Some overseas-based Aussie players are being allowed to return home amid the introduction of tight travel restrictions to limit the spread of coronavirus.
No one except Australian citizens or residents is currently allowed to enter the country and any international arrivals must go into 14 days of self-isolation once they land.
Qantas and Virgin have both announced plans to ground their international fleets and cut back on domestic travel as well.
On Sunday, the South Australia and Western Australia announced plans to close their state borders from Tuesday.
Victoria and New South Wales are set to go into lockdown later this week as well, closing all non-essential services and the ACT has flagged a similar move as well.
Though no announcement or decision has been made, the news on Sunday is widely expected to bring all professional sport to a halt in Australia.
On Friday, Rugby Australia announced plans for a new five-team domestic competition to involve Australia's Super Rugby franchises and the Western Force starting on April 3 but already those plans appear to be under a major cloud.
The AFL moved to postpone its season after Sunday's announcements while the NRL and A-League were still planning to continue at the time of writing.
Australia's travel restrictions have impacted plenty around the world, including the large number of overseas-based athletes.
Japan's Top League is one of many competitions with a host of Australian players and many of them have been in limbo since the Australian government's decision to close the borders to any non-residents and citizens.
#CoronaCrisis is having a huge impact on the air service.. no one in the air lounges before flight. Super grateful to be able to fly back to my family and country pic.twitter.com/Yz69fZVvx0
— Matt Giteau (@giteau_rugby) March 21, 2020
The Top League has already been halted for three rounds after a number of drug-related arrests among the playing contingent but no firm call has been made on the future of the competition this season.
While it seemed players might be stuck in Japan to wait out the uncertainty, some teams have let players return home to their families.
One of those players is Suntory's Matt Giteau, who tweeted his gratitude this week as he embarked on his journey home.
Hospital Challenge Cup V takes off
Queensland Premier Rugby's Hospital Challenge Cup V kicked off this weekend, taking the club competition into a new virtual world.
Players from each premier grade team faced off in a game of Rugby Challenge 3, that included lineups from their clubs in a simulated game.
Easts were the biggest winners of the round, while UQ Bond and Sunnybank all nabbed victories as well.
You can watch round one back here.
Players take up #StayatHomeChallenge
Though Super Rugby players are still training and preparing to take the field as soon as they're allowed, everyone is still spending more time than usual at home.
A number of Australia's Super Rugby players have jumped on board the #StayatHomeChallenge this week, showing off their best toilet paper-related tricks.
Brumbies flyhalf Noah Lolesio was the first to really gain some traction while Reds prop Taniela Tupou gave his signature flare in an Instagram story post this week.
As everyone starts to spend more time at home, expect to see plenty more where that came from.
RUGBY.com.au winds the clock back
While there's not going to be any Super Rugby going on in the coming weeks, RUGBY.com.au wants to give you a rugyb fix.
We're bringing you a Friday Night Footy match on Facebook at 7:30pm AEDT.
Every Thursday, you'll be able to vote for the game you want to see and we'll play the poll winner on Friday night.
Saturday afternoons will be for club rugby, with a 3pm game broadcast on our social media channels as well.
Classic matches will be published on rugby.com.au/videos as well, so you can watch them at your leisure.
