While the venue of the final State of Origin game has been moved to Newcastle, round 17 of the NRL will remain in the metropolitan areas.
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There was speculation last week some of this weekend's matches were possibilities to move to regional areas to escape the ever changing COVID-19 in situation in Sydney.
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Mudgee, Dubbo, Bathurst and Wagga Wagga have all hosted an NRL game this season while Tamworth will host a match between the West Tigers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
The NRL has been working on attempting to get exemptions for Melbourne Storm players to re-enter Victoria without quarantining.
"There is still a lot of uncertainty on a number of different levels to do with the COVID situation around Greater Sydney and the Central Coast," NSWRL CEO David Trodden told NRL.com.
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Tom Barber
I cover a mixture of news and sport for the Liberal after graduating from university in 2020. If you've got a story feel free to flick me a message tom.barber@austcommunitymedia.com.au
I cover a mixture of news and sport for the Liberal after graduating from university in 2020. If you've got a story feel free to flick me a message tom.barber@austcommunitymedia.com.au
