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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Just what Jon Ralph said earlier
    Nothing had been confirmed at that stage though had it?

    It will be interesting to see if they stay the course with him
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    From Jay Clarke HUN

    Harley Bennell left Melbourne’s hub in an attempt to swap cars because of a car seat issue. Silly mistake which has cost him & the club
    Swap cars ? I thought he Was out drinking ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    Nothing had been confirmed at that stage though had it?

    It will be interesting to see if they stay the course with him
    In a way it depends on why he left the hub. If it was to go out drinking then that's it surely but if it was to get his car fixed then it's a little more forgivible maybe?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    In a way it depends on why he left the hub. If it was to go out drinking then that's it surely but if it was to get his car fixed then it's a little more forgivible maybe?
    I wouldn't think they have cars in the hub because they aren't supposed to be leaving it without permission

    It's a bit confusing at the moment based on the Jay Clarke twitter post
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    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    I wouldn't think they have cars in the hub because they aren't supposed to be leaving it without permission

    It's a bit confusing at the moment based on the Jay Clarke twitter post
    That's a good point. Why would you have a car in the hub? How would you even get it from Victoria to Queensland?

    You couldn't get a mate to drive it up could you? The whole idea is to be cut off from the rest of the world. Especially Victoria.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    That's a good point. Why would you have a car in the hub? How would you even get it from Victoria to Queensland?
    You can hire one of course
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    That's a good point. Why would you have a car in the hub? How would you even get it from Victoria to Queensland?

    You couldn't get a mate to drive it up could you? The whole idea is to be cut off from the rest of the world. Especially Victoria.
    If his family is up there they might have a car and that might have been the one that broke down, thats all I can think of.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    If his family is up there they might have a car and that might have been the one that broke down, thats all I can think of.
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    This from the Hun

    Melbourne midfielder Harley Bennell has been suspended for four weeks and Melbourne fined $50,000 after he ruined his “perfect” comeback season with a serious COVID breach.

    Bennell has also been told he must leave Queensland as soon as possible, after he visited a friend’s house in a clear breach of the AFL’s COVID rules.

    The Herald Sun revealed on Sunday the Demons had alerted the AFL’s integrity team to the issue after he broke AFL protocols while the Demons were beating Essendon.

    Bennell drank on Friday night in the club’s Twin Waters resort, which is permitted, but then left the hub to visit a friend on Saturday in a clear breach of the rules. It continues a bad run for the AFL amid accusations of double-standards about the league’s ability to bring 2000 players, families and coaches into Queensland.

    The league only days ago told players they would be fined as much as $10,000 and potentially sent home by the AFL for any post-season breaches.

    Bennell told friends he left the club’s Maroochydore hub to swap vehicles to help secure a car seat for his one-year-old daughter. He said he was arranging to organise a bigger car for his young family as the Demons prepared for their last game of the home and away season against Essendon.

    Bennell, 27, ran out of petrol on the trip and was found by police, who drove him to the petrol station to fill up.

    He was breath-tested by police when he was found on Saturday morning but was believed to be under the limit.

    But Melbourne is sceptical of his motivations in leaving the hub, with his career now in jeopardy at the club.

    Melbourne chief executive Gary Pert lashed Bennell. “This is a selfish act by Harley, and a clear breach of the AFL’s protocols,” he said.
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    Undisciplined imbecile, cue Essendon showing some interest.

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    Re: Harley Bennell.

    It doesn't sound malicious at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mofra View Post
    It doesn't sound malicious at all.
    On the surface, Melbourne have come out hard.
    Clearly they aren't quite buying his reasons for the breach
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    On the surface of it, Melbourne and Melbourne fans will have started the season saying 'well it doesn't cost us much at all to draft him in' and treat like pretty much a free hit.

    But the risk, other than the $50K fine, is this sort of stuff tying up club resources, impacting the culture of the playing group - and the players having a team mate that they can't trust.

    I'm not meaning to kick the bloke while he is down, but players that have had off field indiscretions usually continue to have them no matter which club they end up at.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozza View Post
    On the surface of it, Melbourne and Melbourne fans will have started the season saying 'well it doesn't cost us much at all to draft him in' and treat like pretty much a free hit.

    But the risk, other than the $50K fine, is this sort of stuff tying up club resources, impacting the culture of the playing group - and the players having a team mate that they can't trust.

    I'm not meaning to kick the bloke while he is down, but players that have had off field indiscretions usually continue to have them no matter which club they end up at.
    You're exactly right. Either way it was they last thing they needed
    Perhaps this is the only thing he has done wrong this year and there might be a level of acceptance with it
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    I dont buy it. Surely you can't have gotten to mid Sept in the hub and not understood the rules.

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