News Richmond's Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones arrested after brawl outside strippers bar

[Sauras]

AFL would love this, 2 duds stuff up, get to set a big example because of this, pocket a little bit of extra Xmas party money, and look like heroes because of it all.

 

[GoTheMightyCrows]

now that is a good way to do it, suspended for the season doesn't matter too much from here, 10 matches is better.

Neither will serve the ban at Richmond IMO:
CCJ - off to the Crows
Stack- off to the Dockers

Good riddance to a couple of incredibly low intelligence players.

Oh, and those two are paying the 100k to the club.

Simply a product of their environment.

 

[HTPunter]

Seems excessive if this is just an AFL protocol breach and does not violate state quarantine requirements.

They made multiple intentional decisions to breech rules put in place that have allowed the AFL season to continue, in essence the reason Stack and Coleman-Jones have been getting paid.

If putting the season at risk isn't worthy of a whack alone, add in the fact they've done it in the most publicly embarrassing way - fighting in the streets late at night, as the rest of their team gears up for finals.

 

[Byron!!!]

OFFICIAL AFL STATEMENT


AFL STATEMENT

The AFL confirms Richmond players Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones will be suspended for 10 matches and sent home from Queensland, after breaching the AFL’s return to play protocols.

Stack and Coleman-Jones breached the protocols after taking an Uber, visiting a non-approved Gold Coast venue and becoming involved in an incident that involved Queensland Police. Stack was detained by police and released a short time after.

The AFL, in conjunction with the club, investigated the matter and has determined that Stack and Coleman-Jones be immediately sent home and suspended for 10 matches, a suspension that will stretch across both the remainder of the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, Finals and the start of the 2021 season.

Richmond have a BYE in Round 16, meaning the 10-match suspension will begin in Round 17.

The suspension will be served across Round 17, 18, the 2020 Finals Series, then dependent on how many matches Richmond play in this year’s finals series, the remaining matches to be served from Round 1 of the 2021 Season.

Richmond Football Club have been fined $100,000 for the breach - $75,000 for this breach and a further $25,000 that was the suspended amount from a previous breach.

$100,000 will be included in Richmond’s 2021 Soft Cap.

Both players have been isolated since returning to the Richmond HPC early this morning.

Stack and Coleman-Jones cleared 14-day quarantine in July. They are not part of the current quarantine hub where AFL officials, and players and family members are undertaking the required 14-day quarantine period.

AFL General Counsel Andrew Dillon said the AFL’s protocols are the competition’s license to play and any breach would be held into account.

“It is a privilege to be able to continue our competition, and with that privilege comes responsibility. The actions of the players are not only irresponsible but disrespectful to the competition and everyone associated with it.” Mr Dillon said.

“There is simply no excuse for this breach. The two players knew the rules and chose to ignore them, putting the safety of everyone at risk.”

“The behaviour of the players is not what we expect, regardless of whether any protocols are in place or not.”


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[Maylandsman]

This is a quote from The Australian.

A lot of it is conjecture at this point, but strip club or not, the boys will be going home you'd imagine.


"The pair were evicted from the Hollywood Showgirls club before engaging in a fight just metres from a police station. Excuse me while I wait for my eyes to stop rolling.

The easy questions first:

Why were two elite AFL players out on the town at 3.30am in the middle of the footy season?

What were two elite AFL players doing in a Gold Coast strip club in the first place?

Why were two elite AFL players drunk enough to be punching on in the street at 3.30am in the middle of the footy season?

Why are strip clubs still open in the current climate?"

Cheers. No defending them but will wait and see what comes out in the wash. They are in a spot of bother you would have to conclude. Shit effort being out that late and leaving yourself and the club wide open for ridicule and innuendo.

 

[Greasyrhys]

The right penalty, if that doesn’t send a message to every other player in the comp then I don’t know what will

 

[amazingjoshy]

2 players should count as 2 separate breaches, which means 3rd strike.

Take points off them

 

[Alex the Large]

The Qld police report stated they had been evicted according to SEN

 

[Maylandsman]

The AFL confirms Richmond players Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones will be suspended for 10 matches and sent home from Queensland, after breaching the AFL’s return to play protocols.

