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There won't be any Bulldogs players opting out of the hubs,according to coach Luke Beveridge.Credit:Getty Images

"It’s a bit like school camp,"Macrae said on Sunday,ahead of his team's flight to the Gold Coast on Monday afternoon."The way you attack it will play a big role into how the next month plays out."

He said they would be allowed to play golf and surf after 14-day quarantine and would play plenty of PS4 in the meantime.

Guys such as Josh Bruce,Mitch Wallis,Tom Liberatore and Easton Wood have young families but were allowed to have them in the hub.

"For the most part we have got a pretty young list. Most of the boys are really looking forward to getting up there.'Bevo'[coach Luke Beveridge] is keen to make it quite a fun experience and tough at times. If you go up looking to be all business you are probably not going to play your best footy,"he said.

Beveridge said the whole squad was going to the hub.

"I can't see how you'd be able to knock back a father who wants to take his partner and child up … you wouldn't deny that of any young man,"he said.

"It is in a sense an adventure. We are looking at it as an opportunity to spend some time together as well as play some footy."

Rhyce Shaw conceded the fact 12 of his players had to move out of their homes at an afternoon's notice during the week due to Melbourne's postcode lockdown was"maybe"a factor in their drubbing.

"I don't like using excuses for football games but with the environment the way it is at the moment it would have played some part I'd suggest,"Shaw said.

"Everyone is dealing with it … I think to answer your question maybe[it played a part] but I don't like making excuses."

Bailey Smith will likely miss the round six game for the Dogs due to concussion while Laitham Vandermeer (head knock) and Lin Jong (ankle) will be assessed through the week.

Shaw said North may have made the wrong call by playing Ben Cunnington.

Cunnington missed the last two games with a back complaint and passed a late fitness test to be cleared to play on Saturday night. However he copped a knock to his injured back early,spent much of the time immobile deep in the forward line and was pulled from the game early in the third term.

"He got up,we were confident and I made the decision to play him so that's where it sits,"Shaw said.

"It possibly was the wrong call. We were really confident on all the evidence we were given,we were happy to play him."

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