Richmond is off to the Queensland hub on the Gold Coast

[WilliamPowell]

surely he didnt complain abut that?

 I watched the enitre0 interview

He made a comment about it but it took as totally tongue in cheek

[Tigeritis™©®]

Why aren’t we at a “resort” like “other clubs”?

Are we disadvantaged because of this?

Was it out decision or the AFL.?

[Hard Roar Tiger]

surely he didnt complain abut that?

 I watched the enitre0 interview

He made a comment about it but it took as totally tongue in cheek

He should probably read the play and save his “jokes” for other subject matters - surely he’s smart enough to know the media will latch onto it. God knows he does enough media to work out how they think 

[one-eyed]

Caro also said the AFL has set up & booked for as long as needed 4 high performance centres on the Gold Coast. They'll include room for more players for us to go up along with staff and families. If I heard Caro right the latter will stay in a hotel such as the Royal Palm. Unlikely the players will come home now after their 32 days is up.

[one-eyed]

We'll be up in the hub for at the next 6 weeks if not far longer.

[one-eyed]

Ch 7 said clubs will hub now to at least to August 17.

[one-eyed]

Whateley and Barrett saying Vic clubs will be up in Qld for the rest of the H/A season.

[one-eyed]

Gil in his presser just now:

Qld to be the base for the competition.

Clubs to be up in Qld for up to next 10 weeks which equates to end of H/A season.

Partners/Families allowed to go up. They will spend initial 14 days in a separate transition hub before joining players.

[one-eyed]

These hubs are costing the AFL northwards of $3m a week.

[Rampsation]

Disastrous financial situation for all clubs and the afl. Theres going to be massive red ink everywhere this year.

[WilliamPowell]

AFL 2020: Victorian clubs move to Queensland confirmed in fixture reveal

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has confirmed the league is making an unprecedented mass migration to Queensland.


AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has confirmed Brisbane is the new home of football with Victoria’s clubs to call Queensland home for the rest of the 2020 regular season.

With all 10 Victoria-based clubs last week escaping Victoria before the border with NSW was shut, the league confirmed today that the clubs were now facing 10 weeks on the road.

On a dramatic day for the AFL, McLachlan confirmed:

• The rest of the home and away season will not include any more matches in Victoria, unless there is a dramatic change in the state’s alarming coronavirus transmissions

• The next 11 rounds of the season will need to be squeezed into a nine week window before the start of the finals series

• Tasmania and the Northern Territory could host matches

• Teams based in Perth and Adelaide have special exemptions to continue to fly in and fly out of Queensland on the day of games

• The MCG remains the likely venue to host the 2020 AFL grand final; and

• Each Victorian club setting up camp in Queensland will be allowed a combined 100 players and staff inside the Queensland bubble.

“The clear plan is to make Queensland the base for our competition,” McLachlan said.

“We are not able to announce fixtures yet. We are still working through the final details, their (AFLPA) support has been fantastic.

“We will continue to keep our game alive for fans, for clubs and the jobs. We persevere.”

The league does not have any matches scheduled beyond July 27 after it was only able to lock-in matches for Round 8 in a fixture announcement last week.

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The AFL earlier confirmed Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s statement that more Victorian clubs and hundreds of players were moving to Queensland.

The league confirmed eight of the 10 Victorian clubs would call Queensland home, while two more would be based in Perth.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan confirmed Victorian clubs would move to Queensland.Source:AAP

The Sydney Swans and GWS Giants will also be forced north at some stage as a result of the rising number of coronavirus cases recorded in Sydney this week.

Before McLachlan’s Wednesday press conference, reports revealed the wives and families of players would be allowed to travel with the teams as they faced an extended period living away from home.

The family members will also be held to the same strict biosecurity protocols that players have agreed to as part of the bubbles that have isolated players from the general public in recent weeks. That includes a 14-day quarantine period after arriving in Queensland.


https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2020-victorian-clubs-move-to-queensland-confirmed-in-fixture-reveal/news-story/17057d580da8f200b28da3f28e6afe96

[one-eyed]

Caro just said we along with Essendon & Melbourne will get first preference to add to their squad given all have smaller squads up there. That means Nank & Prestia will head up and do their rehab in Qld.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

I wonder if Shedda and Bachar will eventually make their way up?

[WilliamPowell]

I wonder if Shedda and Bachar will eventually make their way up?

I would think with Bachar's mother in ICU in the fight of her life with #COVID19 that he won't be going anytime soon

[Gracie]

I wonder if Shedda and Bachar will eventually make their way up?

I would think with Bachar's mother in ICU in the fight of her life with #COVID19 that he won't be going anytime soon

But he would not be allowed to visit her nor enter the hospital she is in, so it wouldn't matter where he was

The biggest thing would be the emotional affect on him.