AFL may spike NRL season launch in NSW

Swans key defender Ted Richards and GWS captain Phil Davis at the AFL Launch at NSW Parliament House . Picture: Jeremy Piper. Source: The Daily Telegraph

THE AFL is considering launching the 2014 season at least two weeks earlier with a blockbuster clash between the Giants and Swans at Skoda Stadium.

GWS chief executive David Matthews yesterday said he will submit a fixture request to the AFL to host the Swans at Skoda Stadium in round one - and has preliminary support from AFL boss Andrew Demetriou.

The AFL has already declared its intent to start the season earlier to go head to head with the NRL in NSW and Queensland, giving fledgling clubs Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney more hype and commercial muscle in their competitive sporting markets.

Muzzles for Giants youngsters

However, in an audacious move, the AFL is hoping to go head to head with the NRL season launch in Sydney with a Giants clash against the Swans, Collingwood, Carlton, Geelong or Hawthorn.

It follows a series of dramatic developments for AFL in NSW yesterday, including:

A REVELATION from Matthews the Giants are looking to open the 2014 Sydney Royal Easter Show with an historic match at Skoda Stadium or ANZ Stadium on a Thursday, April 10;

SWANS boss Andrew Ireland throwing his support behind a ground breaking plan to completely overhaul the AFL season structure by scrapping the NAB Cup and extending the regular season to 24 matches and two byes before the finals series;

THE potential showdown between the Swans and Cricket Australia over access to the SCG, when the AFL's season is moved forward as expected;

THE revelation Ireland would consider hosting a Swans home game at Skoda Stadium; and

COACH Kevin Sheedy declaring the Giants should take a home game to South Africa or China as early as next season.

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