Speaking to SEN 1170 Breakfast, V'landys flagged the possibility of moving the Storm as early as Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
"We're going to look at the Melbourne Storm today," V'landys said.<\/p>\n
"We may take them out and bring them to a resort in New South Wales where they can train in isolation.<\/p>\n
"There's a possibility at some point that the New South Wales and Victorian borders may close, and we can't take that risk.<\/p>\n
"We've got to be two to three steps ahead, we were last year, and we hope to be again this year.<\/p>\n
"We've got strategies for all scenarios, we're ready."<\/p>\n
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V'landys revealed that the NRL had its own expert in contact with health officials in both states, and was seeking advice on how to act.<\/p>\n
"We have our own expert who keeps in touch with the health authorities. We get very good information, and we have set ourselves three options," he said.<\/p>\n
"One option at the moment was to have our players have life as normal \u2013 they may have now gone out the window with what's happened in Victoria.<\/p>\n
"We have a medium scenario, where we allow players certain freedoms and not as harsh as what they were last year. The third one was what we had last year.<\/p>\n
"The matter that will change everything is the vaccine and how successful the rollout is."<\/p>\n
As it stands, the Melbourne Storm still have clearance to train and their trial match against the Knights does not appear to be in jeopardy.<\/p>\n
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