The AFL’s push into India could be as much about soft diplomacy as it is growing the code.

League chief Andrew Dillon is in Mumbai where he’s looking at increasing participation to 20 states, and also the prospect of playing a game.

Port Adelaide played three games in China before the pandemic hit, and Power Chairman David Koch told Tom Elliott it gave the club a strong point of difference.

Press PLAY to hear him reflect on Port Adelaide’s China experiment + why the India trip ‘makes sense’

“It’s good for the country I think and good for the game,” Koch said on 3AW Mornings.

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