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Five AFL clubs have reportedly been sanctioned for breaching Covid rules with $225,000 of fines, amid claims some rapid antigen tests (RATs) were falsified.
Seven News reports Sydney has received the heaviest fine with a $100,000 sanction, $50,000 of that suspended, coming out of this year’s soft cap.
It’s a reasonable blow given clubs have already complained the soft cap of $6.45 million limits their ability to pay the number of staffers they had pre-Covid.
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Collingwood ($50,000, half suspended) and Richmond ($25,000, half suspended) have also been fined while Brisbane and St Kilda had their $25,000 fines fully suspended.
The breaches include:
– players not completing RATs as required when entering the club during the week and on matchday;
– not uploading images of completed RATs to the AFL integrity department as required within the time period;
– “falsifying” RATs by uploading images of tests taken by another person.
“The AFL insists no clubs throughout the competition gained an advantage on match day, or a competitive advantage,” Seven’s Andrew McCormack reported.
All AFL players and staff are required to be vaccinated against Covid while teams were permitted to list up to 20 additional players on a Covid Contigency List, in case they had mass unavailability.
West Coast was the main team impacted with 13 forced changes for their Round 2 loss to North Melbourne.
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