AFL Players Association wants AFLW finals to start this weekend, be expanded from six teams to eight

Collingwood and Gold Coast would be the beneficiaries of a major change put to the AFL by the AFL Players Association which would result in AFLW finals starting this weekend.

Gold Coast would also qualify for AFLW finals if the proposal was approved.

The AFL Players’ Association is recommending that the league begin the AFL Women’s finals series this weekend.

But with a few tweaks.

In an email sent to players, the union has indicated that its preferred position — reached after surveying all players on Monday night — is for the season structure to be altered to progress with a three-week finals series involving the top-four teams from each conference.

Collingwood star Chloe Molloy celebrates a goal.

Gold Coast would also qualify for AFLW finals if the proposal was approved.

The original series would have seen another two rounds of home-and-away games before finals played over three weeks but between the top three teams of each conference.

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If agreed to by the AFL, which has delayed its calls on the AFL and AFLW seasons until at least tomorrow, Collingwood and Gold Coast — who both sit fourth — could be in with finals hope having been set to miss out if the official system is adopted.

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Originally published as AFL Players Association wants AFLW finals to start this weekend, be expanded from six teams to eight