Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says the Club’s players and staff are looking forward to time in an interstate hub for the immediate future, to keep the 2020 season going.

Speaking just hours before the AFL announced its plans to temporarily relocate the 10 Victorian clubs to other states across the country, Beveridge was optimistic the Bulldogs will have a positive mindset to offset the extraordinary circumstances.

The Bulldogs will travel to Queensland next week, playing its next two games at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast, against Carlton and Essendon.

“Everyone is probably looking forward to it more than anything, and continuing the season,” he said.

“I think there is a mixture of envy from many that we’ve actually got the opportunity to go and travel for a period of time and get outside of the state.

“The likelihood is we’ll go to a place that is a bit warmer, which is good considering its smack bang in the middle of winter.

“We’d love to take everyone with us – we’ll definitely take all of our players.

“There might be one or two who might not be able to go, and that’s fine.  We’ll worth through that.

“It probably eliminates a lot of the risk back here.  We’ll have some freedoms after the quarantine, and all of our crew are looking forward to that.”

On the eve of the clash with the Kangaroos on Saturday night, several players and staff were asked to relocate to alternative accommodation as lockdown measures began in several ‘hot spot’ suburbs around Melbourne.

"I think we had seven players who had to move and three staff members. Most went and stayed with relatives – the staff," Beveridge said.

“The players moved to hotel rooms and 'Libba' (Tom Liberatore) with his young family stayed in an Airbnb and 'Jongy' (Lin Jong) with his pup, anyone with a pet had to move into an Airbnb.”