The AFL has pulled Saturday's clash between the Sydney Swans and GWS Giants out of Ballarat in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria.
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The AFL decided late on Wednesday night to relocate the two Sydney clubs and Western Bulldogs to Queensland.
This also puts a cloud over the likelihood of the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide encounter being played at Ballarat's Mars Stadium on Sunday, July 25, as scheduled in such a fast moving landscape.
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The AFL is sending the three clubs to Queensland on Thursday morning.
A decision is still to be made on when and where the Swans and Giants will clash.
The Bulldogs play Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium on Saturday.
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The "Battle of the Bridge" was to have been Ballarat's second AFL game in as many weeks and the second of three in a row after the Gold Coast defeated the Giants in Ballarat on Sunday.
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