Wagga will host the first of its kind AFL double header on March 7-8 after the fixtures for next season's pre-season and AFL Women's (AFLW) were released this week.

Greater Western Sydney (GWS) will play Richmond in an AFLW round five clash on Saturday, before a grand final rematch in the March AFL Community Series on Sunday.

"We're absolutely thrilled. We've been in conversation with local council for a number of years now," Graham said.

"We've been really committed to bring back some AFL content and also AFLW content and to be able to do that and have two big games on the one weekend with a really big Melbourne club, which is a rematch of the grand final, is absolutely outstanding."

Robertson Oval has a capacity crowd of about 12,000 and Graham hopes both games sell out.

"I guess historically we've had big sell out crowds at Robertson Oval," he said.

"We'd be hoping with a grand final rematch, drawing from all parts of the Riverina and greater region, and a big travelling contingent out of Melbourne you'd hope, we see it as a blockbuster weekend where you'd love to see two big sell outs.

"Women's footy is going from strength to strength in the region, that's a really exciting initiative that we think will be very well attended, and also the grand final rematch will hopefully be one for the ages."

The double header comes to the city courtesy of a two-year partnership struck between Wagga City Council and AFL NSW-ACT earlier in the year.

Graham said that partnership is 'incredibly important' in the double header coming to life.

"Wagga City Council have been great partners of the AFL for a long time," he said.

"They've got a strong commitment to sport and to bring significant events like these to the region and we couldn't have done it without their ongoing support. We've got a great working relationship and long term commitment and this forms part of a broader community partnership with a number of different elements of which we're really excited about."

Graham believes bringing elite AFL content to the Riverina is the final piece in the puzzle, with the code excelling in all areas.

"Generally the way i think about it, it is all the different elements of the football ecosystem coming together," he said.

"Growth at grassroots level, working with community clubs about growth and sustainability into the future, we've got investment in facilities and then this is a key element of that elite end, where you see elite talent right in market and that inspires a generation.

"Footy in the broader region is in really good shape."

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