Port Adelaide midfielder Ollie Wines’ spot in the Showdown may be in doubt following a breach of the AFL’s COVID-19 protocols which the AFL is investigating.
Wines conducted an interview with Channel 7 in Adelaide at his house on Wednesday night, despite restrictions stating that they must be done either at the club or online.
Caroline Wilson believes Port Adelaide are “not happy” about the situation.
“This interview — and the Port Adelaide Football Club have confirmed this — is in breach of the COVID-19 protocols,” Wilson told Footy Classified.
“Every player is told that — and Ollie Wines has a side-deal with Channel 7 — if you’re going to an interview, it has to be either at the club or via Zoom or whatever form of social media. That has been broken.
“Port Adelaide are not happy. They knew about the interview, but they didn’t know it was going to happen at Ollie Wines’ house.
“I’ve got absolutely no idea (if he’s going to miss the Showdown), but Ollie Wines I think was told he knew the rules, so we’ll see.”
The Showdown will have a crowd of 2000 people in attendance as COVID-19 restrictions ease in South Australia.
Kane Cornes provided the latest on the situation.
“I can give you an update on the Ollie Wines situation. He certainly won’t be going to the club this morning and Port Adelaide are just waiting for the AFL to give them word on the allowances for Ollie of going back to training," he told SEN SA Breakfast.
“If there’s been a safety breach with coronavirus the last thing the club would want to do is send Ollie back to the club and then have mix with the group and then all of a sudden the whole group is going to have to isolate.
“Right now this morning as his teammates are going back to training, Ollie will be staying at home until the club gets word from the AFL about what they’re allowed to do in this situation.
“It gets trickier by the day when we talking about quarantine and a big game on Saturday.”