether it should be brought in before the season starts."
Having received feedback from the clubs about the priority pick rules, Anderson said the AFL is still assessing the submissions but if there are to be any changes they will also be announced before the season begins.
And while he added that the two-two interchange-substitute rule being trialled this year could also see the current three-one system altered in 2013 or beyond, the more likely rule change relating to the interchange bench relates to a having separate gates for each club.
"The interchange area this year, well each club will have its own interchange gate," Anderson said.
"The laws committee wanted us to look at something that makes it less likely that there'll be interchange infringements and we think that this should hopefully do that."
"So if that works well, then we might bring that in for home and away as well."