Although Irish import Vikki Wall has played in front of large crowds before, nothing quite matches the experience of playing footy in a stadium that has a reputation like that of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

"I think even being here (the MCG), it's fairly simple to understand the relevance of having an AFLW game here and it being before the men's final is a good step for AFLW," Wall told reporters at the venue.

Wall came to the stadium in 2019 for the AFLW Draft Combine but now she'll have the opportunity to display her skillset in front of a substantial crowd when the North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos take on Melbourne on Friday night.

"It's really exciting and comparing it to our game back home where I think we had 49,000 for our final, it's going to be a great occasion for women's sport in general (to play at the MCG)," Wall said.

It's been a hectic period for Wall since touching down in Australia, but the Irishwoman says she's loving her time at the club.

"I've really been enjoying it so far, it's definitely been interesting learning and getting used to the rules, but the girls have been great with bringing me onboard and management have been really helpful," said Wall.

Despite being a Gaelic Football star in Ireland, there are aspects of the Aussie game that have surprised Wall since starting her career in the AFLW.

"During training, marking the ball and not hearing that it's been called 'touched' and then being surrounded by everyone straight away is a little bit of a shock to the system," said Wall.

"I'm getting accustomed to being tackled more but I think it's probably the part of the game I was looking forward to most before coming here.

"Back home we do a similar gym regime and stuff like that, but we probably don't get to use our physicality as much as we'd like.

"I think in a positional sense, trying not to lead too early is definitely the type of thing I'm getting used to."