{"id":929895,"date":"2026-10-16T05:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929895\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:22:12","slug":"carlton-suspends-wade-derksen-for-first-three-games-of-next-afl-season-over-drink-driving-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929895\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlton suspends Wade Derksen for first three games of next AFL season over drink-driving charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlton has suspended defender Wade Derksen for high-range drink driving on an off-season trip.<\/p>\n

The Blues suspended Derksen for all pre-season games and up to round three of the AFL season next year.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Derksen was charged with drink-driving in Jabiru in the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n

Derksen failed a roadside breath test late last month, returning a high-range reading. His case will be heard in court in the Northern Territory next month.<\/p>\n

Cowan suspended by AFL<\/a><\/p>\n

The AFL hands down its sanction to Lachie Cowan following an investigation into his use of an illicit substance last weekend.<\/p>\n

“While we acknowledge the upcoming legal process will carry its own penalty, Wade’s conduct falls well below the standards we expect,” Carlton general manager of football Chris Davies said.<\/p>\n

“Wade is fully aware how disappointed we are in what occurred. We will continue to support him throughout this period as he takes full responsibility for his actions.”<\/p>\n

Derksen joined Carlton at the start of the season after GWS de-listed him at the end of last year.<\/p>\n

He played 15 games for the Blues this season. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The AFL announced earlier today that Carlton’s Lachie Cowan had been suspended for two games after an investigation into his use of an illicit substance last weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlton has suspended defender Wade Derksen for high-range drink driving on an off-season trip. The Blues suspended Derksen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-929895","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\/929895","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=929895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}