The five Sydney Swans players who have been suspended for the rest of the AFL season amid a police investigation into an alleged sexual assault have issued a joint statement.
Sydney's chief executive says if drugs were involved in the hotel incident involving five now-banned players it is potentially part of the police investigation.
Five Swans players, including star Isaac Heeney, have been banned for the rest of the season in one of the biggest controversies the AFL has ever witnessed.
Sydney chair Andrew Pridham says banned Swans players are ‘extremely remorseful for their actions’ and says the decision to ‘effectively torpedo our season’ showed how seriously the club had taken the matter.
Sydney have stood down five players for the remainder of the AFL season – including finals – in the wake of what the club described as a ‘serious breach of expected club behaviour and standards’.
Sydney hierarchy believe they have ‘torpedoed’ their season by banning five players for their behaviour at a hotel as a police investigation continues.
The Sydney Swans board will meet tonight to determine the fate of players involved in an alleged sexual assault after what they described as a ‘serious breach’ of club standards.
The board of the Sydney Swans will meet in the next 24 hours as the AFL club remains at the centre of a police investigation into an alleged sexual assault in Melbourne.