AFLW, BBL seasons impacted as Western Australia’s sports teams respond to five-day Perth lockdown

Western Australia’s move to a snap five-day lockdown, and the procession of states declaring Perth, the Peel Region and the south-west as hotspots, has thrown the state’s sporting teams into a scramble to ensure their seasons can continue.

Those teams currently on the road are being forced to stay living out of suitcases for their immediate futures.

For those teams currently in Western Australia, the issue is getting out of the state — especially when they have matches fixtured and potential quarantines to contend with.

AFLW season in chaos

West Coast and Fremantle both opened their AFLW seasons in Perth, but their scheduled matches in Adelaide on Saturday and Sunday respectively have been postponed, with no rescheduled dates named.