GWS Giants midfielder Tom Green admits a Canberra homecoming would be tempting, were it possible

GWS giants star Tom Green says it would be hard to turn down a Canberra homecoming if the nation’s capital gets AFL 20th license in future.

Canberra, along with Darwin and a third team in Western Australia, has been mooted as a potential expansion destination for the league when it inevitably seeks to return the competition to an even number of teams following the formation of Tasmania.

When the Tassie Devils enter the AFL in the next five years, it will be a momentous day for the code, but it will also pose the problem of the league requiring a bye for at least one team each week.

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For this reason, few expect the AFL to settle at 19 teams permanently.

Which begs the obvious question: where to next?

If the answer to that question is Canberra – as is very possible – and ACT-raised Giants star Green was still playing, he would have a tough decision to make.

“I would be so tempted, I really would, but … I don’t know, because what if in the future they get a license and then I just said I can’t go!?” Green said on the Dyl and Friends podcast .

“I love Sydney, I absolutely love it and where I live, luckily in Tamarama, is beautiful – it’s absolutely amazing, being so close to the beach. Being close to Bondi, it’s just an amazing location.

“But it would be hard to say no; I miss my friends a lot, so if they’re around, I’ve got my mom and dad and my brothers around — I’ll be close (to go). It would be close.

“I’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

“We’ll let them get that license and then we’ll start thinking about it.”

Many doubted whether Canberra would be suitable to host the competition’s 20th team, given the population and interest levels, among a number of other factors.

But Green, who is at the heart of the Giants’ current and future success, says it’s “going to work fine.”

“I’m Canberra’s biggest advocate – someone has to be,” he said.

“I love coming home to Canberra; so much so that once this podcast is done I’m actually driving home for a few days.

“Just to see my mom and my brothers and my friends for a few days and then I’m coming back.”

Green was born in Townsville but moved between Toowoomba, Darwin, Melbourne and Tamworth as a child before settling in Canberra aged 11.