Corona impact on NRL...?

[GNR4LIFE]

Cancellations are the first step towards total lockdown

 

[happy_tiger]

Skyfire in Canberra is cancelled (edit: postponed sorry), and a personality on the radio station promoting it has now said that the Raiders Titans game tonight will be closed to spectators. Nothing official yet, but for a 6 o'clock kickoff, I'm expecting it at any second.

Still a rumour at this point, on Kristen Davidson Facebook page.

My understanding is the Cows v Broncos game has the go ahead from the State Govt


There's a stadium to open. Lots of hand shaking to be had. Or maybe they'll ankle tap, bow, curtsey, elbow bump, rain dance....who knows?

There are very few cases on CV in Nth Qld ...we only just got our 1st case in CQ today .......

 

[WT2K]

https://twitter.com/MCarayannis/status/1238338965557506048?s=19
Club bosses have been told in a phone conference round one will continue as normal but fans will be locked out in round two

 

[rustycage]

Skyfire in Canberra is cancelled (edit: postponed sorry), and a personality on the radio station promoting it has now said that the Raiders Titans game tonight will be closed to spectators. Nothing official yet, but for a 6 o'clock kickoff, I'm expecting it at any second.

Still a rumour at this point, on Kristen Davidson Facebook page.

My understanding is the Cows v Broncos game has the go ahead from the State Govt


There's a stadium to open. Lots of hand shaking to be had. Or maybe they'll ankle tap, bow, curtsey, elbow bump, rain dance....who knows?

There are very few cases on CV in Nth Qld ...we only just got our 1st case in CQ today .......

I don't want to sound like the ultimate pessimist, or some wet blanket. We as a country however seem to be lagging behind the rest of the world in taking real action on this. Seems like the typical Australian she'll be right mentality. Things could really come back to bite us on this one. This whole thing started with just one known infection remember. Let's hope the real brains of the world can work out how to kill it off sooner rather than later.

 

[Geo]

Coaches happy to play behind closed doors
Author
Brad Walter & Alicia Newton & Brett Keeble
Timestamp
Fri 13 Mar 2020, 02:53 PM

NRL coaches Trent Robinson, Wayne Bennett, Ivan Cleary and Adam O'Brien have detailed the steps their clubs have taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

As the issue evolved at a rapid pace on Friday, three of the competition's most revered mentors and a rookie coach explained what had been going on in clubland.

Robinson said health scares like the one the world is facing forced everyone to consider what is truly important.

"We love rugby league and this is my life but when you think about how it is affecting our families and it is affecting people across the world ... we have to respect that," Robinson said.

"I know COAG [Council of Australian Governments] are meeting ... whatever decision they come to and then the NRL comes to then we will do it. I think all of it will be around containment and stopping the spread and in particular protecting our elderly."

Bennett said his players would be able to adjust if all matches are forced to be played behind closed doors.

"I don't think we need to play in front of crowds. We train pretty hard and we never get a crowd at training," he said.

"I know players well enough to know they are all competitive. If you tell them that no one is going to be there but it is going to be televised live throughout Australia then they will do their job.

When you think about how it is affecting our families and it is affecting people across the world ... we have to respect that

"Crowds are important and they create atmosphere and all of that but it is a difficult time at the moment so if the decision is made to play without crowds then at home you’d still get the footy and I’m sure Channel Nine and Fox won't lose any viewers over it."

Robinson shared Bennett's view on the prospect of playing in empty stadiums.

"We love playing so there is no problem with us playing without a crowd. You love playing with your mates so it goes back to the basics of footy and why you play so if it comes to that we will do that.

"If that is the directive then we are fine with that. If that is the best thing for heatlh in NSW, Australian and we can continue to offer entertainment for people at home … we have already talked about it and the players are ready for either scenario."

Cleary said it would be an unusual situation for his players if they were forced to play in an empty stadium against the Roosters on Saturday night.

"It is not something you would expect but I guess we train like that every day and if that is the case that is how it's got to be," Cleary said.

"It has just been an hour-by-hour situation the past few days. I guess we are no different to anyone else.

"We are just preparing to do what we can do, and that is play footy. As long as the game is still on that is what we are preparing for and that is all we can focus on."

O'Brien, who is scheduled to make his NRL coaching debut against the Warriors at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday, praised the game's governing body for the way the issue has been handled.

"Look, it wasn't in the manual, but the NRL have been really transparent and they're in constant dialogue with the clubs," O'Brien told the media before the team trained in Newcastle on Friday.

"I know our club is very proactive in the measures it's taking to limit any potential infection within the group.

"I understand there's some measures to be taken in terms of fan interaction, and that's unfortunate in the community that we live in.

"It's really important that we do connect with our community, but unfortunately, at the same time, we need to respect the situation that we're in."

 

[hobbo1]

Inject every player with Corona ...
Play on !

 

[happy_tiger]

Coaches happy to play behind closed doors
Author
Brad Walter & Alicia Newton & Brett Keeble
Timestamp
Fri 13 Mar 2020, 02:53 PM

NRL coaches Trent Robinson, Wayne Bennett, Ivan Cleary and Adam O'Brien have detailed the steps their clubs have taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

As the issue evolved at a rapid pace on Friday, three of the competition's most revered mentors and a rookie coach explained what had been going on in clubland.

Robinson said health scares like the one the world is facing forced everyone to consider what is truly important.

