Rod Laing, Wests Entertainment Group chief executive, said he was "waiting for the official notification from both the NRL and Wests Tigers about the game being rescheduled into Queensland".

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"I haven't got the document yet to say, 'Hey, the venue's changed,'" he said, adding: "I'm waiting on that, [I've] requested that."

However, he said it was "highly unlikely" the game would go ahead in Tamworth on August 21.

Laing said the NRL told him on Wednesday that it was "working one week to the next" as a result of the pandemic.

Wests Entertainment Group, he continued, would "start the process" of refunding ticketholders once it was confirmed to match had been shifted.

Last month the NRL shifted 12 clubs - including Wests Tigers and Cronulla - to south-east Queensland because of Sydney's COVID outbreak.

NRL matches are now being played in Queensland.

Last year the Tigers' clash against the Raiders at Scully Park was cancelled due to COVID.

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