Team Skill and Team Speed to feature in revamped AFLX competition

It will be a drastically different AFLX competition in 2019, with new team names and logos just the start. JAY CLARK has the latest details on how the revamped series will look next year.

“Team skill” will be the name of the all-indigenous side in the dramatically-revamped AFLX Series next year.

The Herald Sun understands Adelaide superstar goal kicker Eddie Betts will captain the indigenous team in the four-team tournament on Friday, February 22 at Marvel Stadium.

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There will be four captains, including Betts, who will hand-pick teams to play three round-robin games before the Grand Final at Marvel Stadium.

On Sunday Betts, Patrick Dangerfield, Nat Fyfe and Jack Riewoldt posted images on social media, believed to be the official team logos for the 2019 competition.

AFLX logo as shared by Jack Riewoldt

AFLX logo as shared by Patrick Dangerfield

AFLX logo as tweeted by Nat Fyfe

AFLX logo as shared by Eddie Betts

The AFL will pre-select 100 players from which the team captains will hand-pick teams of 10 for the preseason matches.

St Kilda forward Jack Billings, who helped launch AFLX earlier this year before pulling out of the inaugural tournament with a hamstring complaint, said he was interested to learn more about next year’s plans but would be keen to take part.

“I’ll definitely be putting my hand up,” Billings said.

“It will be a great opportunity. I’m just not really sure how it will go so we’ll wait and see.”