According to a report by Caroline Wilson in The Age, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan told clubs late on Thursday that the unveiling of the revised 2020 fixture would not take place next Monday, as previously suggested but had been postponed to work in line with government and state and federal health authorities.

The report said an announcement was more likely to coincide with the Victorian government's forthcoming decision regarding coronavirus restrictions in the lead-up to May 11, and that McLachlan would then unveil a return-to-training deadline along with a detailed calendar of matches at two to three centralised national locations.

The AFL will reportedly present detailed hub proposals to state governments along with the Northern Territory in the coming days in the hope that venues, accommodation and training facilities can be confirmed over the next two weeks. It now looks unlikely that one concentrated hub in Victoria will take place but the MCG and Marvel Stadium remain strongly in the mix, the report said.