About their right whack. Wonder how Tigers will handle this internally.

 

[Ron The Bear]

That's just Semantics.

I'm not one of those piling onto Richmond, but you seem to be intent on trying to defend the indefensible.
They were evicted from a strip club. Breached Covid protocols and got into a barney.
Is is that much of a stretch to imagine they'd had few drinks?

Stac also drinking whilst on the injury list which is a no no.

Yes, he was saying they weren't drunk.
He's not saying they weren't tipsy.

I know you're trying to make the best out of a bad situation, but the optics are terrible.

At best they won't play again this year and Richmond will get a massive fine.

You're better off just waiting for the outcome tonight because you seem to be digging yourself into a hole.

It's not relevant and wasn't mentioned in the penalty. I was just trying - in vain, due to shoddy reporting - to establish the facts.

Guilty of three breaches and punished appropriately. Next!

Edit: I owe you an apology. Club statement mentions "intoxicated".

 

[HTPunter]

I haven't read over the whole thread so apologies if already posted... they will be sent home, Gill's new best friend Annastacia has spoken.

This is the crux of the matter. Does anyone think after how the AFL buddied up to QLD this year that the QLD government would put up with this, especially with an election?

It'd be hugely unpopular for them not to be seen as going hard on dickhead AFL players, and they rightly imo have the sway to make it happen.

 

[t0mmO]

That 100k penalty to come out of the soft cap hurts. That means an assistant coach loses his job or a group have their hours cut, or a not insignificant cut in the equipment budget. The pair have seriously let down the club here.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Yiros


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The fact South Aussies (and possibly some other states) actually write the word as “Yiros” is endlessly entertaining to me.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Happy to wait and see more information to come forward but it seems hard to imagine anything could justify it.

That said, every single person on this planet has done something stupid at some point, and it’s rare that an individual error warrants losing your livelihood for. They’ll be punished, as they should be, but talk of sacking them is a tad draconian, and stripping Richmond of competition points a tad fanciful.

It's not draconian if they've breached hub protocol, the potential damage to the code and the state warrants a lot more than just suspending them for the rest of the season and sen d ing them home.

Yes I did dumb things on the squirt when I was younger but it wasn't in the middle of a pandemic after I'd been told 100 times what to do and what not to do and it wasn't in a state other than my home state whose premier had been good enough to alienate a fair chunk of her constituents to bend her own rules to let you in so you can keep working and earn a crust.

 

[Byron!!!]

The fact South Aussies (and possibly some other states) actually write the word as “Yiros” is endlessly entertaining to me.

γύρος

Looks more like Yiros than Gyros.


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[stfan]

now that is a good way to do it, suspended for the season doesn't matter too much from here, 10 matches is better.

Neither will serve the ban at Richmond IMO:
CCJ - off to the Crows
Stack- off to the Dockers

Good riddance to a couple of incredibly low intelligence players.

Oh, and those two are paying the 100k to the club.

.

AFL does not allow. It has to come out of the soft cap. That was clarified after Cotchin tried the same.

The soft cap needs to be enforced to encourage clubs to manage their players properly. Otherwise it is not a penalty to the club. Players cannot top up the soft cap willy nilly.

This means less staff for Richmond in 2021.

 

[Tbonefreo]

Those gc cops are super racists.

 

[SnuffAluffAgus]

dumb Mofo's for sure - and 10 weeks/sent home is deserved. Watching the footage and listening to the Kebab shop owner on the tellie - they were sitting outside noshing on a 3am kebab - when some local tool comes by and mouths off and takes a swipe at them. A known troublemaker according to the Kebab guy witness. Am guessing this slob was the guy they had some interaction with inside the club that got them ejected ...

 

[Tbonefreo]

Those gc cops are super racists.
Only detaining Stack. Crikey

 

[Rob R]

OFFICIAL AFL STATEMENT


AFL STATEMENT

The AFL confirms Richmond players Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones will be suspended for 10 matches and sent home from Queensland, after breaching the AFL’s return to play protocols.

