{"id":739970,"date":"2026-06-16T10:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739970\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:43:14","slug":"breaking-kangaroos-duo-disciplined-for-night-out-after-124-point-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739970\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Kangaroos duo disciplined for night out after 124-point humiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Melbourne duo Zac Fisher and Wil Dawson have been disciplined by the club for their behaviour following the club\u2019s historic 124-point loss to Fremantle in Round 13,<\/a> it has been revealed.<\/p>\n

Midweek Tackle\u2019s Corbin Middlemas reported on Tuesday night that the fringe pair\u2019s \u2018omission\u2019 the following week came after they returned late from a night out drinking.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy understanding was there was no particular curfew, and there was no ban when it comes to alcohol \u2014 although it\u2019s believed in this case there was alcohol consumed on the night,\u201d Middlemas told Fox Footy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEssentially, the players were given a bit of scope. They were told: \u2018Keep an understanding here of the context of the day, and be back at a reasonable time. Wherever that imaginary line was, 21 (teammates) were on one side of it, and there were two guys that seemingly found themselves on the other side of it.<\/p>\n

Fox Footy reporter Jon Ralph added: \u201cWe all know Todd Viney well, we all know Alastair Clarkson well. This wasn\u2019t a curfew they broke by 10 minutes they\u2019re very reasonable blokes. I\u2019d imagine for them to be suspended for the next week\u2019s game, they must\u2019ve done something that was significant enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cRead the bloody room Zac. Wil Dawson\u2019s a 20-year-old kid, he doesn\u2019t really know better … (but) Zac is 28 \u2014 he is right on football\u2019s scrap heap. He hadn\u2019t played a game until July last year, he comes in for that game and has his 14 possessions; he was okay.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut of course, this was a chance to re-establish his football career. Some would say this was the dumbest bell that ever rang, your football career can go like that (clicks) … it may be well that he doesn\u2019t play football again for this club again this year. I just think he had to be so much smarter than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wil Dawson (far left) and Zac Fisher (right) exit the field during the 2026 AFL Round 13 match between North Melbourne and Fremantle at Hands Oval on June 6, 2026 in Bunbury, Australia (Photo by Travis Hayto via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 124-point defeat was North Melbourne\u2019s heaviest loss since Alastair Clarkson took charge, and contrastingly, Fremantle\u2019s biggest win in their history.<\/p>\n

The pair were omitted alongside injured Riley Hardeman for their tight one-point win over West Coast last Saturday. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe club became aware that Zac Fisher and Wil Dawson failed to meet the standards expected of the team on the night after our game in Bunbury,\u201d Kangaroos General Manager Todd Viney said in a statement provided to Middlemas. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, they were not available for selection for the match against West Coast and played in our VFL team instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are building a high-performance culture at the club and on this occasion both Zac and Wil did not live up to those standards,\u201d GM of football Todd Viney said.<\/p>\n

Dawson has played four of his 12 AFL career games in 2026, while the Round 13 fixture is Fisher\u2019s only appearance at AFL level this year. Both players are available for selection this Sunday afternoon to take on Richmond at the MCG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Melbourne duo Zac Fisher and Wil Dawson have been disciplined by the club for their behaviour following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-739970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}