{"id":942442,"date":"2026-10-27T06:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T06:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942442\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T06:48:09","slug":"tassie-shock-as-afls-19th-club-cites-player-behaviour-standards-while-axing-inaugural-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942442\/","title":{"rendered":"Tassie shock as AFL\u2019s 19th club cites \u2018player behaviour, standards\u2019 while axing inaugural captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tasmania has parted ways with their VFL captain Robbie Fox, just over a year out from the Devils\u2019 inaugural season in the AFL. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themercury.com.au\/sport\/afl\/tasmania-devils-part-ways-with-robbie-fox-after-one-vfl-season\/news-story\/3410f3cd720698da70ef1abbb6c00265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Mercury\u2019s James Bresnehan reported on Tuesday afternoon<\/a> that the 33-year-old would not be offered a contract for the 2027 season, citing \u201ca range of factors\u201d including some expectations regarding player behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club can confirm that Robbie Fox will not be offered a playing contract with Tasmania Devils in 2027,\u201d a club spokesperson told The Mercury.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of AFLW LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Kayo now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision follows consideration of a range of factors including the future direction of our football program as we continue to prioritise the development of emerging talent ahead of our entry into AFL and AFLW in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club\u2019s expectations regarding player behaviour and adherence to our standards were also considered as part of this decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank Robbie for his contribution in our inaugural year as a VFL player and leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chrisroww\/status\/2114946348877521114\" title=\"x.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The ABC\u2019s Chris Rowbottom reported<\/a> Fox\u2019s axing was linked to an incident at a Hobart pub two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox is understood to have been removed from the premises after becoming drunk and disorderly,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Fox was born in Penguin, Tasmania and played 105 games at AFL level across nine seasons at Sydney as a defender. He was delisted by the Swans in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Devils announced one-year deals for Nick Williams, Zach Adams, Harry Elmer and Maddox Iverach at midday on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmania has parted ways with their VFL captain Robbie Fox, just over a year out from the Devils\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-942442","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\/942442","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=942442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}