{"id":2660,"date":"2025-07-18T08:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T08:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2660\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T08:37:09","slug":"severe-weather-warning-threatens-afl-clash-as-players-kept-inside-at-the-gabba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2660\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe weather warning threatens AFL clash as players kept inside at the Gabba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western Bulldogs and Brisbane players have been stopped from entering the field of play at the Gabba ahead of their Friday night AFL clash because of a severe weather warning which includes lightning.<\/p>\n

The two teams weren\u2019t far off beginning their warm-ups, less than two hours before the first bounce, when AFL officials made the call to keep them inside.<\/p>\n

Late on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning including damaging winds and large hailstones.<\/p>\n

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The precautionary decision was made to keep the players from the field when the weather reached a 10km radius from the ground.<\/p>\n

The AFL remains optimistic the weather will clear in time for the scheduled first bounce at 7.40pm.<\/p>\n

Brisbane\u2019s official warm-up is set to begin at 6.55pm.<\/p>\n

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