THE AFL has done a backflip on the broadcasting of six non-televised NAB Challenge matches.

Chief executive Gillon McLachlan stepped in on Friday morning to overturn an AFL edict that clubs were not to livestream the six games not being televised by Fox Footy.

The matches, starting with Saturday afternoon’s match between Brisbane and St Kilda, will be filmed by two cameras with synched radio.

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Sunday’s sold-out game at between Adelaide and North Melbourne at Port Lincoln, featuring the coaching debut of Phil Walsh and the captaincy debut of Taylor Walker, will also be shown online.

“This is great news for our fans,” Adelaide CEO Andrew Fagan said. “They’ve been waiting a long time for football to return.

“We were very keen for as many people as possible to see our first game under new coach Phil Walsh and continued discussions with the AFL, so we are happy the AFL found this solution.”

McLachlan this morning said he had spoken to “the relevant guys in our organisation’’ to change the AFL’s stance on the issue.

“I do think that it’s important for our supporters to be able to see those games that they can’t get to, and in many cases are going to be sold out, so that even if they could get there they can’t get in,” he said.

AFL General Manager of Broadcasting, Scheduling and Major Projects, Simon Lethlean said the AFL had “listened to the concerns of those supporters who don’t want to miss a minute of their club competing in this year’s NAB Challenge’’.

Lethlean said the AFL had “overcome a number of significant hurdles’’ to ensure the coverage of the six matches.

“We have encountered some significant logistical, technical and signal delivery issues at some venues but through a great deal of work … we’ve been able to repurpose resources originally slated to produce match highlights to provide live streaming from those venues for these club websites and apps.

“While there may still be some technical issues in the delivery of these matches we are satisfied that being able to provide a live stream of these six matches to competing club websites and club apps will please those supporters’ wanting to follow their clubs’ progress across all 27 matches of the NAB Challenge.”

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NAB Challenge matches to be streamed via club websites

— Brisbane v St Kilda, Moreton Bay Sports Complex, Saturday

— Adelaide v North Melbourne, Port Lincoln, Sunday

— GWS v Gold Coast at Blacktown (March 7)

— Port Adelaide v West Coast at Norwood Oval (March 8)

— Western Bulldogs v Melbourne at Eureka Stadium (March 14)

— Sydney v Fremantle at Drummoyne Oval (March 15)