Has scoring gone up recently?

[Always Ballin]

It seems like there have been more high-scoring contests of late. I wonder if this has anything to do with the reinterpretation of the holding-the-ball rule. Or perhaps it's just an anomaly, a small sample size outlier. The average team score is up to 84 according to AFL Tables. This is the highest number since 2017, but obviously, we're still several rounds from a complete home-and-away fixture.

What do you think? Have you noticed more high scores of late? And if so, what do you think? Just a blip? Or something to do with the rules?

 

[Worm4]

Carlton have decided to lower their eyes going forward and are hitting the scoreboard a lot more than the first 8 games

 

[Blue1980]

Average score per team is 84, I think it was 82-83 a few weeks ago. So yes, it has, slightly.