The AFL has again sought views on a wildcard finals round to be played after round 23 to enable teams that finish from seventh to 10th to play off for a place in the finals.

The proposal was for seventh v 10th and eighth v ninth games to be played in the week between round 23 and the opening of the finals series that would be run under the existing final-eight system with the winner of each game being seeded seventh and eighth depending on who qualified higher.

This was proposed at the competition committee on Wednesday when the other major question was whether the AFL could introduce a national reserves competition for all 18 clubs or a hybrid state-league model involving AFL reserves, stand-alone VFL teams and NEAFL clubs. The SANFL and WAFL clubs would not participate in the proposed hybrid competition. The other option for second-tier competitions was to retain the status quo. Views varied enormously on the make up of the vital second-tier structure.

The AFL’s Marcus King, who has the fixture portfolio, raised the question on wildcard games and the proposal is understood to have received a mixed response with some people on the committee concerned at the number of games teams in the wildcard round would be forced to play.