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The AFL may need to pause the season after eight Sydney and GWS players were forced into isolation, premiership-winning coach Adam Simpson says.
Star forward Toby Greene is among eight players from the Giants and the Swans now isolating in Queensland after attending a COVID-19 exposure site.
The eight players were made unavailable for Sunday night s game between GWS and Sydney in Queensland.
The AFL may need to pause the season after eight Sydney and GWS players were forced into isolation, premiership-winning coach Adam Simpson says
The AFL says 15 players and staff members from the two Sydney-based clubs attended the Wallabies Test match against France in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
West Coast captain Luke Shuey faces more scans after injuring a calf muscle in his AFL side s 42-point beating of Adelaide.
Shuey, who had hamstring surgery in April, was substituted in the final quarter of the Eagles 14.14 (98) to 8.8 (56) victory.
Shuey has played only five games this season - Sunday night s Adelaide Oval fixture was his third since returning after 11 rounds out.
West Coast captain Luke Shuey faces more scans after injuring a calf muscle in his AFL side s 42-point beating of Adelaide
The dynamic on-baller also has a history of calf issues but coach Adam Simpson describes his skipper s latest injury as calf awareness .
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As the AFL’s 2021 season comes closer to the pointy end, the chatter around coaches for next year, especially among the non-finalists, will intensify.
One of the issues that springs to mind is whether clubs should seek a favourite son – a coach who has played for the club – or seek an outsider, as in a coach who at no time played for the club.
In looking at this I have examined premiership coaches from the last 50 years, from 1970 to 2020 inclusive, in terms of whether the coach has been a player at the club in question or whether from outside.