Australian Rugby / RA
- Thread starter Dave Beat
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Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Yep, one thing I've long admired about Michael is his pride in that gold jersey. I don't think I've seen too many players who have played harder for the Wallabies than him in the last decade.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
Or, better still, consign this brainfart to the rubbish bin of history.
dru
David Wilson (68)
It's not even rugby.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
after Vic's new COVID-19 spike, Queensland has announced that any Queensland team who plays against a Melbourne team in Queensland is required to quarantine after the match for 14 days.
They just say "Melbourne Team" nothing about if they've been quarantining already or out of the state for over 2 weeks, so hopefully Melbourne in Canberra will be fine. Just means Rebels players can't go home 2 weeks before playing QLD.
They just say "Melbourne Team" nothing about if they've been quarantining already or out of the state for over 2 weeks, so hopefully Melbourne in Canberra will be fine. Just means Rebels players can't go home 2 weeks before playing QLD.
KevinO
Geoff Shaw (53)
Well the Reds are meant to travel to Melbourne next week,
I think other states will experience a increase in Covid numbers shortly, Melbourne has taken the same measures as other states. It's just happened here first. Yes, it's worse for Melbourne and Sydney cause the hotel quarantine here as our air ports are the only ones accepting international flights.
Would seem like we're heading towards none of Victoria's sporting teams returning to Victoria prior to the competitions finishing. AFL is obviously going to be the most difficult given how many Victorian teams there are. They are surely staring down the barrel of their competition having to stop if they don't though.
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
Yeah give the Rebels the bye in week 2 and make it Brumbies v Reds
EDIT: that won't work either. The only viable option now is to sit the Rebels out in week 1 and the Force play in their place. But are they ready for that? Also, as Reg says, if the Rebs are going to stay away for 10 weeks, who pays?
EDIT: that won't work either. The only viable option now is to sit the Rebels out in week 1 and the Force play in their place. But are they ready for that? Also, as Reg says, if the Rebs are going to stay away for 10 weeks, who pays?
Is this going to make it unworkable for every competition unless Victorian teams leave Victoria and Queensland teams leave Queensland?
The NRL is probably the only one who can manage it easily enough as there is only 1 Victorian team and 3 Queensland teams.
The NRL is probably the only one who can manage it easily enough as there is only 1 Victorian team and 3 Queensland teams.
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
Have RA & RUPA settled the pay issue?
The announcement of the 14 day quarantine for Qld sporting teams having played a Victorian team is new so presumably the July 10 stuff will be changing in respect to Victoria at least.
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
Why is that easier than having 1 Victorian team and 1 Queensland team?
Because 40% of our 5 team competition is from Victoria or Queensland.
25% of the NRL being from one of those states is still significant but with only one Victorian team presumably if they decide they aren't returning to Victoria at all then exemptions can be given at some point. They also have more flexibility to rejig a draw and group matches between "difficult" clubs.