THE AFL has cracked down on players using mobile phones on match days as well as demanding to know the identity of people invited into the rooms before games.

It comes a year after an Australian Crime Commission report claimed links of widespread match-fixing and drug-taking across a range of sports.

AFL General Counsel Andrew Dillon yesterday announced a raft of changes, including to its anti-doping code, the appointment of another former Victorian policeman to its now 14-man Integrity Department and a ban on gambling on all Australian Rules competitions by players and officials.

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media_camera Former Bandido enforcer Toby Mitchell (bottom right) caused a stir last year after being pictured in the Richmond change rooms with Jake King (back left) after a match. Here they are pictured at AAMI park in December. Photo: Hamish Blair

"We are better resourced than we ever before and we are in a better position than we have ever been to manage the risks," Dillon said.

A report by Deloitte in 2011 found annual turnover on AFL betting had topped $900 million and would double within five years.

The AFL stopped short of replicating other sports such as cricket and horse racing by allowing players to keep possession of their phone, although they have been warned they cannot use them from the moment they enter the dressing room until after the final siren.

media_camera The ASADA investigation into supplement use at Essendon has sparked the introduction of new tough controls. Picture: Michael Klein

Jockeys and international and domestic cricketers must hand over their phones before competing.

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Dillon warned if players break the new rule, they would not only face serious sanctions, but could also have their phones confiscated at games in the future.

media_camera Collingwood players Heath Shaw and Nick Maxwell were caught up in a betting scandal in 2011.

"We don't think (confiscating phones) is necessary, but it is one of those things that if we see it being abused or not complied with, we can change it," Dillon said.

"The rule will be in place and compliance of it will be monitored by the AFL."

Clubs can nominate up 10 officials - including the senior coach - who can use mobiles phones "for official purposes."

That list must be provided to the AFL before matches, with no players allowed to be among the exempt officials.

iPads and laptops can be used, but only for coaching purposes.

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The AFL has also moved to monitor supporters and sponsors who attend the dressing rooms before games.

Dillon said the rooms pre-game should be "restricted to players, officials, and properly accredited guests of the clubs."

"The philosophy is that the AFL knows who's accessing (the rooms), so if there are risks, they can be identified and managed," Dillon said.

"That will require a list of people being given to the AFL the day before a game. On the day (of the game) extras can be added if they are signed off by a director, a chairman, a chief executive, a football manager or an integrity officer."

An AFL working party consisting of club representatives, including Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale, Carlton chief executive Greg Swann and North Melbourne director of football Geoff Walsh, worked through the logistics.

Clubs have until tomorrow (Friday) to lodge their response to the new rules, which will take effect this season.

The AFL Players Association and the AFL Coaches Association both supported the changes.

The AFL also yesterday confirmed it had banned injections unless required for medical conditions, as well as announcing it would collect its own samples for "intelligence purposes."

The AFL yesterday appointed Victorian Homicide Squad detective Tony Keane to the role of investigator in the AFL's Integrity Department, a few days after Detective Superintendent Gerard Ryan was named as the league's Special Investigator.