More than 10,000 summons holders for Sunday night's NRL expansive final volition beryllium locked retired of Suncorp Stadium, aft the Queensland authorities introduced capableness limits for the match.
The authorities has recorded six caller COVID-19 cases, prompting a tightening of restrictions from 4pm today.
Included successful those restrictions is simply a 75 per cent capableness bounds for sporting events, including the expansive last betwixt Penrith and Souths.
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"It's going to beryllium unfortunate for people, and it is sad, but this is the wellness advice," said Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
The premier said the expansive last would person nary bearing connected immoderate determination regarding a lockdown for each of the Brisbane area, if that's what main wellness serviceman Jeannette Young recommends.
"None, perfectly none," she said.
"Let maine marque it precise clear, the wellness of Queenslanders comes first, and arsenic soon arsenic Dr Young says we request to determination into a lockdown, we will."
The NRL has confirmed the last 25 per cent of fans who purchased tickets volition beryllium the ones to miss out.
"We had 2 allocations of expansive last tickets. The archetypal was to the wide nationalist and the 2nd was aimed astatine fans of some expansive last teams,'' CEO Andrew Abdo said.
"The fairest mode to find who tin be the crippled is by prioritising the archetypal 75 per cent to acquisition tickets successful each allocation. Any instrumentality who nary longer wants to be volition besides beryllium capable to entree a refund."
"I privation to admit fans who volition present miss retired connected attending the expansive final. I cognize you had been counting down the days to a erstwhile successful a beingness acquisition and this volition beryllium hard quality to take, but this determination is retired of our hands."
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