Darcy Moore is but to steer the Magpies in an AFL sport, however is already tackling his first public scandal as Collingwood captain, pressured to disclaim the membership has a drug drawback after Jack Ginnivan was banned below the league’s illicit drug coverage (IDP).
Key factors:
Jack Ginnivan was banned for 2 preseason video games, two common season video games and handed a suspended $5,000 positiveTean captain Darcy Moore stated the membership would miss him on the sphere however wanted to rally round himThe AFL’s illicit drug coverage is presently being reviewed
The AFL discovered Ginnivan responsible of “conduct unbecoming” after footage emerged of him with a bootleg substance whereas on a preseason camp in Torquay final month and banned him for the primary two video games of the season plus two preseason matches.
In keeping with the AFL, Ginnivan’s “conduct constitutes a notifiable adversarial discovering” below its illicit medication coverage.
Ginnivan fronted the media on his method in to coaching on Monday morning.
“Everybody is aware of that I am fairly sorry and remorseful for the actions that I did, and [am] able to get to work at present and earn the belief again of the group,” he stated.
His captain spent extra time in entrance of the cameras and microphones, saying Ginnivan had disenchanted his teammates and it could “take somewhat little bit of time” to earn again their belief.
Nevertheless, Moore — who’s taking up the captaincy for the primary time this yr after the retirement of Scott Pendlebury — stated Ginnivan’s actions shouldn’t mirror poorly on the entire membership.
“Completely, I consider there is no concern [with drugs at the club],” he stated.
“We now have [more than] 90 female and male athletes at this membership, the big majority of whom take their jobs actually severely and make nice choices.
“However we do not function in a vacuum, and folks make errors of judgement, and that is one thing that Jack’s achieved on this occasion.”
Moore stated he had spoken to Ginnivan because the sanction, which additionally included a suspended $5,000 positive, and stated he was “doing OK [but] disenchanted in himself”.
The brand new captain spoke in regards to the significance of the membership rallying across the 20-year-old, who had a breakout second season in 2022.
“It is by no means straightforward while you’ve been handed a sanction from the AFL and a ban,” Moore stated.
“[Ginnivan’s] clearly a proficient participant and we’ll miss him on the market.”
Moore stated the league’s IDP “performs an necessary function in minimising hurt across the league”, significantly by way of utilizing de-identified knowledge to attempt to flag at-risk gamers and learn the way prevalent drug use is across the league.
Nevertheless, he stated, that was at odds with the member of the general public who recorded Ginnivan.
“I feel the difficult half is when issues grow to be public as a result of, round a welfare and hurt minimisation mannequin, not the whole lot goes to be public, and when it does it could create a gray space,” Moore stated.
The IDP is presently below overview, with the AFL Gamers Affiliation wanting to keep up a medical mannequin targeted on welfare, others calling for it to be scrapped completely, and others saying punishments needs to be harsher.
Moore stated he was trying ahead to seeing the end result of the overview.
