Sydney captain Callum Mills says the five players stood down for the rest of the season have ‘let the club down’ and that he fully supports the sanctions handed down.
Sydney have denied representatives of the club, apart from the five currently-listed players named, were in the room at a Melbourne hotel at the centre of a police investigation.
The AFL sending an email to clubs suggesting they can not rest players this weekend and quoting a rule is just absolute nonsense, writes Matthew Richardson.
Sydney Swans chairman Andrew Pridham and CEO Matthew Pavlich have penned a letter to the club’s community after standing down five star players while Police investigate a sexual assault.
West Coast co-captain Liam Baker says the suspension of five Sydney players serves as a reminder to all AFL figures to understand and embrace their status as ‘leaders to the community’.