This Sunday’s W-League decider between Perth Glory and defending champions Melbourne City clashes with the AFLW game featuring Fremantle Dockers and Brisbane Lions.

With the AFL offering free entry, a crowd of up to 10,000 is expected, while FFA is hoping to break the 2009 Grand Final record of 4,554.

From a spectators point of view, Kerr was in no doubt over what game would be the superior sporting contest.

“If I was a fan I’d rather go see a Grand Final than a regular season game,” she said. “But it’s people’s choice what sports they want to watch but I’d know what sport I’d watch if there was a Grand Final at stake.”

Kerr, who has played at two World Cup and competed at an Olympic games for Australia, admitted to FourFourTwo in December she was approached by the AFL to join the inaugural women’s league.

With football competing for space in a packed summer schedule with not only the traditional summer sports, but also winter codes, Kerr prefers to cool all the fighting talk.

“I kind of hate how people start this code war thing,” she said speaking to FourFourTwo. “It is a bit unfair to compare the two. I don’t think it’s good. I am happy where I am with football and football has given me so many opportunities and so many things that I still have to fulfil. It’s good for women’s sport but I’m not buying into the code war competition thing.”

Kerr played in the inaugural W-League season in 2008-09 and says the competition and football in general has made great strides in that time.

“It’s huge how much the level of play has gone up,” she said “From the media exposure we get, the amount of international players that are coming over, everything has gone up by 10-fold. It’s good for the league and good for football in Australia. The girls are really enjoying the league and have a lot of fun.

“Football has grown so much in the last couple of years. It’s the sport with the most participation in Australia. It’s just changing those players into fans and engaging with the fans more. It’s a challenge and it will always be a challenge for football with AFL being the national code here. So, it’s a challenge we accept and we love the challenge so I think it’s going in the right direction throughout Australia.”

While Kerr is happy with the sport’s progress, the 23-year-old would like to see the Matildas compete at home more often especially in the city where she was born.

“I would love to personally play more national team games in Australia,” she said. “It’s a huge boost and people are always asking me, ‘When are you going to play in Perth?’ And to have no answer is a sad thing. I’m sure that FFA are working towards it. It’s not easy getting countries all the way to Australia when we are a 24-hour-flight away.”