Saturday’s Rugby Championship test between Australia and Argentina on the Gold Coast is in crisis because members of Argentina’s squad are reportedly locked out of Queensland.
The Courier Mail reports that eight Pumas players and staff can’t get back into Queensland after a day trip across the state border to Byron Bay in New South Wales on Wednesday.
The players reportedly include Argentina captain Julian Montoya and two staff members, including the team manager.
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The Pumas lost to Australia in Townsville last Saturday night.
They tried to return to their Gold Coast base on Wednesday night but were stopped by police on the border and refused entry to Queensland.
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The players and staff had to stay the night in a Kingscliff hotel, just south of the state border, after visiting a health retreat in Bryon Bay, Nine News reports.
Those crossing the Queensland border from northern New South Wales can travel for essential work and compassionate or medical reasons.
However, the Pumas’ recreational visit to a health retreat did not meet the threshold.
On Wednesday, two new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Byron Bay and Kyogle in northern New South Wales.
The cases came as Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, which are close to the Queensland border, were returned to the border bubble from 1am on Wednesday (local time) after stay-at-home orders were lifted.
The Pumas are bottom of the Rugby Championship table ahead of the final round and winless after losing 27-8 to the Wallabies in Townsville last Saturday night.
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