NRL Queensland hub: Four teams locked down on the Sunshine Coast to escape Sydney’s Covid situation

Hundreds of NRL players and staff touched down on the Sunshine Coast this week to escape Sydney’s Covid-19 crisis. Here is what they’re allowed to do during their visit.

NRL players and staff will only leave a Sunshine Coast resort for training and games for 14 days under strict rules for their stay in Queensland.

Players and staff from New South Wales teams the Knights, Panthers, Roosters and Sea Eagles will be based on the Sunshine Coast for at least four weeks to escape the Covid-19 situation in Sydney.

They arrived on Wednesday and will stay at the Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort at Twin Waters.

They are four of 12 clubs moved from New South Wales to Queensland to either the Sunshine or Gold Coasts and Brisbane.

NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo said the Twin Waters resort would effectively become a quarantine facility for two weeks.

“But they’ll effectively be locked out from the public,” he said.

It is understood what the players can do after two weeks will depend on local transmission rates of Covid-19.

The NRL will reschedule 23 games originally booked in for NSW with some expected to be played at the Sunshine Coast stadium.

It is understood the order of games, times or dates will not change.

A new draw is expected to be released next week.

Every club will be permitted a maximum of 41 players and staff while in Queensland.