NRL clash between Bulldogs and Roosters is CALLED OFF over a coronavirus scare
- Canterbury star Aiden Tolman’s children attend Laguna Street primary school
- A teacher at the school in Sydney’s south tested positive to coronavirus
- The match has been postponed until Monday night so Tolman can get tested
- Rugby Commission chairman Peter V’landys said players’ health comes first
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Sunday’s NRL game between the Bulldogs and the Roosters has been called off over a coronavirus scare.
Canterbury star Aiden Tolman’s children attend Laguna Street primary school, in Sydney’s south, where a teacher has tested positive to coronavirus.
The match has been postponed until Monday night so Tolman can get tested for the virus.
‘We’re not prepared to risk it,’ Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys said on Sunday.
It comes after a staff member at Rose Bay Public School in Sydney’s eastern suburbs (pictured) also tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday
‘The health of the players come first.’
The school will stop on-site learning until June 24 following the diagnosis, according to the NSW education department.
All 455 school students have been deemed close contacts of the employee and should start self-isolating, a statement from the department said on Saturday night.
‘The staff member has had contact with most students at the school during the period they may have been infectious,’ the statement said.
It comes after a staff member at Rose Bay Public School in Sydney’s eastern suburbs was confirmed on Friday to have tested positive for coronavirus.
The Rose Bay case was one of four confirmed in the 24-hour reporting period to Friday night, along with a locally-acquired case still under investigation.
More to come.