WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 25: St Kilda players line up for the national anthems and ANZAC service during the round four AFL match between the St Kilda Saints and the Carlton Blues at Westpac Stadium on April 25, 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

According to St Kilda chief executive Matt Finnis, the Saints are keen to play a match in Auckland, New Zealand for premiership points within the next two years.

St Kilda played three ANZAC Day games from 2013-2015 against Sydney, Brisbane and Carlton, and lost all three matches.

"Certainly there is a lot of enthusiasm within Auckland to play AFL football from either late-2018 or certainly 2019, if they can secure the stadium reconfiguration that they're looking to receive," Finnis told AFL.com.au during the week.

Even though the Port Adelaide and Gold Coast clash is next weekend, the AFL is still focused on St Kilda's future across the ditch.

"We've obviously played a number of games in New Zealand and St Kilda football club have led that, we're looking at continuing that potentially in Auckland," fixture boss Travis Auld said.

"There are some discussions going on there at the moment, but that's a two or three-year lead-in by the time you find the right venue and do what needs to be done to make that happen."

Paul Nisbett, Auckland Stadiums' director, confirmed discussions between the parties had been going on for some time.

"Those discussions included the proposed redevelopment of Western Springs into an oval sports facility catering for cricket, AFL and other events," Nisbett said.

"The possible redevelopment is in its early stages, but there is a strong desire to accommodate AFL as part of Auckland's event programme in future years."

The three-year experiment was abandoned in 2015 after the Wellington City Council decided not to extend their partnership with the game.

Following that decision the Saints turned their attentions to Auckland, and Finnis believes New Zealand is still viable option for the future.

"The noises from across the ditch, particularly out of Auckland, have been very encouraging in recent times but ultimately they need to resolve the stadium redevelopment opportunity that they're looking to do," Finnis said.

"That's progressing but it’s not definitive yet.

"We certainly still consider that as a potential secondary market, which hasn't been given the full opportunity to reveal the strength that that can have yet," he said.