.An AFL press to offer a 'wildcard weekend' of the finals - or even even more just, to grow the finals collection - is actually "quite on" conforming to the Adviser Sunlight's Jon Ralph.The game has long drifted the idea of including additional games to the post-season and along with the overview of the Tasmania Devils as the 19th group on the horizon, it is actually acquiring momentum.The top eight staffs have obtained the AFL finals considering that 1994, when the competition possessed 16 groups, but along with the 19 and potentially a 20th group to follow there goes to the very least some very competitive cause to expand access.Watch Hawthorn v Collingwood SAT 4:35 PM AEST|LIVE & exclusive to Fox Footy, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free test today > Sphere 19WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.The AFL would certainly also reap the monetary perks of a couple of added post-season activities, depending on the layout chosen." It is actually closer than it is actually ever before been," Ralph described on Fox Footy's Midweek Implements." In 2014 at Werribee Mansion house they tossed it up, put away by the AFL's nightclub managers." This time around though at the conference over at Crown (Perth), it got a truly warm and comfortable reception. I assume the AFL was actually pushing this set tough - they'll carry out a bit much more research on it." It is actually not a certainty to follow in, yet I would assume through 2028, our experts'll have whether it's an 8 vs 9 (game), or even 7 vs 10 as well as 8 vs 9 (around)." That will be actually all over the (bye) weekend break typically where the AFLW season begins, but in coming years the AFLW period will be actually much longer, it'll begin earlier." I believe this is very much on." WHAT AN AFL FINALS 'WILDCARD WEEKEND' COULD appearance LIKEBased on existing ladderPlayed the full week after Sphere 24GWS Giants (7th) vs Western Side Bulldogs (10th) at ENGIE StadiumMelbourne (8th) vs Slot Adelaide (9th) at the MCGPlayed in the regular first week of finalsSydney Swans (1st) vs Brisbane Lions (fourth) at the SCGFremantle (5th) vs Melbourne/Port victor (OR lowest-ranked victor) at Optus StadiumEssendon (sixth) vs GWS/Bulldogs victor (OR highest-ranked winner) at the MCGCarlton (2nd) vs Geelong (3rd) at the MCGThe Giants and also Bulldogs will play in a wildcard ultimate under the present step ladder. (Photograph through Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesIn 2023, the VFL presented what it called a 'Wildcard Around', along with 7th hosting 10th and also 8th hosting 9th, prior to the highest-ranked winner encountered sixth in an elimination ultimate, and also the lowest-ranked winner encountered 5th. Because of the addition of former NEAFL sides, the VFL currently features 21 nightclubs, driving the selection to grow the finals.Technically the 'wildcard round' is just an extra week of finals, dued to the fact that the 'wildcard' principle originates from American sporting activities where divisional champions evolve in to the playoffs and after that the next-best crews, no matter branch, qualify as wildcards.In the AFL these teams and activities would certainly certainly not hold true wildcards - however would certainly need to become branded as something.The additional benefit of the additional sphere of finals could be giving a much larger advantage to the teams that certify in the best six, who will maintain the bye full week, and especially the staffs in 5th and 6th that would certainly possess an extra week off contrasted to their initial enemy.