Richmond is off to the Queensland hub on the Gold Coast

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Just announced by the Qld premier.

Richmond along with Carlton, St Kilda, North, Essendon and the Bulldogs heading up to Qld.

Divided between the Gabba and Metricon. 4 teams will play at one venue and two at the other.

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Sunshine coast hub will have Carlton & St Kilda.

NSW hub - Melbourne & Hawthorn.

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The Western Bulldogs, Essendon, Richmond and North Melbourne will relocate to the Gold Coast.

“Essentially, Queensland is going to be the home of the AFL, they should give us the grand final after this,” Palaszczuk said.

“Four teams are going to be on the Gold Coast and two on the Sunshine Coast.

“There will be a lot more matches at the Gabba (Brisbane) and Metricon (Gold Coast) and of course our capacity is 50 per cent of the public being able to go see these sports stars in action.

“(They’ll be here) for the rest of the season, is my understanding.”

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/the-six-afl-clubs-heading-to-queensland-hub-c-1142364

So Tiger fans in Qld like Julz will be able to go.

[Lozza]

Suits our style of play, less dependence upon contested marking due to the more dewy conditions up there.

[Diocletian]

Just glad it's not the concrete knee & ankle killer of Optus or cold & crappy Adelaide....

[pmac21]

Yeah, who'd want to spend 4-6 weeks on the goldy in July.  These guys should be thanking the gods.

[mightytiges]

BT just said they've been notified that a couple of senior Tiger players aren't going up to the hub. Didn't mention names though.

[Diocletian]

Houli & Edwards....

[Knighter]

Houli & Edwards....

Dow and Naish to come in

[mightytiges]

They said during the call that Houli's wife gave birth a couple of days ago (?).

[WilliamPowell]

Jon Ralph saying Houli and Edwards won't be going and that's it

[Knighter]

Houli, Edwards, Prestia, Cotchin, Nank, Biggy, Martyn & Cumberland. That’s a lot

[Knighter]

Houli would have been dropped anyway

[one-eyed]

Tom Browne just said Richmond flies out on the last AFL flight tomorrow at midday.

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Experienced Tigers and young cubs snub hub

By Riley Beveridge
afl.com.au
5 July 2020

A GROUP of experienced Richmond players will not journey with the team to the Queensland hub, with the club's football boss Neil Balme revealing that a number have elected to stay home with their families.

The club is due to travel to Queensland to continue the season on Monday, though a number of Tigers have informed Balme and coach Damien Hardwick that they would like to remain in Victoria.

It comes as Balme also revealed that a select group of younger Richmond prospects also wouldn't travel to Queensland for the foreseeable future and would instead remain at home to further their development.

The reigning premiers are due to play Sydney at the Gabba next week, before facing North Melbourne at Metricon Stadium in round seven as Victorian teams are forced interstate to deal with a fixture heavily impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

"There's a couple (of senior players) that won't go," Balme told radio station 3AW.

"We'll probably make a decision on some of our younger guys. There are a few guys who are unlikely to get a game … we'd almost be wasting their time going up.

"We think we'll leave them back here with some coaches so that they can get genuine one-on-one improvement. Later in the season, they'll be able to make a difference … rather than almost making the numbers up.

"When we're on the Gold Coast, we'll be focused on winning game after game after game and you won't be doing as much development of the players who aren't going to play. We'll do that down here with them.

"All of that is a bit of a challenge. Things probably will change as we go along. As we've seen over the last few weeks, what you've thought is going to happen tomorrow sometimes doesn't happen tomorrow because things do change with it.

"We need to be flexible with all of that."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/461857/experienced-tigers-and-young-cubs-snub-hub