When sports after sports and league after league shut down or postpone their seasons, the Australian Football Association goes against the stream.

The men's A-league and the women's W-league will play on, ahead of empty stands.

There are six rounds of A-league left before the playoffs begin, and according to the league's league manager Greg O'Rourke, it is better to play the matches now than to try to piece together a schedule later.

But if any player gets infected by the corona virus, the union will reconsider its decision.

"Then we have to give in to the health restrictions we are being advised to then," says O'Rourke at a press conference in Sydney, reports the country's media.

The towonen in quarantine

However, two teams, Wellington from New Zealand and Ola Toivonen's Melbourne Voctory, will have to postpone their upcoming matches.

The team met in Wellington this weekend and as Australia introduced a two-week quarantine for everyone arriving from abroad, the two teams are also in quarantine. Wellington has now agreed to play all remaining matches in Australia.

- It was difficult then. This is a unique and precarious situation that is difficult to put into words. We are human beings and have emotions. Obviously we should not have played this match. We play in a league that has a team that is not within the borders of the country, that is unusual. You are here in New Zealand once a season, and this was the worst time to go here. Now we have to pay for it, the Swedish striker told Aftonbladet yesterday.

For the W-league, only one match remains, this weekend's final between Sydney and Melbourne City.

- We have a key role in maintaining the health and well-being of Australians. We do this by letting players play, in line with the government's current guidelines, says Football Association President James Johnson.