"We love rugby league and this is my life but when you think about how it is affecting our families and it is affecting people across the world ... we have to respect that," Robinson said.

"I know COAG [Council of Australian Governments] are meeting ... whatever decision they come to and then the NRL comes to then we will do it. I think all of it will be around containment and stopping the spread and in particular protecting our elderly."

Bennett said his players would be able to adjust if all matches are forced to be played behind closed doors.

"I don't think we need to play in front of crowds. We train pretty hard and we never get a crowd at training," he said.

"I know players well enough to know they are all competitive. If you tell them that no one is going to be there but it is going to be televised live throughout Australia then they will do their job.

When you think about how it is affecting our families and it is affecting people across the world ... we have to respect that

"Crowds are important and they create atmosphere and all of that but it is a difficult time at the moment so if the decision is made to play without crowds then at home you’d still get the footy and I’m sure Channel Nine and Fox won't lose any viewers over it."

Robinson shared Bennett's view on the prospect of playing in empty stadiums.

"We love playing so there is no problem with us playing without a crowd. You love playing with your mates so it goes back to the basics of footy and why you play so if it comes to that we will do that.

"If that is the directive then we are fine with that. If that is the best thing for heatlh in NSW, Australian and we can continue to offer entertainment for people at home … we have already talked about it and the players are ready for either scenario."

Cleary said it would be an unusual situation for his players if they were forced to play in an empty stadium against the Roosters on Saturday night.

"It is not something you would expect but I guess we train like that every day and if that is the case that is how it's got to be," Cleary said.

"It has just been an hour-by-hour situation the past few days. I guess we are no different to anyone else.

"We are just preparing to do what we can do, and that is play footy. As long as the game is still on that is what we are preparing for and that is all we can focus on."

O'Brien, who is scheduled to make his NRL coaching debut against the Warriors at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday, praised the game's governing body for the way the issue has been handled.

"Look, it wasn't in the manual, but the NRL have been really transparent and they're in constant dialogue with the clubs," O'Brien told the media before the team trained in Newcastle on Friday.

"I know our club is very proactive in the measures it's taking to limit any potential infection within the group.

"I understand there's some measures to be taken in terms of fan interaction, and that's unfortunate in the community that we live in.

"It's really important that we do connect with our community, but unfortunately, at the same time, we need to respect the situation that we're in."

Robbo said "we don't already play behind closed doors for home games "

 

[Don Kershane]

Team face masks could be an idea for NRL marketing -the Roosters mask would be quite amusing.

 

[Tigerdave]

Interesting times

 

[Hangonaminute]

For some clubs playing without a crowd will feel totally normal for them.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

There might be 18000 at a packed Leichhardt Oval. When I walk in I might have close contact with 200 people. In my seat I’m around maybe 10 people. Let’s triple the total to account for moving around. So I’m in direct contact with maybe 600 people.
Today I caught the train to work, used elevators all day, had lunch in a cafe, had a Friday arvo beer in a packed pub and caught train home. Now I didn’t count but easily close contact with more than 600 people.
The lockout argument is nonsensical.
The ‘essential’ gathering of more than 500 is ok apparently, meaning That public gathering is not going to be deadly.
We are so reactionary. Even our supposed top minds. 48 hours ago all was fine. American sport overreacts and we all follow like lost sheep.
Think people, think!

 

[hobbo1]

So this round will go ahead but Greenberg said they’re likely to cancel round 2
Anyone living in the Blue Mountains who hasn’t got Foxtel are more than welcome to come to my joint to watch the game ..
Entry fee will be a 6 pack of Corona and 1 Dunny roll...

Cheers
Hobbo !

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Playing in empty stadiums is only a bandaid solution. Clubs won’t survive more than a few weeks.

 

[Don Kershane]

3000 at Hillsong conference this weekend . they will be ok -just wave the germs away.

 

[cochise]

Playing in empty stadiums is only a bandaid solution. Clubs won’t survive more than a few weeks.

Especially when they have to refund memberships!

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

At the end of the day all you can do is that you take all the precautions necessary.

Unfortunately in this life no one is guaranteed safety.

 

[TillLindemann]

Roosters will do well adjusting to playing in front of no fans lol.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Roosters will do well adjusting to playing in front of no fans lol.

Home ground advantage.

 

[NT_Tiger]

BREAKING: Government has given advice to ban gatherings of more than 500 people. Story from @CUhlmann @NRLonNine @9NewsSyd

Umm.... Like a school or workplace?

It's fairly ridiculous. I understand trying to stop spread, but that should be down to the individual self-isolating and not forcing things to close down.

For example, if they were to cancel a football match, you are talking around 20K people within approx 0.5 square kilometre of each other. Individually you'd come into close contact with perhaps a few hundred people as you walk into and out of the ground, get a beer, use the toilet. I can't cough onto the young family in the boxes or behind the tryline. So they would cancel this.

But you are free to catch a train right now into town at peak hour, when you would be automatically sharing a enclosed cabin with about 50-100 people, on a platform with 1000 people, touching railings of several thousands of people have already touched it that day, going to a place where 10s of thousands of people are working and milling about.

Tonight alone tens of thousands of people will probably be out and about, drinking and eating, getting less and less careful with their bodily selves as the beers pile up.

But of course you need to think about banning football? Don't get it.

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

 

[TCL]

Roosters will do well adjusting to playing in front of no fans lol.

The crowd figure will still show 15000. That’s were roosters crowd count starts.