Pressure is building on the AFL to name a successor to Gillon McLachlan, with club presidents and executives hoping the game will end a more than 12-month saga about who will replace the outgoing chief executive.
Senior sources at the AFL now believe Mr McLachlan could be in the role until at least the May federal budget to see if the Albanese government stumps up cash for a new stadium in Tasmania.
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