PORT ADELAIDE will still play Greater Western Sydney on the Gold Coast in Round 6 with confirmation of an updated AFL fixture for the next fortnight.

Changes to border controls in Queensland and South Australia in particular have meant a rethink for the AFL’s Round 6 and 7.

Port Adelaide will play the Giants at Metricon Stadium Sunday July 12 at Metricon Stadium from 1:05pm AEST / 12:35pm ACST, in keeping with the schedule released a little over a week ago.

But there will be a change to the Round 7 fixture, which was to have seen Port play St Kilda at Marvel Stadium.

Instead, the side will meet Carlton at the Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday 19 July at 1:05pm AEST / 12:35pm ACST.

All 10 Victorian AFL teams will leave the state at the end of this weekend to allow the season to continue.

All nine matches of round six will be played in Sydney – at the SCG and Giants Stadium - and south-east Queensland – the Gabba and Metricon Stadium.

In round seven, Perth's Optus Stadium will be used for two games - Geelong versus Collingwood on Thursday July 16, and a Fremantle-West Coast derby on the Sunday – and Adelaide Oval will resume hosting matches, with a Crows-St Kilda match on Monday night.

Twelve teams will be on the Gold Coast for round six matches – Fremantle, West Coast, Adelaide and Port Adelaide (who have already been based there for the past month), St Kilda, Essendon, North Melbourne, GWS, Richmond, Sydney, Carlton and Western Bulldogs. 

Geelong, Brisbane, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Collingwood and Hawthorn will be in Sydney.

The AFL needed to get the 10 Victorian clubs out of that state due to a worrying spike in the COVID-19 infection rate, a situation which has seen other states either ban those clubs from entry or place the strictest of regulations around their entry.

There is a belief among the Victorian clubs that they will not be returning for at least a month, that rounds eight and nine, at a minimum, will be added to their time away from Melbourne.

ROUND SIX                                   

Thursday, July 9                                            

Geelong v Brisbane, SCG, 7.40pm AEST                                   

Friday, Jul 10                                     

Collingwood v Hawthorn, Giants Stadium, 7.50pm AEST                                   

Saturday, July 11                                           

Fremantle v St Kilda, Metricon Stadium, 12.35pm AEST                                  

West Coast v Adelaide, Gabba, 3.05pm AEST                               

Melbourne v Gold Coast, Giants Stadium, 6.05pm AEST                                   

Essendon v North Melbourne, Metricon Stadium, 7.40pm AEST                                   

Sunday, July 12                                             

Port Adelaide v GWS, Metricon Stadium, 1.05pm AEST                                   

Richmond v Sydney, Gabba, 3.35pm AEST                                   

Carlton v Western Bulldogs, Metricon Stadium, 6.45pm AEST 

ROUND SEVEN                                      

Thursday, July 16                                        

Geelong v Collingwood, Optus Stadium. 6.10pm AWST, 8.10 AEST                                  

Friday, July 17                                   

Essendon v Western Bulldogs, Metricon Stadium, 7.50pm AEST                                

Saturday, July 18                                           

GWS v Brisbane, Giants Stadium, 1.45pm AEST                                   

Sydney v Gold Coast, SCG, 4.35pm AEST                                   

Richmond v North Melbourne, Metricon Stadium, 7.40pm AEST                                   

Sunday, July 19                                         

Carlton v Port Adelaide, Gabba, 1.05pm AEST                                   

Hawthorn v Melbourne, Giants Stadium, 3.35pm AEST                                   

Fremantle v West Coast, Optus Stadium, 4.35pm AWST, 6.35pm AEST                                   

Monday, July 20                                            

Adelaide v St Kilda, Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm ACST, 7.40pm AEST