Farren Ray, Nick Dal Santo and Leigh Tudor have welcomed the AFL's decision to abandon the Grand Final replay in favour of extra time, but all prefer a 'golden goal' to decide the winner.

The trio are well versed to talk about the scrapping of the Grand Final replay, having been involved in St Kilda's drawn Grand Final against Collingwood in 2010 as a player and assistant coach.

In the event of a draw, teams will now play two five-minute halves each way, plus time-on.

However, if scores are still level by the end of the second half of extra time, the siren will not sound until any score – goal or behind – is registered.

Ray said the "right call" had been made, but would have much preferred a goal to decide the flag instead of a point.

"It'd be nice for the Grand Final to be decided after kicking a goal," Ray told NMFC.com.au on Thursday.

"It might be a bit of an anti-climax (with a) point going through, but there has been a couple of famous points over the time."

Dal Santo backed the Grand Final rule change, echoing Ray's thoughts.

"I actually like the idea of getting it over and done with on that particular day," Dal Santo said.

"I would've liked to have seen you had to score a goal to ultimately win it in that extra time part, but I just think the actual concept of putting it all into one day is a lot better."

Tudor, who worked under Ross Lyon as an assistant coach at the Saints, added that the 2010 Grand Final replay had taken its toll on the Saints' playing group, both physically and mentally.

"It's a long week; it just took a lot out of everyone," Tudor said.

"First of all recovering from the game, but then all the little things that you had to do – it was just too long so I'm absolutely rapt they've made the decision they have."