Australian football codes could be 'beamed out to the rest of the world' if sporting authorities found ways to safely restart their season, according to MsFionaScott
Australian football codes could be "beamed out to the rest of the world" if sporting authorities found ways to safely restart their season, according to former Liberal MP Fiona Scott. The NRL has announced it is planning to resume its season on May 28, but federal Sports minister Richard Colbeck said that plan was "optimistic.
The AFL has no return date while the rugby union team, the NSW Waratahs, are on the verge of standing down their players without play as the code grapples with the coronavirus restrictions. Ms Scott told Sky News Australia "advantageous geography" means our sporting codes could return to the field sooner than their international counterparts. "We have so many isolated communities that we could house rugby league teams or rugby union teams or soccer or AFL," she said.
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