{"id":102521,"date":"2021-07-20T06:24:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T06:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102521"},"modified":"2021-07-20T07:02:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T07:02:33","slug":"afl-players-desperate-calls-amid-covid-19-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102521","title":{"rendered":"AFL players&#039; desperate calls amid COVID-19 chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple players are calling for the AFL to break for a bye this weekend amid the COVID-19 chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The Herald Sun is reporting that players are pushing for the pre-finals bye to be brought forward.<\/p>\n<p>South Australia&#x27;s looming seven-day lockdown means the Showdown, between the Power and Crows, could be played this weekend instead of Round 21.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/adelaide-crows-port-adelaide-make-lastditch-flight-out-of-sa-amid-lockdown\/25c008d1-47bd-4130-933d-cc20def67aa4\" title=\"Both clubs were today scheduled to fly out of Adelaide\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Both clubs were today scheduled to fly out of Adelaide<\/a> but were halted.<\/p>\n<p>Players and staff from both clubs had their bags packed and were ready to fly out at 4pm, before being told by the AFL to turn around and head home.<\/p>\n<p>It means star Port Adelaide midfielder Travis Boak could be set to play his 300th AFL game in the Showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Port Adelaide are scheduled to host Collingwood on Friday at Adelaide Oval and the Crows are fixtured to meet the Hawks at the same venue on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>MORE TO COME&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Multiple players are calling for the AFL to break for a bye this weekend amid the COVID-19 chaos. The Herald Sun is reporting that players <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102521\" title=\"AFL players&#039; desperate calls amid COVID-19 chaos\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102522,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102521\/revisions\/102522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}