MELBOURNE - Three Kangaroos players face disciplinary action from their AFL Australian Rules club after a confrontation with police and security at a Lionel Ritchie concert at a Victorian winery.
Aaron Edwards, Shannon Grant and Hamish McIntosh clashed with security after a wild night of drinking at theA Day On The Green gig at Scotchmans Hill winery at Drysdale, near Geelong, on Saturday night.
Police were forced to use capsicum spray on Grant while Edwards lay unconscious, after knocking back bottles of wine, News Limited newspapers said.
Today, the AFL club issued a statement saying the incident was "deeply disappointing".
"Aaron Edwards was escorted from a function on Saturday evening by police, however he was not charged. Shannon Grant and Hamish McIntosh were both with Edwards at the time of the incident," Kangaroos football manager Donald McDonald said in the statement.
Edwards would also face disciplinary action, McDonald told the Herald Sun.
It was the first of two incidents over the weekend involving Kangaroos players getting drunk in public, the club admitted today.
In a separate incident early on Sunday morning, 'Roos player Matt Campbell was charged with resisting arrest and being drunk in a public place.
McDonald said both incidents were code of conduct issues.
"We will follow our code of conduct, which involves consulting with our leadership group, in relation to both these incidents before any further action is taken," McDonald said.
"Thankfully no member of the public was directly affected by either of these incidents."
