Wang Rovers president Wally Pasquali calls for even training conditions for O and M clubs

Wangaratta Rovers president Wally Pasquali is concerned NSW clubs will be advantaged if they can continue to train with more freedom than Victorian counterparts into the new year.

Victorian clubs must train in 10s with no contact and 100 metres of separation between groups, while social distancing is only required in NSW outside of training.

"I think if it's only short-term it's okay. If it's going to change in the next month, we'll accept that, but if it's something longer term, I think the league needs to intervene," he said.

"Unfortunately in Victoria, we can only train a certain way to meet those guidelines and the longer it goes for, the more disparity there will be between Victorian and NSW clubs.

"At the moment when there's a bit of touch and conditioning work going on, it's okay, but I certainly feel like it will need to be addressed at some stage.

"If it extends beyond the end of this year, I think decisions need to be made to even up the conditions a bit."

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Victorian clubs also have no access to indoor facilities, such as changerooms.

Ovens and Murray chairman David Sinclair said the league isn't in a position to be creating by-laws to ensure NSW are under the same limitations as Victoria.

"It's dictated by the government. What AFL NSW and AFL Victoria are pushing through to us sits around what restrictions allow in the respective states," he said.

"Unfortunately Victoria is different to NSW and we're hoping as things open up in time that this situation will dissipate, but at the moment we're not in a position to be making a rule that ensures NSW clubs are brought into line with Victoria. If we were to try to bring in a rule, how would we police it?"

Sinclair admitted the start of the season could be in doubt if strict limitations remain by March next year.

"It creates an issue if this is going to be the case all the way through to the beginning of the season," he said.

"If those restrictions haven't eased, how the hell are we going to be able to play if some clubs are still training in groups of 10?

"It is what it is and clubs just have to deal with it."

North Albury president Tony Burns said his club has adjusted quickly to the NSW guidelines, with the Hoppers starting training a fortnight ago.

"We've got a QR code and everyone signs in on that. There's limits in the changerooms as well, we're only allowed to have 20 in the rooms," Burns said.

"We have all the sanitisers there so we're meeting all the COVID protocols.

"We've started training on Monday and Wednesday and every second Thursday up until Christmas."