GWS defender Josh Fahey received a four-game ban for dressing up as ex-NRL player Jarryd Hayne and simulating sex with an inflatable doll as one of 13 Giants punished for their involvement in a “controversial couples”-themed event.
The AFL also hit Fahey’s teammates Jake Riccardi, Cooper Hamilton, Toby McMullin, Harvey Thomas and Joe Fonti with two-match suspensions.
Toby Greene, Lachie Whitfield, Connor Idun, Sam Taylor, Tom Green, Harry Perryman and Lachie Keefe received fines.
League chief executive Andrew Dillon described the behaviour at the GWS function as “completely unacceptable”.
Hayne was convicted of sexual assault offences and sentenced to a prison term last year before the conviction was quashed on appeal and the charges formally dropped.
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Hayne took a taxi to the house of the woman who accused him of the offences after the NRL grand final in 2018.
Riccardi dressed as a taxi driver to the Giants’ function but was not involved in simulating inappropriate acts on the sex doll.
Dillon announced that McMullin and Hamilton “simulated the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre and wore costumes related to that event”.
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