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AFL journalist stood down for reporting on COVID breaches – The Age
Respected football journalist Mitch Cleary has been stood down indefinitely by the AFL for naming the wife of Richmond captain Trent Cotchin as the reason the club was fined for breaching COVID-19 protocols.
He was then removed from his weekly online show The Round So Far, which Cleary hosts alongside Port Adelaide games record holder Kane Cornes. Nat Edwards replaced Cleary for this week’s episode.
Cleary has been contacted by The Age but was unable to comment further.
The AFL is yet to respond.
The Tigers were one of four clubs fined in recent days for contravening the AFL’s COVID-19 rules for players, staff and families based in AFL-financed hubs.
Brooke Cotchin breached the protocols by ente…
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