***UPDATE***

Although we wish this were true, we have to come clean and say 'fake news': the 2018 AFL Grand Final will not be at Perth's new stadium. Happy April Fools from the team at WAtoday! Still, makes you wonder...

The AFL has dropped a bombshell announcing it's in talks to play the 2018 Grand Final at the new Perth Stadium instead of the MCG, which will be out of action for overdue renovations next September.

The move to host the big dance in the west will be only the second time in the AFL's history that the Grand Final has been played away from the MCG - the 1991 match was played at Waverley Park.