Six Wallabies banned for night out
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Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has taken a tough disciplinary stand, depleting his squad for Saturday’s test against Scotland by suspending six players and cautioning nine others involved in a night out ahead of last weekend’s win over Ireland in Dublin.
The Australian Rugby Union issued a statement yesterday announcing that wingers Adam Ashley-Cooper and Nick Cummins, hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau, prop Benn Robinson and backrower Liam Gill had been ruled out of the Scotland match.
Paddy Ryan will miss the following weekend’s test against Wales. His suspension has been delayed, otherwise Australia wouldn’t be able to meet IRB regulations requiring match squads to contain four props.
“Everyone in our squad is required to comply with and adhere to high standards of ethical conduct both on and off the field,” McKenzie said in a statement. “Those standards were compromised in the lead-up to Saturday’s victory over Ireland with a group of players making the decision to stay out late and consume inappropriate levels of alcohol during the early hours of Wednesday morning.”
McKenzie, a prop in the 1991 World Cup-winning team, has taken a firm stance on discipline since replacing Robbie Deans as Wallabies coach following Australia’s series defeat to the British and Irish Lions in July. He withdrew James O’Connor for a tour to South Africa due to off-field disciplinary reasons before the ARU cut the utility back from its list of contracted players for 2014.
As well as the players who’ll miss a test, Dave Dennis, Kane Douglas, Saia Fainga’a, Bernard Foley and Nick Phipps were given written disciplinary warnings, while Scott Fardy, Mike Harris, Ben McCalman and Nic White were given verbal warnings.
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