THE AFL is confident most clubs would vote in favour of granting a 17th team licence if the Kangaroos decide against relocating to the Gold Coast.

Increasing the pressure for the Kangaroos to accept the league's $100 million package to head north, the AFL believes most of the Roos' rivals would prefer them to shift than stay in Melbourne.

AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick said most clubs preferred the Kangaroos to relocate to the Gold Coast rather than have a new team started there from scratch.

”I think there'd be a preference in general that the Kangaroos went north,'' Fitzpatrick said.