Victoria's return to lockdown has scratched the seven Melbourne Storm players selected for the NRL All Stars match on February 20.
The NRL had been trying desperately to arrange flights for the Storm players out of Melbourne tonight, but the state's plunge into a five-day, stage-four lockdown has made that task impossible.
Melbourne's Josh Addo-Carr, Reimis Smith, Jahrome Hughes, Jesse Bromwich, Kenneath Bromwich, Brandon Smith and Nelson Asofa-Solomona had all been in line to feature in the exhibition match between the Indigenous All Stars and Maori All Stars at North Queensland Stadium in Townsville.
But the NRL is now in the process of drafting in seven replacement players.
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