CONTINGENCY plans have been hatched for Brisbane and St Kilda to play their NAB Challenge game in Brisbane on Monday.

The Lions and Saints are scheduled to meet at Harrup Park on Sunday but wet weather has been lashing Mackay this week.

More rain and thunderstorms are forecast for Saturday and Sunday.

Harrup Park has hosted NEAFL matches and a Sheffield Shield game in previous years and has a good drainage system with a Super Sopper machine on hand.

The AFL is aware of the heavy rain in Mackay and have no plans to shift the game but Brisbane talked to St Kilda about moving the game south if the poor weather continued.

“It is obviously the AFL’s decision … but if the weather is so bad that it is dangerous for all the players, we’ve talked to the Saints about playing down here on the Monday,” Lions CEO Greg Swann said.

Both teams were scheduled to travel to Mackay today.

Brisbane are keen to have a pre-season hitout unaffected by weather after strong winds affected their opening game against Gold Coast at Burpengary.

The Lions’ final NAB Challenge game is against GWS at Metricon Stadium next Sunday.

