Fifteen players and staff from GWS and Sydney were classified as tier two contacts after attending the Wallabies v France Test at AAMI Park, throwing Sunday’s Sydney derby into chaos. agerealfooty
Toby Greene, Matt de Boer and Callum Mills are out of the Sydney derby after being among a group of 15 Swans and Giants players and officials caught up in the COVID-19 scare at this week’s Wallabies versus France Test match in Melbourne.
There were five late changes to the game with Swans Harry Cunningham and Colin O’Riordan also forced out due to health protocols. De Boer had been the Giants’ medi-sub.Players and staff had entered AAMI Park via Gate 7 of the venue and sat in rows 25-42 of zone two which has now been reclassified as a Tier 2 exposure site by the Victorian Department of Health.
Initially fixtured to be played at Giants Stadium, Derby XXI was earmarked to be held in Canberra in the wake of Sydney’s COVID outbreak only to be moved to Ballarat. Those plans were then foiled by Victoria’s battle to contain the virus.
“Each of these players and staff members, currently located in Queensland and under Queensland Department of Health requirements must isolate until notified by the Department.
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