The AFLW should halt expansion for at least the next five seasons while the league's low scoring level is being influenced by the size of the grounds, 2018 premiership player and league best-and-fairest Emma Kearney says.

Kearney told The Age's Real Footy podcast that the talent pool wasn't deep enough to sustain growth in teams within the next five years, despite clubs such as Essendon and Hawthorn agitating for a spot sooner rather than later.

North Melbourne's Emma Kearney wants to see an end to AFLW blowouts before the league introduces more teams. Credit:AAP

"We've seen a lot of games that are blowouts. Particularly in my conference, the last sort of two, three games we've been able to beat teams quite easily, as opposed to last year we had a lot of hard games," Kearney said.

"But in saying that, we're having more girls playing at the highest level, so they're going to have access to better coaching, better resources, so their skill level's going to be better.