{"id":63164,"date":"2021-04-26T01:03:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T01:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63164"},"modified":"2021-04-26T04:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T04:58:47","slug":"reds-receive-permission-to-return-from-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63164","title":{"rendered":"Reds receive permission to return from lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queensland Reds have gained approval to return home to Brisbane, after detouring to Sydney from Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds played the Force on Friday evening, just before Perth entered a three-day lockdown &#8211; which started at midnight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/queensland-reds-covid19-perth-lockdown-super-rugby-au-news\/f711618d-317e-401f-b141-f194431fa9de\" title=\"The team managed to charter a flight to Sydney today\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The team managed to charter a flight to Sydney<\/a> and continued conversations with the Queensland Government about their &quot;safe return&quot; to Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stan.com.au\/sport?utm_source=wwos&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=rugby_article\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The only place rugby fans can watch every match is Stan Sport. Start your free sport trial now!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>The only place rugby fans can watch every match is Stan Sport. Start your free sport trial now!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They will fly back home on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have been successfully working with the Queensland Government to protect the health and safety of our staff, players and community. It&#x27;s essential we do this, and it will continue to remain a priority moving forward,&quot; QRU CEO David Hanham said.<\/p>\n<p>When the team returns they will quarantine at home, and will continue training in their bubble at Ballymore.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In line with the same successful model put in place last year, protocols will be taken to fence-off Ballymore with only essential players and staff allowed to enter the premises to ensure strict biosecurity measures are taken as outlined in our approved Queensland Government submission,&quot; Hanham said.<\/p>\n<p>Any players and staff that did not travel to WA who are currently in Queensland and who will join the &#x27;Ballymore bubble&#x27; during the week will also comply with the same home quarantine requirements. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6250014890001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/354971\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"English gun&#x27;s history-making hat-trick\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cknu9x19v000q0qpgizn3q0rn\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Reds will host the grand final in a fortnight, against either the Force or the ACT Brumbies.<\/p>\n<p>The Force leapfrogged Melbourne on the ladder with that stunning upset win last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/super-rugby-download-au-aotearoa-finals-confirmed-force-vs-brumbies-crusaders-vs-chiefs\/215a10f8-6a14-42e3-b0fa-7e935192b289\" title=\"and now travel to Canberra for Saturday&#x27;s qualifying final\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and now travel to Canberra for Saturday&#x27;s qualifying final<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will face the well-rested Reds. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;In addition to protecting the health and safety of everyone involved, these protocols are in place to ensure the team can continue their training preparations ahead of next Saturday&#x27;s Super Rugby AU Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium,&quot; Hanham said.<\/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=\"_blank\" 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 clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Queensland Reds have gained approval to return home to Brisbane, after detouring to Sydney from Western Australia. The Reds played the Force on Friday <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63164\" title=\"Reds receive permission to return from lockdown\">[&#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\/63164"}],"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=63164"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63171,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63164\/revisions\/63171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}