The AFL is expecting immediate improvement in the quality of its goal reviews as the league is set to introduce improved cameras to the ARC.
Football boss Greg Swann revealed the current cameras have a shutter speed of "around four", with new ones set to be "six times better".
Swann disclosed that the camera was used in the 2025 finals, including the mouth-watering elimination final between Fremantle and Gold Coast.
"We had a little bit of an example of that in one of the finals – we got one of those cameras and used it in the finals, and that was the one that picked up Swallow's touched ball against Freo," Swann said on SEN.
"You can clearly see that it hit the finger – that's the better quality that we will get after implementing during the season."
Swann is currently embarking on a US expedition, meeting with NFL officials to discuss what rival codes use to improve their game via technology.
The NFL rely heavily on the use of Hawkeye and has a chip in the ball.
"We had an opportunity to talk to the operations people, the guys that look after the refereeing, all the tech, the arc – or their equivalent, which is a fair bit bigger than ours," Swann said.
"That was really interesting, where that is heading and where we want our arc and umpiring to head. They have a chip in the ball, and then they use Hawkeye, which is the primary thing.
"Everything is automated. The thing is, what we've tried to do with some of the changes we implemented last year – let's just get the decision right. The trick for us is that our game is a lot faster than everyone else's."
Swann even suggested a futuristic solution for determining 15-metre kicks.
"You could see a time where we can almost with a sound in an umpire's ear, say ‘that's not 15 metres'… but that's probably a little bit down the track."
