South-west Victorian pair join Waratah for 2020 Northern Territory Football League season

The Kolora-Noorat premiership player instead planned how he could take to the field.

The result? A flight to Darwin and two weeks in quarantine for a chance to play for Northern Territory Football League club Waratah.

Justin, 20, made the short-term move with former Terang Mortlake defender Alex Moloney.

They hope to impress selectors ahead of round one on October 1.

"The plan was to get up here and get quarantine done so we can have a good month of training before the season starts," Justin told The Standard.

Justin plans to return home at the end of the NTFL season in March.

But playing up north could become a regular addition to his schedule.

"I like the idea of it," he said.

"If I enjoy it I'll certainly consider it again and maybe try and convince a few of my other mates to come up next time as well.

"I am hoping to learn all about the place and I think there's nice national parks we might go and check out and the club said they'd take us fishing and show us all the sites and maybe learn a bit of culture too which is really interesting to me."

Justin and Moloney are halfway through their two-week quarantine and are adapting to the weather conditions which are a stark contrast to the wet and windy south-west.

"It's like a big base camp with a heap of cabins, so there's just footpaths around and we're allowed out for bits and pieces throughout the day but you have to wear a mask," Justin said.

"It's been hot but you get used to it and adapt to it each day.

"We've been trying to go for a run to get used to the heat and the sweat. It's about 30 degrees everyday and it doesn't cool down too much overnight.

"It's nice but it's supposed to get really humid during the wet season in December and January when we'll be playing. It will be interesting to see how that goes but it will be a good change."

Justin said he was unsure which grade Waratah would pick him to play but expects to spend the bulk of the season in division one.

"They have a fair few Victorians who come up and play. There's two senior divisions up here - there's the premier league and div one," he said.

"As Victorians, we come up as three-point interstate players so they're not sure how everyone might fit into the top division.

"Div one, which is sort of the twos, will also be very strong and there's also the thirds as well. I think they're trying to get a good spread of locals and interstate players across the three grades."