The AFL reportedly tried to silence WAGs on social media last season by imposing a set of rules on players and their wives living in the transitional Covid hub.
An email was sent to all the wives and girlfriends last year, demanding they follow the guidelines or face being ejected from the base, reports The Australian.
The rules included the responsible consumption of alcohol, not having nannies on site and not posting negative content about the league on social media.
Restrictions: The AFL reportedly tried to silence WAGs on social media last season by imposing a set of rules on players and their wives living in the transitional Covid hub. Pictured: Tayla Damir, the fiancée of Richmond player Nathan Broad
Trent Cotchin is training with Richmond in Sydney and is scheduled to fly to Western Australia ahead of a game with Essendon in Perth amid Melbourne s continuing Covid-19 lockdown.
Richmond captain Trent Cotchin s sick young daughter begged him to stay with his team for a critical game instead of come home to Melbourne for her.
The Tigers star, 31, is training with his teammates in Sydney and is scheduled to fly to Perth ahead of Saturday night s match against Essendon.
His wife Brooke on Tuesday shared a photo of one of the couple s daughters in a hospital bed on Instagram along with the caption when it rains it pours .
Cotchin faced an agonising dilemma on whether to stay in the team hub and play, or go home to locked-down Melbourne and be stuck there for weeks.
I had various panic attacks and the kids saw that, Ms Cotchin said through tears. I kept saying to Trent, the only reason it sounds extreme the only reason I didn’t kill myself was because of my kids, Brooke shared, adding the media s treatment of her was particularly to blame for vilifying her. I was so mentally depressed because of the messages people were sending me. I suppose you get painted as this person that you’re not and you’ve got no control so you just have to deal with it.
At the time, the businesswoman did apologise for her mistake in a lengthy post to Instagram.