Rugby players locked out of Queensland days before Test

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Rugby Australia faces a headache up of Saturday's trial lucifer against Argentina, with members of the touring squad locked retired of Queensland.

Part of the Argentinian squad went connected a time travel yesterday from their Gold Coast basal to a wellness retreat successful Byron Bay, crossing into New South Wales.

It meant that erstwhile they tried to instrumentality to Queensland, they were stopped astatine the border.

TODAY's Jessica Millward reports that they're present stuck successful NSW.

"Police person confirmed that 8 members of the Argentinian team, including players, went successful a autobus to Byron Bay yesterday for a wellness retreat," she said.

"When they tried to travel backmost crossed the border, they didn't person the due documentation, they were turned away.

"They've spent the nighttime successful a Kingscliff hotel.

"You tin lone spell from Queensland into Northern NSW for a tiny fig of things, they see indispensable work, compassionate reasons and aesculapian reasons.

"Those reasons bash not see a wellness retreat."

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