In normal circumstances, Wayne Bennett would take his South Sydney team up to Brisbane the day before an NRL game, and fly home a day after. In the new coronavirus world, the Bunnies will cram all their travel into one day.

Bennett and his players will embark on a 16-hour marathon trip on Friday that will kick off with a 10.30am bus trip to the airport, and end with a return home to their beds some time after 2am Saturday.

In a sign of things to come for the NRL and players in the COVID-19 era, Souths players will meet in Sydney's east at 10.30am and travel to Bankstown airport, where they will board a private charter flight at noon.

The team and staff will touch down in Brisbane at 12.30pm local time, and will be taken straight to Suncorp Stadium.