Jeff Kennett at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast on Tuesday. Picture: Richard Gosling Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
JEFF Kennett sees the AFL's future as a two-tiered competition in which clubs face an annual battle to remain in the premier division.
The former Hawthorn president made the claims at a lunch at Metricon Stadium yesterday.
Kennett believes the AFL will expand to include teams in Tasmania and New Zealand and be split into a premier league and a secondary league where clubs fight for promotion.
"I suspect one day the competition may get to 20 teams," he said.
"There may be one from Tasmania, one from New Zealand and that would complete it.
"At that stage you would break it into two divisions and there would be relegation and promotions in terms of performance."
Kennett backed Gold Coast chairman John Witheriff's ambitious "2013" campaign, launched after last year's draft, in which he set the Suns the target of securing 20,000 members and a premiership within three years.
Early in his presidency at Hawthorn, Kennett launched Five 2 Fifty with the goal of attracting 50,000 members and winning two flags in five years from 2008.
They fell 10 points short in last year's grand final loss to Sydney.
"You always have to have goals that are just beyond your reach. When we launched, we were laughed at," Kennett said.
Meanwhile, Gold Coast skipper Gary Ablett is expected to take part in the Suns' intra-club match at Carrara today.
Brisbane coach Michael Voss says places in the Lions' NAB Cup team are up for grabs in today's intra-club match at Coorparoo.
Voss said two to three spots will be decided when the Brisbane squad splits into two and plays three terms at Giffin Park from 8am.
Voss said captain Jonathan Brown and ruckman Matthew Leuenberger will both play at least one term today.
The likes of Sam Docherty, Patrick Karnezis and first-year rookies Sam Mayes and Marco Paparone challenge for senior berths in Saturday week's round 1 NAB Cup matches against Gold Coast and Hawthorn at Metricon Stadium.
Docherty did not play senior football last year due to a hip problem while Karnezis had a year to forget in 2012 after a stunning debut in 2011.
"Being able to maintain that effort and intensity and performing under fatigue over the course of three quarters will be important," Voss said.
BRISBANE'S intra-club match is open to the public.
The Suns will play their scratch club match behind closed doors at Metricon Stadium, but will hold an open training session on Saturday at Southport when the club holds a season launch.
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