Breaking: The NRL is considering relocating the entire competition to Queensland as COVID-19 restrictions threaten to bring the season to a halt for a second time
The NRL is considering relocating the entire competition to Queensland as COVID-19 restrictions threaten to bring the season to a halt for a second time.
NRL powerbrokers have been working on contingency plans the past 48 hours, which include moving all 16 teams to Queensland in the coming weeks - a bubble plan which has been discussed in detail in the past.It comes as Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk declared Liverpool and Campbelltown in Sydney's south-west as COVID-19 hotspots, areas in which dozens of NRL players reside.
"They are ready to go, if in fact the borders shut again and we're in lockdown again, Peter V'landys will pick up the teams and move them to Queensland or anywhere else he has to do to keep the competition going. He will do everything and anything he can to play. They've got it prepared. They're ready. Planes are at the ready."The Melbourne Storm are based in the Sunshine Coast, forced to relocate over a week ago as the COVID-19 situation escalated in Victoria.
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