When the system was first announced in September last year, it was met with disapproval from players and fans but now, there will be a full review of how the conference system has gone.

“We’ll review how the conferences have gone in season number three and I think it’s really important for everybody to remember that we’re at season number three of AFLW,” Livingston said on an AFL website video.

“We’re in a very small window, and that window is also looking at the year calendar of where we play AFLW.

“We have gone with conferences — it will go to competition committee in April. It will have a full review and we’ll see what the decisions and the discussions are around that.”

The system saw the 10 teams split into two five-team conferences and the top two teams from each progressing to the finals series. 

Originally, conference spots were decided on the ladder positions from 2018 with the two incoming sides on either side. 

However, after the regular season came to an end on Sunday, more questions were asked about the controversial system with two of the top performing teams missing out on a spot in the finals.

Melbourne and North Melbourne finished fourth and third in Conference A respectively with the latter having more points than any team in Conference B while the Demons had the same points tally but a bigger percentage than Carlton, who will host a home final after finishing top of the conference.

Meanwhile, Geelong who has the lowest percentage of all teams in the competition scrapped through to the preliminary final after finishing second.

Livingston had admitted that North Melbourne was in the stronger of the two conferences but heading into the season, no one knew how each team would perform.  

"If you had have told me GWS would have had the form they've ended up having in season three or the Brisbane Lions would have the form they've had, I probably wouldn't have believed how they were," she said. 

However, with four new teams set to join the AFLW in 2020, the conference system might still be in place due to the small timeframe the AFL have put in place for the competition.

The AFL Women's Competition Committee will make the final decision next month about whether or not they continue with conferences.