NRL players and club staff currently in Greater Sydney will return to COVID-19 bubble-like restrictions, unable to leave home except to attend training or for an essential activity.
Key points:
- NRL has reintroduced level-three restrictions for players currently based in Sydney
- They will have to stay at home unless they are taking part in an approved activity
- NRL staff involved in Sunday’s State of Origin II were set to be flown into Brisbane to avoid potential border closures
Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak has prompted the NRL to act swiftly to enact level-three restrictions, banning players from using public transport or attending crowded places such as shopping centres, restaurants and cafes.
Only pick-up and takeaway food is allowed.
Players and staff in Greater Sydney have been told to stay at home unless they take part in an approved activity, but they are able to walk their dog or go to a park with their kids.
The bubble-like restrictions come at the worst possible time for most NRL players, with a full-round bye this weekend when men’s and women’s State of Origin games are held in Queensland.
Most players not involved in the weekend’s representative games have been given time off with their families and those who have already left the area are not subject to the new restrictions.
For those still in Sydney, however, activities such as golf and surfing are also banned.
It comes as NRL staff involved in Sunday’s State of Origin II were set to be flown into Brisbane to avoid potential border closures.
The NSW government announced today 10 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases.
The Queensland government has declared Waverley LGA a hotspot but the NRL has confirmed that none of the State of Origin players were subject to the border restrictions.
NSW staff and players are in camp just south of the Queensland border in Kingscliff, but have not yet received advice to move into Queensland for Sunday night’s game.
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