PNG Hunters coach Matt Church briefs training squad.
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34 players and management staff had been isolating together in a quarantine bubble in Port Moresby for the past nine days as they await approval to travel to Queensland to compete in the Super Cup.
The travelling party underwent a second round of Covid-19 testing on Thursday, with the full squad returning negative results yesterday.
But because one person tested positive during the first round of testing, the rest of the squad are regarded as close contacts and must quarantine for 14 days.
The PNG Hunters will be based in Queensland for the 2021 season.
The Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league team s departure to Australia has been delayed again after one person tested positive for Covid-19.
The PNG Hunters have faced a series of hurdles in their efforts to relocate to Queensland.
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34 players and management staff had been isolating together in a quarantine bubble since Thursday afternoon after receiving approval to travel by Queensland Health Authorities.
After undergoing a Covid-19 test, one result was classified as inconclusive on Friday before further testing confirmed it to be a positive case on Saturday evening.
PNG Rugby Football League Acting CEO Stanley Hondina said: an urgent hook up meeting was held between all parties in PNG and Australia and a decision was made to delay the team s departure tentatively to next Sunday February 14, 2021.