The league's board met to discuss the season fixture on Wednesday night after the Victorian Government announced competition could not resume for adults.
The league has decided to cancel the matches that were scheduled for June 5 and June 12 and shorten the season to 16 rounds.
This outcome means the season will resume on June 19 with round eight, which will now take the form of the previously scheduled round 11 matches.
In a statement to its clubs, the league said the updated grand final date on September 26 would remain.
No club training can take place for people aged over 18 until the league receives updated protocols from the governing bodies.
However, the update to the fixture has resulted in a few eyebrows being raised.
The removal of the two weekends of matches means some clubs will not square off for the season.
While the decision to push the scheduled round eight games to the weekend after the home-and-away season concludes results in four clubs playing the same opponent in back-to-back weekends.
The league's board reviewed the recommendations of AFL Victoria’s COVID-19 functional framework, as well as its own COVID-19 bylaws to determine the fixture changes.
“We know that it's not ideal, but we are trying to keep the fixture as consistent as possible and I know everyone is just looking forward to playing again,” league operations manager Jo Spencer said.
“All clubs agreed to pick up and move the round eight games to the end of the season, which is why those four clubs play back-to-back games.
“And by cancelling the two weekends means some clubs won't play each other this year. It's not ideal, but unfortunately, it is what it is.
“That's why we brought in the COVID bylaws, to help during situations like this.
“We can't keep making changes to the fixture, we took into account that clubs have already made plans for functions and things like that, so we are trying to minimalise the amount of changes we make.”
Spencer said players from Melbourne not being able to travel to regional Victoria played into the decision-making on Wednesday.
“That was part of our decision to cancel the two rounds. With Melbourne-based players being unable to travel, that significantly impacts clubs,” she said.
“It's not just senior footballers either, it's also netballers as well who work and study in Melbourne.
“Hopefully post Queen's Birthday weekend they are allowed to travel and play in regional Victoria.”
Meanwhile, multiple make-up games of under-16 football that were scheduled for the split rounds caused further headaches for the league.
Before the season began, extra games were pencilled into the split rounds to help clubs involved in the competition reach the desired 16 games.
Those make-up games will now be played over the coming two weeks, which frees up the league to condense the split rounds if the season is postponed again.
● Meanwhile, Murray Football Netball League has announced this weekend's round of matches have been postponed.
The league took to social media with an update to its followers that round nine would be postponed and that a range of options would be discussed in the coming days.
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