Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has burned Barnaby Joyce for his coronavirus breach as he defended AFL players inept mask wearing.
West Coast and Fremantle stars shared a plane from Perth to Melbourne on Tuesday, with several players slammed for not correctly wearing their masks.
In his coronavirus press conference on Wednesday, McGowan dismissed the criticism of the Eagles and Dockers teams, saying they didn t do a Barnaby Joyce . I don t think what they have done is any great offence, he told reporters. I understand that people make mistakes and I just urge them to wear the mask properly.
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An awkward photo of two of AFL s fiercest rivals forced to share a chartered flight while fleeing lockdown has summed up a city divided.
West Coast Eagles and crosstown rivals Fremantle Dockers fled on Tuesday after Perth and the surrounding Peel area was plunged into a four day lockdown late Monday night due to new community coronavirus cases.
All but two of the 18 AFL teams are now based in Victoria as large swathes of the nation battle to control fresh virus outbreaks.
Western Australian based players were given little notice to pack and farewell loved ones before heading the airport, where they spent several hours waiting on buses on the tarmac before boarding a chartered Virgin flight.
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The news is the last thing the under-fire Suns need with their season once again threatening to fade out after back-to-back defeats to Fremantle and Port after the bye.
Those losses have left the Suns languishing in 16th going into the trip to Tasmania to face the Kangaroos.
Pictured: Lachie Weller of the Suns kicks the ball during the 2021 AFL Round 13 match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Gold Coast Suns at Optus Stadium on June 12, 2021 in Perth
Key defender Sam Collins, who has missed the past two games with an ankle complaint, is again unavailable. It s improving slowly, but with Sam missing the last couple of weeks he needs a little block of training before being available for selection again, Bull said.
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