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  • Markwebbos
    Veterans List
    • Jul 2016
    • 7186

    #31
    Originally posted by Mel_C
    Fixture for Rounds 9-12 has been released. There will be games every day of the week. No games in Sydney for us. We play GWS in Perth!

    Round 9
    Saturday August 1
    Saints v Swans GABBA 5:10pm

    Round 10
    Thursday August 6
    Collingwood v Swans Metricon 5:40pm

    Round 11
    Bye

    Round 12
    Thursday August 13
    Swans v Giants Optus Stadium 6:10pm
    Why are they making us fly to Perth to play GWS? Or will we be in a WA Hub?

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    • goswannies
      Senior Player
      • Sep 2007
      • 3049

      #32
      Where does the club stay when it stays at the WA hub and how long they will be there for the round 12 match?

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      • 707
        Veterans List
        • Aug 2009
        • 6204

        #33
        All looking fairly dodgy. When is the abandoned Dees - Injectors game going to be played?

        So difficult to get a form line on any team at present, very open flag this year.

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        • Markwebbos
          Veterans List
          • Jul 2016
          • 7186

          #34
          Looks like Swans will stay on in WA to play Freo and the Weagles.

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          • liz
            Veteran
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 16764

            #35
            Originally posted by Markwebbos
            Looks like Swans will stay on in WA to play Freo and the Weagles.
            We've already played the Weagles.

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            • bloodspirit
              Clubman
              • Apr 2015
              • 4448

              #36
              Originally posted by Mel_C
              Fixture for Rounds 9-12 has been released. There will be games every day of the week. No games in Sydney for us. We play GWS in Perth!

              Round 9
              Saturday August 1
              Saints v Swans GABBA 5:10pm

              Round 10
              Thursday August 6
              Collingwood v Swans Metricon 5:40pm

              Round 11
              Bye

              Round 12
              Thursday August 13
              Swans v Giants Optus Stadium 6:10pm
              That's pretty well spaced. No complaints.

              They have to send opponents to WA for Freo & WC, but the opponents have to play each other first while they are quarantining. I think we can be fairly confident our Round 13 game will be v Freo. Then back to the SCG for Round 14, if circumstances permit.
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              • Markwebbos
                Veterans List
                • Jul 2016
                • 7186

                #37
                Originally posted by liz
                We've already played the Weagles.
                You are quite correct. I was going off Jake Niall in the Age.

                Struggling to understand how we’ll be allowed to play a game in WA just one week after playing a game in QLD?

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                • Meg
                  Go Swannies!
                  Site Admin
                  • Aug 2011
                  • 4828

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Markwebbos

                  Struggling to understand how we’ll be allowed to play a game in WA just one week after playing a game in QLD?
                  Because we are playing a fellow Sydney team ‘in quarantine’. (We are allowed to infect GWS [emoji3]).

                  But we would not be able to play Freo (or WCE) without being in Perth for 14 days ‘quarantine’.

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                  • Markwebbos
                    Veterans List
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 7186

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Meg
                    Because we are playing a fellow Sydney team ‘in quarantine’. (We are allowed to infect GWS [emoji3]).

                    But we would not be able to play Freo (or WCE) without being in Perth for 14 days ‘quarantine’.
                    I can see how that would work, but I thought everyone going to WA still has to self isolate for 2 weeks?

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                    • Meg
                      Go Swannies!
                      Site Admin
                      • Aug 2011
                      • 4828

                      #40
                      2020 Fixture (revamped)

                      Originally posted by Markwebbos
                      I can see how that would work, but I thought everyone going to WA still has to self isolate for 2 weeks?
                      It’s a rule that’s been ‘made up’ by WA health authorities specifically for the AFL. Collingwood and Geelong played each other under this ‘rule’ at Optus last weekend without having been in Perth for 14 days.

                      It’s based on the fact that the interstate clubs are in an isolated hub when in Perth, supposedly without contact with Western Australians. But they can’t play either Freo or WCE until they have served the 14-day quarantine period.

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                      • cherub
                        Warming the Bench
                        • May 2010
                        • 239

                        #41
                        The interstate teams self isolate in their hotels and training ground. There is a defined distance around the playing field, including the first 2 rows of the stadium seats. They don't have contact with the public for 2 weeks, starting from when they first reach Perth. I'm not sure what they do about food.

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                        • Markwebbos
                          Veterans List
                          • Jul 2016
                          • 7186

                          #42
                          Thanks for explaining

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                          • Meg
                            Go Swannies!
                            Site Admin
                            • Aug 2011
                            • 4828

                            #43
                            Originally posted by cherub
                            They don't have contact with the public for 2 weeks, starting from when they first reach Perth. I'm not sure what they do about food.
                            Or cleaning their rooms. Or washing their sheets etc. Or driving the bus to the ground (assuming they have to use a bus).

                            But I suppose these contacts are very minimal risks.

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                            • cherub
                              Warming the Bench
                              • May 2010
                              • 239

                              #44
                              The room cleaning, sheet washing would be common to hotel quarantine all around Australia, so there should be set protocols for that ( hopefully not involving staff sourced from WhatsApp). The ushers/security at the ground wore masks and gloves, and changed gloves if ever they had to touch a ball. If the ball was considered a potential risk, they haven't covered crowd contact, but it would be fleeting.

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                              • barry
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 8499

                                #45
                                It's a TV draw, not a fan friendly draw. Swans v giants should be in Sydney and probably should have been last week.

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