Football
The Crows and Port Adelaide will play a Saturday night Showdown at Adelaide Oval on June 13, as the AFL today announced fixture details of the 2020 season reboot.
Football
Port Adelaide assistant coach Michael Voss is hopeful AFL clubs’ planned adherence to season restart protocols will convince the South Australian government to further ease restrictions sooner than expected.
The Adelaide Crows admit breaking AFL coronavirus protocols, and have apologised for a group of players training en masse.
South Australia’s two AFL clubs could be given dispensation to avoid quarantine periods as they face the prospect of playing away games only when the season resumes.
AFL boss Gillon McLachlan believes the prospect of players spending up to 20 weeks in isolation hubs has been overblown and it remains the “most extreme scenario”.
Adelaide United will seek an Australian coach to take over from Dutchman Gertjan Verbeek, who has ended his tenure at the A-League club.
Manton St Tales
Gertjan Verbeek’s premature departure as Adelaide United coach gives an opportunity for a South Australian to step up, writes Spiro Karanikos-Mimis.
Whether players are allowed to take families into quarantine hubs shapes as the most significant hurdle in negotiations as the AFL attempts to formulate a plan to restart the season.
Football
Every state remains a contender to host quarantine hubs when the AFL restarts, league boss Gillon McLachlan says.
Soccer
Australia’s soccer hierarchy concede there’s scant chance of the A-League resuming before June.
The AFL has joined the growing trend of sports across the globe to consider isolating all teams in one or possibly two locations in an attempt to recommence its 2020 season.
All 18 AFL clubs will survive the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the league’s chief executive Gillon McLachlan says.
Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas admits the future of the AFL club’s long-standing state league outfit could be in jeopardy as the sport grapples with the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Almost all community sport has shut down in Australia but one royal and ancient game is living on across the nation.
