The league has identified the Pacific region as its next target market, together with South Africa, which has already hosted one NAB Cup match and is home to the Auskick-style Footy Wild program.
Both regions have been earmarked for participation in the NAB AFL Under-16 championships within the next few years.
Port Adelaide cousins Rodan and Alipate Carlile have Fijian origins, while triple Brisbane Lions premiership player Michael has a Papua New Guinean background.
Aaron Edwards has Samoan heritage, while Hawthorn defender Trent Croad and ex-Roo and Swan Wayne Schwass fly the flag for New Zealand.
"We like the idea of an Oceania under-16s team in the nationals and a South African team would make sense too in the next couple of years," AFL national and international game development manager Dave Matthews told afl.com.au.
"We're thinking under-16s initially and then you'd look at some age concessions too.
"You might put an under-17 Oceania team in the under-16s, so it's all possible, if you think about it as regions and not states."
Matthews said New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji are among the key countries in the AFL's Oceania plans.
"There are 10 million people off the coast of Australia and we have 20 million, so there is another 10 million more,” Matthews said.
"There are talented players in PNG and Fiji and [former Western Bulldogs and now Gold Coast recruiting manager] Scotty Clayton has led a talent strategy in Fiji."
