All NRL players and officials are back on restrictions as the COVID cluster in Brisbane grows

Leaving home to train and play only is the life of an NRL player again as Brisbane’s COVID cluster puts the season on a knife-edge

Bulldogs players have been ordered to isolate after playing the Broncos in Brisbane last weekend (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

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“Hopefully it (the virus) doesn’t get to a point where it was last year.

“But this is our job, so we will do anything to keep working and playing.

“We love our footy and we don’t want that to stop, definitely.”

Panthers forward Isaah Yeo welcomed the bubble’s return as a safeguard, as hard as it is for the players’ families.

“I think the partners worry about it more than the players,” Yeo said.

“It is just the way it goes. You don’t like to see it (the virus) grow like it is in Brisbane at the moment and hopefully we can go back to normal.

“They (the NRL) are just keeping on top of everything and are just being safe.”

A return to the bubble comes after Canterbury players and staff were forced back into a bubble.

The Bulldogs played in Brisbane last Saturday and Storms‘s Good Friday clash with the Broncos is still set to go ahead after the Brisbane flew to Sydney on Monday.

Originally published as All NRL players and officials are back on restrictions as the COVID cluster in Brisbane grows