{"id":111303,"date":"2021-08-03T23:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T23:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=111303"},"modified":"2021-08-04T00:56:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:56:34","slug":"round-21-saved-as-nrl-unveils-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=111303","title":{"rendered":"Round 21 saved as NRL unveils new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queensland government has given the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"NRL\">NRL<\/a> the green light to play out of Suncorp Stadium and Gold Coast&#x27;s Cbus Super Stadium, alleviating the need for the code to leave the state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/coronavirus-queensland-update-latest-covid-19-case-numbers-fears-virus-spreading-north-as-critical-health-staff-in-isolation\/d42097a2-a0ce-4a6a-ae19-1daf2917ed01\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Fresh COVID-19 concerns in the sunshine state\">Fresh COVID-19 concerns in the sunshine state<\/a> raised questions about the NRL finishing the regular season in Queensland but ARL Commission boss Peter V&#x27;landys says there is no immediate plan to move the competition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/newcastle-knights-v-brisbane-broncos-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321211\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Broncos-Knights clash\">The Broncos-Knights clash<\/a> \u2014 originally scheduled for Sunshine Coast Stadium \u2014 will move to Suncorp Stadium for Thursday night&#x27;s opening clash of Round 21, while <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs-v-wests-tigers-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321217\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sunday afternoon&#x27;s Bulldogs v Wests Tigers clash\">Sunday afternoon&#x27;s Bulldogs v Wests Tigers clash<\/a> will now be played on the Gold Coast after initially being scheduled at Redcliffe.<\/p>\n<p>The NRL has moved to Level 4 protocols in light of the recent spike in cases which means matches will be held across a reduced set of venues. Suncorp Stadium will host three games over three days, with Cbus Super Stadium to stage five matches.<\/p>\n<p>The NRL has invested about $15 million to move the competition to Queensland and if there isn&#x27;t an increase in cases over the weekend as a result of of the state&#x27;s lockdown, the code is expected to remain there.<\/p>\n<p>The NRL is hoping to avoid an expensive move to Melbourne as a last resort option, with NRL affiliated families to leave quarantine today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7.50pm: Knights v Broncos at Suncorp Stadium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6pm: Raiders v Dragons\u00a0at Cbus Super Stadium<\/p>\n<p>8.05pm: Eels v Rabbitohs at Cbus Super Stadium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3pm: Warriors v Sharks at Cbus Super Stadium<\/p>\n<p>5.30pm: Roosters v Panthers at Suncorp Stadium<\/p>\n<p>7.35pm: Sea Eagles v Storm at Suncorp Stadium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.50pm: Bulldogs v Tigers at Cbus Super Stadium<\/p>\n<p>4.05pm: Titans v Cowboys at Cbus Super Stadium<\/p>\n<p><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> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Queensland government has given the NRL the green light to play out of Suncorp Stadium and Gold Coast&#x27;s Cbus Super Stadium, alleviating the need <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=111303\" title=\"Round 21 saved as NRL unveils new schedule\">[&#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\/111303"}],"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=111303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111304,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111303\/revisions\/111304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}