‘We were pretty shocked’: Melbourne man speaks out about contracting Covid-19 at AAMI Park

A Melbourne man has spoken out about contracting Covid-19 while watching the rugby superspreader game with his godfather.

A young Melbourne man has opened up about contracting Covid-19 at a “super spreading” rugby match at AAMI Park.

Software engineer Zac and his godfather Pete were spectators at the Wallabies vs France test match on July 13, which was later listed as a Tier 1 exposure site in certain areas.

The 21-year-old from Hawthorn later tested positive to the virus and was thrown into 14 days of hotel quarantine at the Holiday Inn, 9 News has exclusively reported.

Before that he had initially returned two negative tests.

Zac said he wasn't feeling “too crash hot” for the first two days he was symptomatic.

Zac contracted Covid-19 at AAMI Park where he went to watch the Wallabies match on July 13. Picture: Nine News

He went with his godfather Pete who is also in quarantine but has so far tested negative. Picture: Nine News

While the pair sat together during the match, they arrived separately and lined up outside the venue with the busy crowd that streamed into the stadium.

“I actually recall going through the entry gate thinking this is pretty chockablock,” Zac told 9 News.

“Lot of shoulder-to-shoulder, very long queues.

“It struck me as just how potentially disastrous that queue could have been.”

Large crowds were seen lining up at the entry gates for the Wallabies vs France match at AAMI park. Picture: Allen Stephens/Twitter

Zac said the ‘very long queues’ had a lot of ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ contact. Picture: Brianna Travers

Pete said the pair was “pretty shocked” to find out a few days later they were at a Tier 1 exposure site.

“We … then immediately went into 14 days of kind of lockdown into our houses,” he said.

Pete, aged in his 40s, is fully vaccinated with Pfizer, and has so far returned negative tests.

“It's pretty incredible that Zac, who is obviously a lot younger and not eligible to have the vaccine, that we have come out with very different outcomes.”

So far, ten infections have been linked to AAMI Park. Four of those were recorded on Friday.

Thousands of people who attended the match and sat in tier 1 locations were also placed into isolation.

They will begin getting their day 13 tests at the weekend and must return a negative result in order to leave quarantine.