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We have 13 players aged 12 to 13 for one team. How do we play them fairly?

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Karen PlunkettCoach, Australia

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Wow Karen, I imagine that would be a nightmare to organise.. I thought 12 was the maximum for a team but anyway... Perhaps organise a roster where say 3 players a week are rostered to not play that game so that you have 10 to work with each week. Then you could have one player as a reserve who is there for injury and plays 1 quarter. The other players can then have 3/4 of a game. The tricky part can be keeping track of who has done what... Hope you can work something out Caitlin

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