The Continuous Call Team Catch Up

The best (and worst) of The Continuous Call Team from this weekend.

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Michael Chammas, Rugby League reporter for the SMH and Channel Nine takes us through the latest and greatest NRL news with the Continuous Call Team.

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After a tumultuous 24 hours, the NRL has reached an agreement with the Queensland Government to continue the competition across Sunday and Monday, after all football was suspended due to Queensland's snap three-day Covid lockdown.

Having endured a gruelling 12 hour negotiation process, the NRL CEO proclaimed "I'm feeling a lot better today than this time yesterday."

Despite the frustration of finding out in real time, Abdo said "we will do anything we can do to help suppress the virus", and insists relations with the Queensland Government are strong.

"We want to make sure we keep playing."

However, should the threat resurface, Abdo went on to say "we're thinking beyond Queensland."

"It's important for us to be ready and have our contingency plans. The good news is the way we have the clubs structured in hubs and our protocols, it means we are able to create a shield which then protects the community and also protects the players. That allows us to operate as we've demonstrated throughout lockdown."

"Thinking about where we play the remainder of the season, the finals series and of course the grand final is in our minds. We talk about it every day and we're thinking about different scenarios."

"We also want to play where it's safe but also it'd be great to play in front of crowds, so we're really, really hopeful the situation improves in NSW and around the country."

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Canberra Raiders Coach Ricky Stuart tells The Continuous Call Team he’s proud of the way his side has adapted to the NRL bubble on the Gold Coast.

He says the Canberra group are a “very close bunch of players” and the dynamic in camp has been fantastic, especially with some families joining the side now too.

Take a listen to hear what he thought about the Ricky Stuart documentary on Fox League this week and a whole lot more.

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St George Illawarra Dragons back Zac Lomax has caught up with The Continuous Call Team from hotel quarantine on the Gold Coast.

He’ll finally be able to rejoin the playing group in a couple of days time once the 14 days quarantine is over.

Take a listen to hear how rehab is going, when he’ll be back playing for the Red V and also what he has to say to Dragons fans.

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Chair of the ARL Commission Peter V’landys has told The Continuous Call Team he hopes all the Round 20 fixtures will be completed by Monday night.

At this stage, V’landys believes three games will be played tomorrow and the remaining two matches on Monday.

The NRL are implementing more stringent biosecurity protocols to try and get the game back as quickly as possible.

One of those measures will be reducing the number of people who are at the stadiums on Game Day.

V’landys says “it’s been a challenging day to say the least”.

But he is focused on the job at hand and praises the Queensland Government and Premier for their support

In terms of next week, contingency plans are being put in place, however the hope is that the competition will go ahead as planned for next weekend.

“I’m just hoping the lockdown is lifted on Tuesday and we can go back to normal in Queensland and see the next five rounds out and possibly the Semi Finals and then make a decision on the Grand Final”.

The ARL Commission Chairman is confident a decision will be finalised on the rescheduled fixtures some point this evening to provide players and clubs with certainty.

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St George Illawarra Dragons Coach Anthony Griffin says it’s been a disappointing day for him and his team.

Off the back of a good week at training, the side were looking forward to heading up to Rockhampton for their clash today, but that will be rescheduled most likely to tomorrow.

Griffin believes that the NRL are trying to get all the matches for this Round done by Monday night.

The Rockhampton product was keen to get back to his old stomping ground and says it was tough for a lot of businesses and locals. 

They had prepped for a big day of business to only find out hours before that it was off which was a shame.

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