Swans Scandal: Five Stars Banned for the Season as AFL Reckons with Its Own Standards

The Sydney Swans' premiership campaign is in ruins. Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, James Jordon, and Riley Bice — five key players — have been banned for the remainder of the 2026 AFL season after a late-night incident in Melbourne triggered a Victoria Police investigation into an alleged sexual assault. The Swans board met Tuesday night and handed down the maximum penalty Wednesday morning, declaring the players in "serious breach" of club standards. It's a stunning...