AFL star Dane Swan’s South Melbourne pub The Albion shuts down after Covid-19 scare

AFL star Dane Swan’s South Melbourne pub The Albion shuts down after Covid-19 scare


Dane Swan has been forced to temporarily shut the doors on his South Melbourne pub, The Albion, after a staffer tested positive for Covid-19.

A statement shared to the venue’s Instagram account on Saturday read: ‘Due to a staff member testing postiive to Covid-19 we are unable to open our venue tonight Saturday 27/11/2021. 

‘All staff and management have to be tested and isolate until they receive a negative result,’ it continued. 

Pause: Dane Swan (pictured) has been forced to temporarily shut the doors on his South Melbourne pub, The Albion, after a staffer tested positive for Covid-19 

‘We are devastated and would love to open tonight however public health and the safety of our staff and patrons is the most important thing to us’.

Dane has had a hard month, having injured himself last weekend in Sydney, suffering a horrific hand gash.  

On Tuesday, he recalled the shocking incident on his podcast Hump Day with Swanny and Friends.

A statement shared to the venue's Instagram account on Saturday read: 'Due to a staff member testing postiive to Covid-19 we are unable to open our venue tonight Saturday 27/11/2021'

A statement shared to the venue’s Instagram account on Saturday read: ‘Due to a staff member testing postiive to Covid-19 we are unable to open our venue tonight Saturday 27/11/2021’

The place to be: The popular pub (pictured) is a South Melbourne staple

The place to be: The popular pub (pictured) is a South Melbourne staple

The 37-year-old explained that he simply ‘fell over’ on a night out in the harbour city ‘well after midnight’. 

On Instagram, he shared a photo of the bloody wound with the caption, ‘Sydney 1 Dane 0,’ before adding ‘a trip away with me is never boring though’.

Earlier this year, the Collingwood superstar urged the general public to get vaccinated.

Ouch: Dane has had a hard month, having injured himself in Sydney last week, suffering a horrific hand gash

Ouch: Dane has had a hard month, having injured himself in Sydney last week, suffering a horrific hand gash

He got the jab and shared a post urging his almost 250,000 followers to do the same.

‘Yep I just got vaccinated, why?’ he wrote. ‘Cause I hate being stuck behind my front door being treated like a prisoner in the state I live in.’

He then claimed that mass vaccination is the only way that lockdown will end and society will return to normal. 

Plea: Earlier this year, the Collingwood superstar urged the general public to get vaccinated

 Plea: Earlier this year, the Collingwood superstar urged the general public to get vaccinated

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