Swans coach explains pre-game COVID chaos in historic come-from-behind win
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Sydney coach John Longmire has lauded his clubâs come from behind win over GWS, following the pre-game COVID chaos.
Both teams lost players due to COVID protocols, with the Swans withdrawing Callum Mills, Harry Cunningham and Colin OâRiordan. The Giants meanwhile had to remove Toby Greene and Matt De Boer as they attended the rugby union, a Tier 2 COVID site in Victoria.
The Swans came back from a 35-point deficit to run down the Giants, with Longmire visibly emotional in the rooms.
The Sydney coach explained just how chaotic the pre-game situation was.
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GWS star Toby Greene is among eight players from the Giants and Sydney Swans to have been forced into isolation and ruled out of the AFL’s Sydney club derby at late notice after attending a COVID-19 exposure site.
The AFL confirmed 15 players and staff members from the two Sydney clubs attended the Wallabies’ match against France in Melbourne on Tuesday night and were in an area of AAMI Park that has since been reclassified as a Tier 2 exposure site by the Victorian Government.
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