AFL CHAIRMAN Mike Fitzpatrick says the League is happy with the Grand Final's current afternoon scheduling but reserves the right to "experiment" with alternative timeslots.

The NRL has had great success with their Sunday night Grand Final, and was this year blessed with a thrilling match won in extra time by the North Queensland Cowboys. 

The AFL has always scheduled its decider in the afternoon, but CEO Gillon McLachlan recently left the door open for a potential shift to the start time.

In August, McLachlan said the Commission was "not precluded or mandated to do it in the broadcast deal", with the new arrangement to start in 2017. 

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Fitzpatrick said while he liked the decider played in its traditional Saturday afternoon slot, change was a possibility.

"One of the things we think about is whether we should go night or evening or change that format," Fitzpatrick said at a post-Grand Final lunch at Melbourne's Sofitel hotel on Friday.

"Our basic view is traditionally we've done afternoon, we like afternoon and we think the day works really well. 

"That doesn't mean we won't experiment … but that's our view."

McLachlan said in his National Press Club address nearly two months ago there was a "diversity of views" within the Commission on whether the game should be trialled in a twilight or night timeslot during the 2017-22 broadcast arrangement. 

But he also said he couldn't see it changing from a day game in the final year of the current deal in 2016.