{"id":51126,"date":"2021-03-29T03:25:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T03:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=51126"},"modified":"2021-03-29T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T08:58:41","slug":"broncos-set-for-sydney-amid-covid-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=51126","title":{"rendered":"Broncos set for Sydney amid COVID scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Broncos will call Sydney home for the next fortnight as the team prepares to base itself in the Harbour City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/queensland-coronavirus-update-lockdown-brisbane-four-new-cases\/a914cadb-1e23-4ab6-8e60-51ba3bebe2e1\" title=\"to avoid complications stemming from Brisbane&#x27;s COVID scare.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">to avoid complications stemming from Brisbane&#x27;s COVID scare.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interim CEO Neil Monaghan has revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/covid-queensland-brisbane-broncos-melbourne-storm-private-jet\/55733d34-3d92-4305-9d4e-4ebde8b4c29c\" title=\"all players and football staff will be flown on a charter flight to Sydney \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">all players and football staff will be flown on a charter flight to Sydney <\/a>on Monday afternoon and set up a mini-hub where they will remain until after Round 5&#x27;s clash against the Rabbitohs.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The players and staff have taken the changes in their stride, and while it&#x27;s tough on many of our team with young families, they are keen to get on the road and prepare for a great challenge against the Storm,&quot; said Monaghan.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We will then stay in Sydney to get ready for the Rabbitohs game, which will ensure the continuity of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"f3b37893-1d43-4e2e-aa94-797caf3d7d9b\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/f3b37893-1d43-4e2e-aa94-797caf3d7d9b\" alt=\"Kevin Walters will have a fight on his hands to turn around the fortunes of the Brisbane Broncos. (Getty)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Coach Kev Walters and all the players and staff are seeing this time on the road as a great opportunity to further strengthen their team bond, especially coming off the back of a morale-boosting win.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The team will base itself in Sydney to prepare for Friday night&#x27;s game against the Storm in Melbourne before returning to face South Sydney the following week.<\/p>\n<p>The changes have come into effect after a snap three-day COVID lockdown was declared in the Greater Brisbane area.<\/p>\n<p>A decision on the team&#x27;s return to Brisbane after the Rabbitohs game will depend on how the lockdown plays out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Broncos will call Sydney home for the next fortnight as the team prepares to base itself in the Harbour City to avoid complications stemming <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=51126\" title=\"Broncos set for Sydney amid COVID scare\">[&#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\/51126"}],"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=51126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51128,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51126\/revisions\/51128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}