6 Australiërs geschorst voor een zuipsessie in Dublin, 9 andere spelers kregen een alternatieve straf, LOL.
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Australia have suspended six players for their match against Scotland on Saturday and sanctioned nine more for excessive drinking in Dublin last Tuesday.
The Daily Telegraph reports Nick Cummins, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Benn Robinson and Liam Gill will be unavailable to play on Saturday.
Paddy Ryan will be included before serving his ban the following week, when Australia are due to face Wales, only because the Wallabies are required to have a minimum number of props in the squad for the game.
Dave Dennis, Kane Douglas, Saia Fainga'a, Bernard Foley and Nick Phipps have been given written sanctions, while Scott Fardy, Mike Harris, Ben McCalman and Nic White have been verbally reprimanded.
"Let's be clear," Australia coach Ewan McKenzie said. "These are internal sanctions and aren't a result of any complaints or reports of inappropriate or sinister behaviour while our players were out.
"Instead, we have chosen to address an issue that has come up internally and we are now being upfront about it. We've done this because we need to continually reinforce the need for our players to make smart decisions to benefit the team.
"The worst thing you could do for the Wallabies in the long-term is do nothing, because that would mean we would be ignoring poor culture and a significant performance issue.
"I'm disappointed on a personal level, but firm action is the best outcome when presented with a scenario like this. You need to deal with issues to ensure everyone can be accountable for their actions."
Even without the suspended players, Australia should easily dispose of a poor Scotland side who were completely outclassed by South Africa on Sunday. But McKenzie was not going to use that as a fallback.
"There's no doubt having talented players unavailable will put this team under significant pressure but we won't be using this situation as an excuse. For us, this is a great opportunity to circle the wagons and re-calibrate our behaviours to get back on track off the field."
http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/story/206447.html