Seventeen players have been selected to form part of St Kilda's COVID Contingency List to further support the competition in circumstances where clubs are impacted by AFL COVID health and safety protocols.

The new Playing List Guidelines are designed to provide clubs with flexibility to navigate circumstances of increased COVID-19 risk whilst also maintaining the integrity of the competition and not materially impacting second-tier competitions across the country. The protocols have been introduced as a risk mitigation measure and will only be implemented if the circumstances required.

The AFL has already told all clubs that it intends to play the fixture as scheduled this year and that the competition will continue to play on as we learn to live with COVID.  

If a club is down to 30 already listed available players as a result of the COVID health and safety protocols, a club may will be allowed to activate a player from their contingency list to participate in training.

If that number falls below 28 available players, then the club will be able to pick the player to feature in an AFL game but the clubs will need to prioritise the selection of AFL-listed players where possible. Only if the number of available players is impacted by COVID protocols – and not through regular injury and fitness issues – will a top-up player be eligible to play. 

COVID Contingency List