Geelong coach Chris Scott has criticised the Melbourne Cricket Club for staging two blockbuster Ed Sheeran concerts at the MCG so close to the start of the season.
Around 10,000 square metres of turf was laid at the venue on March 9 after the surface was damaged by the shows on Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour, which were attended by about 215,000 people less than a fortnight before round one. Trucks were used to set up Sheeran’s stage and matting was placed on the playing field to accommodate fans.Credit:Players across the two games at the MCG had trouble keeping their feet on a surface which Scott said players had reported were of varying firmness.
Pressed further on the matter, Scott described the decision to stage two concerts so close to round one as an “own goal”.
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