{"id":67755,"date":"2021-05-06T01:09:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T01:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=67755"},"modified":"2021-05-06T02:07:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T02:07:59","slug":"longmire-isolating-after-covid-19-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=67755","title":{"rendered":"Longmire isolating after COVID-19 scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/sydney-swans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sydney Swans\">Sydney Swans<\/a> coach <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/john-longmire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"John Longmire\">John Longmire<\/a> and his assistants are reportedly in isolation as they await the results of COVID-19 tests, after visiting a Moore Park cafe at the same time as a man who has since tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/roosters-to-undergo-covid-testing-after-potential-cafe-exposure-20210506-p57pc1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sydney Morning Herald\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> reports Longmire, along with several assistants, visited the Azure Cafe just after 1pm on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Health lists the cafe as an exposure site between 12.30pm and 1pm, with anyone who attended the site during that time considered a casual contact, meaning they must get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans are <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/live-scores\/melbourne-v-sydney-swans-afl-home-and-away\/113760805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"due to play competition leaders Melbourne\">due to play competition leaders Melbourne<\/a> at the MCG on Saturday night, with the club believed to be contemplating travelling early to prepare, a move than has now been complicated by the fact coaching staff are awaiting test results.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"8afc52b4-b512-42c8-a1e1-935f6730a54f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/52095e7c-d2b5-4e92-b48b-46816605c1a7\" alt=\"Sydney Swans AFL coach John Longmire\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Swans are based at the SCG, a short distance from the Azure Cafe at Moore Park. The Sydney Roosters NRL club, who are based nearby, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/sydney-roosters-covid19-scare-nrl-in-isolation-moore-park-azure-cafe\/0530b835-3d4d-45b4-b136-d77f7082f322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"have also been caught up in the scare.\">have also been caught up in the scare.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Herald reports the AFL is insisting all players and staff from both the Swans and GWS Giants get tested in the wake of the latest instance of community transmission.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants are scheduled to host Essendon at Homebush on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<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!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sydney Swans coach John Longmire and his assistants are reportedly in isolation as they await the results of COVID-19 tests, after visiting a Moore Park <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=67755\" title=\"Longmire isolating after COVID-19 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\/67755"}],"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=67755"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67757,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67755\/revisions\/67757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}