AFLW players have voted to begin the finals series two weeks early and to expand it to eight teams.

The AFLPA surveyed the AFLW playing cohort on Monday night and the prevailing view was that the finals series should be brought forward to this weekend amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic.

As it stands there are two rounds of the regular season remaining.

The expedited finals series would still run for three weeks but with two extra sides – the fourth-placed team in each conference – qualifying for finals.

This would mean Gold Coast (fourth in conference A) and Collingwood (fourth in conference B) would join Fremantle, Carlton, Melbourne, North Melbourne, GWS and Brisbane in the finals, as the ladder stands.