The AFLW league will soon use a ball with a GPS in it as a score assist, similar to goal line technology in soccer. Video via AAP
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00:00We've been working on smart ball technology for two years now.
00:04So what you'll see in the AFLW season is the ball introduced as small assist
00:10and it will operate practically not dissimilar to what happens with outcomes in the arc,
00:16so it will help the upliers initiate.
00:18It will just happen in a different way.
00:20So in AFL we use cameras, in AFLW we will use a ball that effectively has a GPS chip in it.