The AFL is being urged by Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan to postpone its season-opening sport as golf joins different sports activities in scrapping occasions due to cyclone warnings.
Fagan hopes widespread sense prevails and AFL hierarchy postpone the Lions’ scheduled fixture in opposition to Geelong on the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday evening.
Gold Coast’s scheduled dwelling fixture in opposition to Essendon on Saturday can also be beneath risk.
“The earlier the choice is made, the higher,” Fagan informed reporters on Tuesday.
“It is only a sport of soccer. The security of household and pals and workers and followers is the precedence, that’s the reason widespread sense has to prevail.
“It is a cyclone … I’ve seen the carnage they’ve brought about at totally different intervals of Australian historical past, so I am not too eager on the concept of issues going forward if it’ll be like that … it could’t, can it?”
AFL hierarchy was assembly in Sydney with a call more likely to be introduced later Tuesday, with a postponement anticipated.
Fagan mentioned it was “logical” to postpone the sport till spherical three when each Brisbane and Geelong had been scheduled to have byes.
Geelong coach Chris Scott additionally demanded a call from the AFL forward of some Cats gamers because of fly to Queensland later Tuesday.
“We do must know,” Scott informed SEN radio.
“Even in precept, the concept of getting on a airplane and flying into the attention of a cyclone does not sound like a terrific concept.”
AAP
