An anaesthetic nurse at Wagga's Calvary Riverina Hospital, Babic is in the high risk category in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has effectively shut down Australian sport.

The Wanderers were due to start their National Premier League Two ACT campaign on ANZAC Day, but will have to wait until at least June before they can resume.

It's an inconvenience, but Babic's day job helps put things in perspective.

"It's actually a high risk job because it's a respiratory disease and we're looking after airways," he said.

"We're probably at a higher risk than the average person. Hopefully the screenings are really good so we don't get any suspect patients coming in, but you just never know.

"People themselves don't know whether they come into contact with it."

In his former life in the Air Force Babic has been on the front line of some humanitarian disasters.

The risks associated with his job at the hospital in the current climate are always in the back of his mind.

"This is what you train for, to help people, and I've been to humanitarian aids when I used to be in the Air Force, tsunamis and things like that," he said.

"You just have to do your job. At the moment you worry about coming home to your family and making sure you're not bringing anything home, but it we take the right precautions and do everything right then hopefully we'll be OK.

"It's a strange work place at the moment. Everyone's a bit on edge.

"It gives you good perspective on life. You appreciate life for all of us is pretty short and you just have to enjoy the good times. You've got to be strong through the bad times, and the good times will come back around."

Babic has placed much of the responsibility on his players to ensure they're maintaining their own fitness levels to be ready if a shortened season goes ahead this year.

"A lot of my conversations with the boys has been about how they're responsible for their own game, and now more than ever they have to accept that responsibility and be accountable to each other," he said.

Babic said administrators will have to be create in how they approach a shortened season, even suggesting all ten teams make finals.

He added given Capital Football has introduced a promotion-relegation system this year, a nine-game or 18-game season would be the only fair solutions.

Babic admitted he won't know how much the pandemic will impact on his squad until they reconvene on the other side.

"There's two ways it can go, they're hungrier because they've missed it and waited a long time, or they decide there's more important things to worry about and need to put more focus into family or work," he said.

"Some blokes may have lost their job. I don't know where people are at until I get a chance to sit down with them once this situation is all over."

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