Stack and Coleman-Jones breached the protocols after taking an Uber, visiting a non-approved Gold Coast venue and becoming involved in an incident that involved Queensland Police. Stack was detained by police and released a short time after.

The AFL, in conjunction with the club, investigated the matter and has determined that Stack and Coleman-Jones be immediately sent home and suspended for 10 matches, a suspension that will stretch across both the remainder of the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, Finals and the start of the 2021 season.

Richmond have a BYE in Round 16, meaning the 10-match suspension will begin in Round 17.

The suspension will be served across Round 17, 18, the 2020 Finals Series, then dependent on how many matches Richmond play in this year’s finals series, the remaining matches to be served from Round 1 of the 2021 Season.

Richmond Football Club have been fined $100,000 for the breach - $75,000 for this breach and a further $25,000 that was the suspended amount from a previous breach.

$100,000 will be included in Richmond’s 2021 Soft Cap.

Both players have been isolated since returning to the Richmond HPC early this morning.

Stack and Coleman-Jones cleared 14-day quarantine in July. They are not part of the current quarantine hub where AFL officials, and players and family members are undertaking the required 14-day quarantine period.

AFL General Counsel Andrew Dillon said the AFL’s protocols are the competition’s license to play and any breach would be held into account.

“It is a privilege to be able to continue our competition, and with that privilege comes responsibility. The actions of the players are not only irresponsible but disrespectful to the competition and everyone associated with it.” Mr Dillon said.

“There is simply no excuse for this breach. The two players knew the rules and chose to ignore them, putting the safety of everyone at risk.”

“The behaviour of the players is not what we expect, regardless of whether any protocols are in place or not.”


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Soft penalty, ban till end of next year would have been better. Hope some poor staff member doesnt lose their job thanks to the fine these selfish overpaid morons brought on their club.

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[MagpieJo]

geez that seems a bit harsh on first look.

But then again, we must remember the whole "two sets of rules" going on with Qld and COVID. People have been turned away at the border needing medical treatment, while footy players and hierarchy live it up in resorts.

Have to be seen to be serious I suppose.

thats a good point. After seeing the so called quarantine the bigknobs and their families are "enjoying" i guess they have to fine a club to pay for it. the whole thing stinks of entitlement. not sure why they think they are above the law, not sure why the QLD govt is not enforcing the 14 day isolation, if just 1 person is carrying it but not showing symptoms, they could blow the whole thing, and maybe even stick QLD into the shit us Vics are going through. yes including our players, im sick of the behaviour.

 

[pablo668]

No, we never heard the truth. "Links in a chain" was cooked up to protect the club and the AFL.

listen, we know that they bought a product from a kebab dealer, that it was in a kebab wrapping, but there is no way to know that what was inside was really a kebab....

 

[00VicWard001]

Goddamn I hope this one is true!

With Vlaustin imitating injecting drugs into himself after playing West Coast, live footage of "blokes being blokes, not gay blokes, just blokes who like grabbing eachother's tackle", brooke cotchin trying to tell people she was at a licensed medical centre after posting instagram pics of herself at a ******* day spa and then the CEO saying it was really sad that brooke wanted to go home, "DIMMA" walking out of press conferences and now two dickheads getting in a brawl at the STRIPPERS it is clear that Richmond should forfeit so as not to compromise the rest of the AFL season.

Well said.

You missed Angry Lynch punching players and “Trent deserves a medal”.

 

[Tugga27]

That 100k penalty to come out of the soft cap hurts. That means an assistant coach loses his job or a group have their hours cut, or a not insignificant cut in the equipment budget. The pair have seriously let down the club here.

Yep, financial sanctions hurt up to a point, but well run clubs can usually manage such things.

I really think that for 2nd and 3rd offences, draft picks should be taken.

 

[MagpieJo]

AFL would love this, 2 duds stuff up, get to set a big example because of this, pocket a little bit of extra Xmas party money, and look like heroes because of it all.

helps pay for mclaughlins 14 day family holiday! what a joke!