An AFL 9s game will be played as the curtain-raiser to Sunday’s Grand Final, with Flinn and Lisa Compton-Robins named as field umpires and Bridget Saftenberger and Laura Brogan the goal umpires.

“When we first started the 9s format it was a relatively new concept and it took a while for people to get their head around playing Aussie rules on a rectangular field. “The format’s been ...