Crowd numbers will be cut for Melbourne Storm's next home game on the Sunshine Coast amid growing concerns over social distancing arising from Sunday's match against Newcastle.
Queensland Health's current policy is that stadiums can hold up to 50% of their normal capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions. There were similar concerns after the Storm's match against the Titans at the same venue in round 10.
Qld had 0 positives from 8,800 tests since yesterday, catastrophic numbers.
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