The rules governing whether or not a goal counts as a super goal are as follows: If a fifty-metre penalty takes the spot of a mark from outside the fifty-metre arc to inside it, teams are given two choices: take the full length of the 50 m penalty and kick for six points; or, take part of the 50 m penalty to bring the mark right onto the fifty-metre line and kick for nine points.
There is no equivalent rule applying to downfield free kicks: if a player receives a downfield free kick inside the 50m arc as the result of an infraction which took place outside the 50m arc, the resultant set-shot is always for six points.
Amendments to scores in this were generally made during the game, often at the end of a quarter, although a Super Goal awarded to Brisbane Lions midfielder Luke Power in the 2007 NAB Cup semi-final win over the Geelong Football Club was amended after the siren to a regular goal.
In 1993, ten years before its use in the AFL pre-season, the Victorian Football Association briefly considered introducing the concept into its premiership season but did not proceed with the change.
Geelong defender Andrew Mackie was the last person to kick a super goal, in the 2017 JLT Community Series.