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Fremantle's clash against Port Adelaide will now start at 4.50pm CST

Sunday's clash with Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval has been moved back by 40 minutes as the AFL reschedules the round 11 fixture amid the current COVID-19 situation in Melbourne.

Bouncedown has moved to 4.50pm CST (3.20pm WST) from 4.10pm CST (2.40pm WST).

The game will be broadcast live into Perth on Channel 7, Fox Footy and can be streamed on Kayo.

The changes come as two round 11 matches have been transferred to Sydney venues and the Western Bulldogs-Melbourne, top-of-ladder blockbuster will stay scheduled in the Friday night slot at Marvel Stadium, pending negative COVID-19 tests from Demons players.

The changes were announced by AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan on Thursday afternoon after the Victorian government again placed the state into a seven-day lockdown after a surge in coronavirus infections.

Sunday's Richmond-Adelaide match, initially scheduled for the MCG, has been moved to Giants Stadium on the same day, beginning 2.10pm. This is to allow ease of access for Crows players back to South Australia, after that state cracked down on border controls with Victoria.

Saturday night's Gold Coast-Hawthorn game, to have been played in Alice Springs as a key feature of Sir Doug Nicholls Round, has been transferred to the SCG with a 7.40pm start time.

No crowds will be allowed to attend the three Melbourne matches in round 11 – Dogs v Demons, Collingwood versus Geelong at the MCG on Saturday, and St Kilda versus North Melbourne on Saturday twilight at Marvel Stadium.

After a Demons player had entered a COVID-19 exposure site, all players at the club were sent for tests, with all needing to be negative to ensure Friday night's match takes place.

"Regardless of his test result, the player present at the T1 exposure site will undertake the 14-day mandatory isolation," the Demons said in a media statement.

Victorian health officials confirmed 12 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday morning, taking the total number linked to the cluster in Melbourne's north to 26. 

Acting Victorian premier James Merlino announced a seven-day lockdown for the entire state to begin from 11.59pm AEST Thursday evening. 

It comes as Port Adelaide and Essendon players all received the tick of approval to return to training.

Updated round 11 fixture

Friday, May 28
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne, Marvel Stadium, 7.50pm AEST

Saturday, May 29
Collingwood v Geelong, MCG, 1.45pm AEST
Brisbane v GWS, Gabba, 2.10pm AEST
St Kilda v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium, 4.35pm AEST
Gold Coast v Hawthorn, SCG, 7.40pm AEST
West Coast v Essendon, 5.40pm AWST

Sunday, May 30
Richmond v Adelaide, Giants Stadium, 2.10pm AEST
Sydney v Carlton, SCG, 3.20pm
Port Adelaide v Fremantle, Adelaide Oval, 4.40pm ACST 

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