The Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power will make the mad dash to Victoria later today in response to the news that South Australia will enter a snap seven-day lockdown.
Both clubs will board a chartered flight this afternoon following the announcement this morning.
Port Adelaide were scheduled to face Collingwood at Adelaide Oval on Friday, while the Crows were locked in to face the Hawks on Saturday at the same venue.
It remains unclear at this stage whether the games will be rescheduled or played at a Victorian venue.
At the moment, 10 clubs in total will be based in Victoria from tonight, despite the earlier announcement that Victoria's lockdown will be extended for seven days.
Essendon, Brisbane, Gold Coast, GWS and Sydney are all currently based in Queensland.
South Australia will go into lockdown from 6pm tonight after the state recorded two new cases of coronavirus in the community.
Premier Steven Marshall confirmed the outbreak was the highly transmissible Delta strain.
"The reality is we are dealing with a different variant to last year's Parafield cluster," Mr Marshall said.
"This is a highly-infectious strain and that is why we are taking these extreme precautions."
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