ARLC chairman Peter V'landys has confirmed that teams could be relocated to Central Queensland in a bid to enable the Telstra Premiership to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NRL is exploring the possibility of housing more than 500 players and coaching staff in a 1392-room purpose-built village at Calliope, near Gladstone. V'landys declared after the AFL’s decision on Sunday to suspend their competition for eight weeks that the NRL intended to continue and he said the game was taking all measures necessary to reduce the risk of players contracting the coronavirus.
"We’ve said from the outset that we’ll listen to the government advice and in particular the health authorities’ advice," V'landys told Channel 7 on Sunday night.
"We've also commissioned biosecurity and pandemic experts. We’ll continue to listen to that advice and at this stage they are telling us we can continue to play and while that is the case we’ll continue to play."
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Topic: Coronavirus NRL news: Central Queensland an option, says V'landys
