.An AFL push to offer a 'wildcard weekend break' of the finals - or additional just, to increase the finals series - is "quite on" conforming to the Adviser Sunshine's Jon Ralph.The league has long floated the suggestion of adding more games to the post-season as well as with the intro of the Tasmania Devils as the 19th staff at hand, it is acquiring momentum.The leading eight teams have applied for the AFL finals due to the fact that 1994, once the competition possessed 16 groups, but along with the 19 and potentially a 20th crew ahead there is at minimum some competitive factor to increase access.Watch Hawthorn v Collingwood SAT 4:35 PM AEST|LIVE & exclusive to Fox Footy, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost test today > Around 19WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Specify a deposit limit.The AFL would likewise receive the monetary perks of 1 or 2 additional post-season video games, relying on the layout decided on." It's closer than it's ever been actually," Ralph detailed on Fox Footy's Midweek Outfit." In 2015 at Werribee Estate they threw it up, put away due to the AFL's nightclub managers." This time though at the meeting over at Crown (Perth), it received a really warm and comfortable celebration. I think the AFL was actually pressing this hard - they'll do a little bit extra analysis on it." It is actually certainly not an assurance to come in, however I will believe by 2028, our experts'll possess whether it is actually an 8 vs 9 (game), or 7 vs 10 as well as 8 vs 9 (round)." That would certainly be around the (bye) weekend generally where the AFLW season starts, but in happening years the AFLW time will certainly be a lot longer, it'll start earlier." I assume this is quite on." WHAT AN AFL FINALS 'WILDCARD WEEKEND' COULD appearance LIKEBased on current ladderPlayed the week after Round 24GWS Giants (7th) vs Western Bulldogs (10th) at ENGIE StadiumMelbourne (8th) vs Port Adelaide (9th) at the MCGPlayed in the regular first full week of finalsSydney Swans (1st) vs Brisbane Lions (4th) at the SCGFremantle (5th) vs Melbourne/Port victor (OR lowest-ranked winner) at Optus StadiumEssendon (sixth) vs GWS/Bulldogs winner (OR highest-ranked victor) at the MCGCarlton (second) vs Geelong (3rd) at the MCGThe Giants and Bulldogs would certainly play in a wildcard ultimate under the current step ladder. (Picture through Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesIn 2023, the VFL launched what it called a 'Wildcard Sphere', along with 7th organizing 10th and also 8th throwing 9th, prior to the highest-ranked champion experienced sixth in an eradication ultimate, as well as the lowest-ranked victor faced 5th. Due to the enhancement of past NEAFL edges, the VFL currently consists of 21 nightclubs, driving the selection to extend the finals.Technically the 'wildcard round' is actually just an added week of finals, considered that the 'wildcard' concept stems from American sporting activities where local victors advance into the playoffs and after that the next-best groups, irrespective of branch, qualify as wildcards.In the AFL these crews and video games would certainly certainly not hold true wildcards - yet would need to have to become branded as something.The fringe benefit of this added sphere of finals can be providing a much larger advantage to the groups who train in the leading 6, that would keep the bye week, and particularly the crews in 5th as well as 6th that would possess an additional week off matched up to their preliminary rival.