.An AFL push to launch a 'wildcard weekend break' of the finals - or more simply, to increase the finals series - is actually "very much on" according to the Herald Sunlight's Jon Ralph.The game has actually long drifted the concept of adding additional games to the post-season and also along with the intro of the Tasmania Devils as the 19th crew on the horizon, it is obtaining momentum.The best 8 teams have actually gotten the AFL finals since 1994, when the competition possessed 16 groups, yet with the 19 and also possibly a 20th crew ahead there is at minimum some affordable factor to broaden access.Watch Hawthorn v Collingwood SAT 4:35 PM AEST|LIVE & special to Fox Footy, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free trial today > Around 19WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Specify a down payment limit.The AFL will likewise experience the financial perks of one or two additional post-season games, depending on the style picked." It is actually closer than it is actually ever been," Ralph detailed on Fox Footy's Midweek Gear." In 2014 at Werribee Residence they tossed it up, put away due to the AFL's nightclub executives." This time though at the seminar over at Dental crown (Perth), it received a truly warm function. I presume the AFL was actually pressing this set tough - they'll perform a small amount extra research on it." It is actually not a certainty ahead in, however I would certainly think by 2028, we'll have whether it's an 8 vs 9 (activity), or even 7 vs 10 as well as 8 vs 9 (around)." That will be actually around the (bye) weekend break normally where the AFLW season kicks off, yet in happening years the AFLW time will definitely be actually a lot longer, it'll start earlier." I believe this is actually very much on." WHAT AN AFL FINALS 'WILDCARD WEEKEND BREAK' COULD appearance LIKEBased on existing ladderPlayed the full week after Round 24GWS Giants (7th) vs Western Side Bulldogs (10th) at ENGIE StadiumMelbourne (8th) vs Port Adelaide (9th) at the MCGPlayed in the routine 1st week of finalsSydney Swans (first) vs Brisbane Lions (4th) at the SCGFremantle (5th) vs Melbourne/Port champion (OR lowest-ranked winner) at Optus StadiumEssendon (sixth) vs GWS/Bulldogs victor (OR highest-ranked winner) at the MCGCarlton (2nd) vs Geelong (third) at the MCGThe Giants and also Bulldogs will play in a wildcard final under the existing ladder. (Picture through Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesIn 2023, the VFL launched what it referred to as a 'Wildcard Round', along with 7th holding 10th and also 8th organizing 9th, just before the highest-ranked victor dealt with sixth in a removal ultimate, and also the lowest-ranked winner experienced 5th. Because of the addition of previous NEAFL edges, the VFL currently consists of 21 nightclubs, driving the selection to grow the finals.Technically the 'wildcard around' is simply an extra week of finals, given that the 'wildcard' concept comes from American sports where local champions evolve in to the playoffs and afterwards the next-best teams, no matter division, qualify as wildcards.In the AFL these crews as well as activities would not be true wildcards - yet will need to have to become branded as something.The fringe benefit of the additional sphere of finals can be offering a larger benefit to the groups that qualify in the top six, who would certainly always keep the bye full week, and especially the crews in 5th and also sixth who will possess an added full week off reviewed to their first rival.