Swans in hot water for paperwork error

BREACHES of strict AFL rules introduced because of the Essendon supplements scandal have landed Sydney and two of their top players in hot water.

The league has fined the Swans, Lance Franklin and Luke Parker a total of $30,000 for failing to declare cortisone treatments during last year’s finals series.

Franklin and Parker failed to declare the cortisone treatments on their doping control forms, while the Swans were penalised for failing to keep up-to-date records on the controlled treatments register.

The AFL treatment rules were brought in four years ago as a direct result of the Essendon supplement debacle.

A joint AFL-Sydney statement said the Swans or the players had not broken antidoping rules.

The league said the Swans were fined for “failing to keep and maintain a complete, accurate and up-to-date register of controlled treatments”.