{"id":96285,"date":"2021-07-07T02:46:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=96285"},"modified":"2021-07-07T02:57:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:57:43","slug":"rabbitohs-cowboys-clash-moved-to-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=96285","title":{"rendered":"Rabbitohs-Cowboys clash moved to Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NRL has moved Friday night&#x27;s clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/south-sydney-rabbitohs-v-north-queensland-cowboys-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321172\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"the Rabbitohs and Cowboys\">the Rabbitohs and Cowboys<\/a> to Newcastle to prevent the visitors from being forced into quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>While Greater Sydney is currently subject to a lockdown in an effort to squash an outbreak of COVID-19, Newcastle remains COVID-free, with Queensland Health determining that the Cowboys could fly in and out of the city without being placed under heavier restrictions on their return home.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night&#x27;s switch comes after the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2021-north-queensland-cowboys-todd-payten-dean-young-covid-19\/924fa5c4-18f9-4478-a9dd-9b9d24d46811\" title=\"Cowboys had a local COVID scare to deal with\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cowboys had a local COVID scare to deal with<\/a>, sending coach Todd Payten and player Griffin Neame into isolation.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"fea43e32-794b-4848-b71a-b348dc69720f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/fea43e32-794b-4848-b71a-b348dc69720f\" alt=\"Todd Payten. (Getty)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While it was initially expected both would have to isolate for 14 days due to their &#x27;close contact&#x27; status to a positive case, that status was changed by Queensland Health yesterday after further investigation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/north-queensland-cowboys-coach-todd-payten-let-out-of-isolation\/70e7946d-c20e-45f0-865a-3d4851f3b4f6\" title=\"Both Payten and Neame are now out of isolation and have re-joined the squad\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Both Payten and Neame are now out of isolation and have re-joined the squad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/north-queensland-cowboys\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Cowboys\">Cowboys<\/a> will fly in and fly out of Newcastle on game day, with the kick-off time remaining at 7.55pm (AEST).<\/p>\n<p>The shift away from Stadium Australia will also allow the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/south-sydney-rabbitohs\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Rabbitohs\">Rabbitohs<\/a> to ticket the match, with a crowd of up to 50 per cent of capacity at McDonald Jones Stadium allowed.<\/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 NRL has moved Friday night&#x27;s clash between the Rabbitohs and Cowboys to Newcastle to prevent the visitors from being forced into quarantine. 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