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nrl first; games from round 2 in empty stadia afl to follow suit for round 1 you'd expect

gil was meant to front a presser at 5pm but it's obviously delayed

spot on (but don't feed the troll)

media aren't getting their reporting correct; all going with 'cancellation' when the actual recommendation is 'advising against' "Based on the advice we have received today about the increasing number of cases on the evidence of community transition, it has been recommended to us that we moved to a position by Monday where we will be advising against organised non-essential gatherings of persons of 500 people or greater — from Monday."

good to see the govt is gonna do some woodworking... this coag presser is just like a post-match presser; can't hear the questions

coag set to confirm ban for crowds of over 500 schools and universities like to be shuttered next week too

yet china has been praised by the who for their response to handling this pandemic... it is quite extraordinary what this is doing to the world

probably so either way, can't see him playing rd 1...mind you, can't see rd 1 being played at all!

i believe he was tested for it; results ain't been released

months? try 18 of em...that's how long current estimates are for them to have a flu jab for it to be good to go to mass market

i've come around to the thinking that they'll play all three talls at either end, and go with the kids over the not-quite-kids-anymore, primarily cos of the belief that jackson can play in any spot on the ground can't see salem getting up if he has glandular fever / covid-19 B: Jetta - May - Lever HB: Lockhart - O Mac - Hibberd ? Langdon - Petracca - Tomlinson HF: Jones - T Mac - Melksham F: Weideman - Fritsch - ANB Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Harmes - Jackson - Brayshaw - Pickett Emerg: Spargo - Bedford - Sparrow - Brown

and, iirc, he'd already been dropped to the vfl by then cos his form forward of the ball was appalling he was always a natural defender, but he's not an all-australian calibre player; well, at least not yet

yep the free to air networks hate it cos more goals = more ads = more revenue i don't mind the concept behing 16-a-side but i don't think that it'll make a lick of difference in terms of increased scoring now, reduce the competition to 16 or 14 sides - as there's already too many teams, and thus too many ordinary players - and you might see an improvement in overall skill level but instead the afl is likely to go the other way and increase the size of the comp to 20 teams

Set to miss just round 1, according to afl site He was rusty as against the hawks; needs more playing time - presuming there actually will be football this season...

Discussing it at work today one coworker reckons this is the perfect opportunity to go to a 17 round season; delay season start til Anzac Day Eve etc I personally don’t mind if we kick off the season with a blockbuster against the reigning premier

Does anyone really want our boys flying to and from Perth on a virus laden tin can? I can’t see how round 1 can go ahead unless the afl guarantees chartered flights; even then you’d want the pilots and staff screened

NBA season suspended; Rudy Gobert the first player to test positive confirmed

Meh, it's an easy joke Max will say it too Nick Larkey from north did today

Could be Salem with glandular fever

what i saw of peptides vs puddy tatts was atrocious

based upon 5 mins of viewing, north look like they're going to be a thuggish team - so many late hits and physical acts to try and intimidate very reminiscent of the way they appeared to play in the scratch match vs us as well as the way the hawks went about their game

good to see i'm not the only one who thought barrett might be a good journo (muckraker?) but as an interviewer he leaves a lot to be desired

if blues lost cripps they would be in huge trouble he'll likely drag them singlehandedly over the line in a couple of games

BuT TheY gOt JaCk MaRtIn!!

about jennings?