GREATER Western Sydney would host a maiden home final at Spotless Stadium, with AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan declaring the League would not seek to move the game to a bigger venue.
The Giants are on track to play their first final after a 4-2 start to the season, having announced their credentials with a 75-point win over reigning premier Hawthorn in round six.
Their home ground, a boutique venue with a capacity of 24,000, is located in Sydney Olympic Park, close to the 83,500-seat ANZ Stadium.
The Sydney Swans have played their previous seven finals at ANZ Stadium, but recently ended that arrangement and will host all finals at their SCG home.
McLachlan said the Giants would have the same rights and would not be asked to play finals at a bigger capacity venue.
"It would be at Spotless … that's their home ground, and if the Gold Coast Suns got a home final it would be at Metricon," McLachlan told Fox Footy on Tuesday night.
With growing expectations on the Giants in 2016, the CEO declared it would be a remarkable result if they could win the premiership this season after finishing outside the top eight in 2015.
GWS sits in fifth place going into round seven, with eighth-placed Hawthorn one game clear of Melbourne in ninth.
McLachlan said he would not be concerned if the top eight was set after just six rounds, given the evenness of the competition and the variety of premiership contenders in the top eight.
"It's a season of extraordinary interest and I don't believe it (the top eight) is set," he said.
"I still think there are a number of teams that can make it and even if we thought it was set, anyone can win the premiership.
"That is intriguing in itself."
McLachlan also revealed the AFL was not locked in to an eight-team women's competition in 2017 and could expand the amount of licences to 10 if there was enough talent to support more teams.
An announcement on the rules and licences is expected at the end of May and McLachlan said it was plausible there would be 10 teams and doubtful there would be fewer than eight.
Meanwhile, the CEO said he would excuse himself from any decision on whether suspended Essendon midfielder Jobe Watson would be stripped of his 2012 Brownlow Medal.
A decision on Watson's medal has been delayed while the 34 past and present Essendon players appeal their doping bans through the Swiss Federal Supreme Court.
"If it comes to that then I will excuse myself because I think there are conversions I have had that I would potentially look conflicted," McLachlan said.
"It would be considered objectively and independently by the Commission … and I don't want to be in a position where I find myself being accused of being not truly independent.
"I have made it clear to a number of people that I would not sit on that decision."
