Australian Finals Football never felt so different.

West Coast win the AFL Minor Premiership, Melbourne Storm win the League Minor Premiership and should the Waratahs ever win the Super 14, what next?

Geelong won the AFL Premiership. Well done. And the memories remain for fans and players maybe forever, but where next?

By Sunday at 9pm one of Newcastle, Central Coast, Sydney or Queensland Roar will be the third minor premiers of Australian football.

The winners and runners-up will get the famous Aussie double chance in the finals.

The winners also get to play in the Asian Champions League. What better reward for winning the Minor Premiership.

Last years ACL final was won by Japan's Urawa Reds in front of 60,000 fanatical fans. Urawa are the Champions of Asia.

Whoever gets the double prize this weekend can dare to dream, dream beyond grand final day. TV Revenues and Sponsorship will start to flow as teams from Iran, Japan, China, Australia and elsewhere start to reap the rewards.

The future of football in Australia has never looked so good, for Australian clubs, Australian women, Australian national teams...for kids.

No wonder there is a slightly different feel to Australia finals football this weekend, and it's great.