Sapphire Coast AFL matches were the only sport to go ahead after cancellations in the rugby league and football seasons over the weekend.
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However, the final regular round of the SCAFL season was also impacted by the snap-lockdown spanning all of NSW announced on Saturday with the second senior men's game having to be abandoned on the day.
The lockdown was announced shortly after the start of the first senior game and officials had to meet quickly and make the decision to abandon the second men's game.
One senior fixture, two women's clashes and some junior games had been able to go ahead on the day.
The Tathra Sea Eagles had opened the senior fixtures with a women's clash against the Bega Bombers at Merimbula's Berrambool Oval.
The Sea Eagles were clinical in their execution of play, putting on a crushing 16-14-110 result to a scoreless reply from the Bombers.
Sam Crowley dominated the scoring options up front with a nine-goal haul to her name, while it was meticulous play out of the middle ensuring the Sea Eagles controlled the ball most of the time with strong play by Cymmon Parker, Sarah McMahon, Tyjana Blacka and Sarah McMahon.
The Bermagui Breakers were equally precision-focused in their clash with the Merimbula Diggers, but the hosts showed some late resolve to stem the flow of points and get a few scoring options of their own back in a 10-12-72 to 1-3-9 result.
A few niggling injuries were piling up early in play for the Diggers with the cupboards essentially bare in terms of bench options, but the club showed immense resilience to put some good defensive displays on, particularly in the third and fourth quarters, which resulted in a few quick turnarounds giving the Merimbula club a couple of options on goal.
Meanwhile, in the one senior game that did run, the Sea Eagles escaped a fast-finishing Narooma outfit by just three points in a close clash 10-1-61 to 9-4-58.
Accuracy proved an ally to the Sea Eagles with three goals apiece coming from Clint Philips and Luke Taylor.
Meanwhile, other codes abandoned play well ahead of Saturday's snap lockdown announcement with both the FSC Football Association and Group 16 rugby league postponing fixtures.
"In addition to the effect the current public health order has had on the availability of players, volunteers and match officials the group executive is not comfortable with the potential health risk posed to our participants should games proceed this weekend. As such, all games across Group 16 minor and senior rugby league have been postponed for this weekend," the Group 16 secretary said on Friday.
FSC Football officials said a number of players and officials had been caught up in self-isolation after visits to Canberra.