In an unexpected move, all Victorian AFL teams will now be based in Queensland Credit: Getty. Victorian AFL teams to move to Queensland. All 10 Victorian AFL teams will leave the state later this week, with six to relocate to Queensland after a rise in Covid-19 cases forced the clubs to seek alternative temporary homes. (Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Richard Pullin)McLachlan added that the league would also set up a "transition hub" to allow players' families to join them in Queensland.Australia has been heralded as a global leader in containing COVID-19, but is now battling a surge of new cases in Victoria and clusters of infections in Sydney.Queensland, which has kept its border shut to travellers from Victoria, had no new infections in the last 24 hours.The AFL has been announcing its fixtures on a rolling basis due to the fluid COVID-19 situation and had yet to finalise its schedule after the next two rounds, McLachlan added.The move to Queensland has fanned speculation that the AFL's championship-deciding 'Grand Final' could be moved out of Melbourne for the first time.Other Australian states have long coveted the Grand Final which draws a capacity crowd to the 100,000-seat Melbourne Cricket Ground each September and a huge national TV audience.Please give an overall site rating:AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan said the teams would be based in Queensland state for up to 10 weeks and would not return to Victoria for home matches during the period. But we're not talking about that today. 7NEWS explains all the changes in the video above. ALL 10 Victorian AFL teams will be based in the Sunshine State, potentially until the end of the season, in a massive coup for Queensland sport. Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns has previously hosted eight games but has not been used since 2018, while Riverway Stadium in Townsville played host to its first AFL game last year.She also reiterated to McLachlan that the state wants something in return: this year’s AFL grand final.“He is looking to book accommodation for hundreds of players and officials at Queensland hotels for two months.”It’s expected the Sydney Swans and GWS Giants will not head north alongside Victoria’s 10 teams until or unless the state’s coronavirus outbreak and travel restrictions create an untenable situation.There are still five matches scheduled to be played at the SCG and Giants Stadium over the next two weeks.Four clubs - Geelong, Collingwood, Carlton and Hawthorn - are in or will soon enter a Western Australian hub but it’s understood Victorian clubs are bracing to finish the season in Queensland.A quarantine hub could be created to bring partners and children to Queensland before they join the players and their teams.Palaszczuk’s deal with the AFL could see the league base some teams in north Queensland.“I stress none of these measures can happen without strict quarantine protocols and the COVID management plan that has allowed the AFL season to proceed,” Palaszczuk said.“It means more more Queenslanders here can go to see that games.”AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has stepped up plans to make Queensland the home of footy amid Victoria and New South Wales’ expanding coronavirus concerns.“This is another way in which Queensland is helping Victoria. "There is no decision made on the Grand Final, this is about the home and away season.

McLachlan faced the media on Wednesday and stated the league were not able to announce fixtures changes as the AFLPA were still looking at competition compression.McLachlan would not make an announcement on the AFL Grand Final, stating no decision had been made yet on whether the event would be forced to be moved.Victorian-based sides were forced to leave the state two weeks ago in order to continue the home and away season, but due to the increase of local COVID-19 transmissions in New South Wales, teams that had been based in Sydney will now be moved across the border to Queensland.

"If the season is largely played in Queensland then I think it's only fair we also host the Grand Final," Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters on Wednesday.Like us on Facebook to see similar stories"If families and loved ones want to join their partners up in Queensland, we will facilitate this," he said. Three AFL games will also be played in local venue Cazaly’s Stadium in a move that was announced by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Friday morning.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has confirmed all Victorian clubs will be based in Queensland for up to 10 weeks as the league looks to complete a majority of the competition. Six Melbourne-based teams will relocate to Queensland to continue the AFL season due to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak in their home city. AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan said the teams would be based in Queensland state for up to 10 weeks and would not return to Victoria for home matches during the period. Plus the AFL is set to add an extra round to the fixture in order to get it completed. "We are not able to announce the fixtures yet but we are working with the AFLPA on what fixture compression is possible.

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