At this stage, there's no dramas with the Canberra Raiders' trip to the Gold Coast to face the Titans next Saturday. But if the Brisbane COVID-19 scare grows then the NRL has the contingency plans in place for the Green Machine to make a safe trip north. The AFL was sent into a spin on Friday when the Victorian government declared Brisbane a hotspot, where one case of the coronavirus was revealed that day. But the fact the Raiders were playing on the Gold Coast - and not in Brisbane - combined with the fact the NRL has protocols in place had the league confident the game would go ahead as planned. They have the blueprint from last year where the NRL used chartered jets and teams flew in and flew out on game day if required.
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Topic: Gold Coast trip still on despite Brisbane outbreak
