With the globe in a state of uncertainty, the football world too has been thrown into a state of unknown. 

Speaking to SEN from his hometown of Swan Hill, Josh Jenkins admitted its been challenging to navigate through the beginning of football’s COVID-19 hiatus.

“The fact that there has only been one round of footy, there’s not much benefit for anyone in having a break,” Jenkins said.

“Its been really hard and strange to wrap your head around how to approach it, especially the initial stages of this break because we are all at peak fitness after four months of pre-season training.

“We are all well aware that it’s at least going to be three months where we aren’t playing footy, and we won’t be able to train as a group for a minimum of 10 weeks. 

“I think it’s probably foolish and a little bit of an ask of your own body to try and maintain the training standard that we’ve had. I think it’s probably a period now of 2-3 weeks where you dip down and maintain your fitness. Once we have more certainty, we can ramp it up.”

With players and staff unable to access club facilities at GMHBA Stadium, players can see club medical and physiotherapy staff offsite if absolutely necessary.

Training and football skill sessions are also limited to no more than two players, a rule the club enforced from last Monday as the season was postponed.

“It makes it difficult but we only have to look around and see tens of thousands of people who have got harder situations than us. Sometimes you’ve got to look around and be thankful for what you do have, not what you don’t have.”