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AFL GAMES are unlikely to be played in New Zealand before 2018, according to the League's chief executive Gillon McLachlan.
 
Speaking at the launch of the 2016 fixture on Thursday, McLachlan confirmed St Kilda will not be heading back to New Zealand any time soon to play for premiership points.
 
The three-year deal for St Kilda to play games at Wellington's Westpac Stadium is over, with attendances slumping from 22,546 in 2013 to 12,125 last season for the game against Carlton.
 
Preliminary discussions were held about staging a game in Christchurch, but no agreement was reached.
 
Attention now turns to Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand and where there are more registered AFL players than any part of the country. McLachlan said there is the possibility of a new stadium, with dimensions suitable for the AFL, being available by 2018.
 
A new waterfront stadium has long been discussed for Auckland, with a bigger capacity and more flexibility than Eden Park, but no formal plans have yet been unveiled.
 
Meanwhile, the AFL is not ruling out switching the three Sydney Swans games scheduled for ANZ Stadium next season back to the SCG.
 
Next year marks the last year of the League's contract to play three games a year at ANZ Stadium and it has already signalled its intention for the Swans to play all 11 home games at the SCG from 2017.
 
But with the management of all major stadiums in Sydney about to move to a trust created by the New South Wales Government, games could be switched to the SCG.
 
It is a timing issue, however, with the AFL waiting on word from the NSW Government that the new trust is up and running, before negotiations can start.