The AFL is being urged by Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan to postpone its season-opening game as golf joins other sports in scrapping events because of cyclone warnings.
Fagan hopes common sense prevails and AFL hierarchy postpone the Lions’ scheduled fixture against Geelong at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday night.
Gold Coast’s scheduled home fixture against Essendon on Saturday is also under threat.
“The sooner the decision is made, the better,” Fagan told reporters on Tuesday.
“It’s just a game of football. The safety of family and friends and staff and fans is the priority, that is why common sense has to prevail.
“It’s a cyclone … I have seen the carnage they have caused at different periods of Australian history, so I’m not too keen on the idea of things going ahead if it’s going to be like that … it can’t, can it?”
AFL hierarchy was meeting in Sydney with a decision likely to be announced later Tuesday, with a postponement expected.
Fagan said it was “logical” to postpone the game until round three when both Brisbane and Geelong were scheduled to have byes.
Geelong coach Chris Scott also demanded a decision from the AFL ahead of some Cats players due to fly to Queensland later Tuesday.
“We do need to know,” Scott told SEN radio.
“Even in principle, the idea of getting on a plane and flying into the eye of a cyclone doesn’t sound like a great idea.”
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