Collingwood have been handed a $50,000 fine - half of it suspended - after Nathan Buckley and assistant coach Brenton Sanderson played tennis with Alicia Molik and one other person.
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A tennis match inside Collingwood’s Western Australian hub could trigger another AFL investigation, a day after the league fined four clubs for breaching coronavirus rules.
Sources with knowledge of the situation said a game of tennis involving Magpies coaches could come under scrutiny for breaching the AFL’s COVID-19 hub rules.
The Magpies have had coronavirus rule trouble before, with Steele Sidebottom suspended for four games.
Tennis is allowed inside the hubs but it cannot include any unauthorised outsiders.
The AFL and Collingwood was contacted for comment.
News of the investigation comes the day after Collingwood president Eddie McGuire called for those who broke the rules in AFL hubs to get sent home.
“Do you think the AFL will come out now and say ‘Here’s the list, and if you do that, all clear, and if you do that, big trouble?’” McGuire said on Triple M.
“And in fact, if anybody transgresses you’re on the plane home, we’re not gonna cop this stuff. And I think that’s just where it’s gotta be.
“It’s gotta be so clear cut that no one can have any mitigation, that ‘oh I thought this happened, I heard that that happened or I didn’t know you couldn’t do that’. You can’t do that.
“'Oh I thought I could do this? I thought I could do that?’ No you can’t. And if you don’t do it [the right thing], bang.
“Ordinary circumstances you haven’t got the entire AFL in a bunker and a season on a precipice.
He also called for the AFL to consider fining the individuals who broke the rules before fining clubs.
On Friday Hawthorn ($50,000 with $25,000 suspended), Carlton, North Melbourne and Richmond were fined (all $45,000 with $25,000 suspended) for breaking AFL hub rules.
The fines were for a group of Hawks players going into the SCG’s public area to buy food during a game, a partner of a Richmond player going to a beauty salon, a Carlton player's children going with relatives to a theme park and North Melbourne allowing partners and family to attend a game.
On Sunday Collingwood vice-captain Steele Sidebottom will return from a four-match suspension he received for breaching the AFL's return to play protocols.