Gold Coast Suns young gun Harley Bennell arrested and charged over a New Year's Eve brawl in Mandurah.
Suns coach Guy McKenna denies there is a culture problem at his club. Picture: Tim Marsden Source: The Courier-Mail
SUNS coach Guy McKenna insists the club is not developing a culture problem, despite star midfielder Harley Bennell's arrest in the club's Christmas break last week adding to a series of off-field issues.
Bennell was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and failing to obey an order given by a police officer in his home town of Mandurah, south of Perth, on New Year's Eve.
The incident follows veteran Campbell Brown and then first-year players Maverick Weller, Joel Wilkinson and Jacob Gillbee being detained by police after an alleged bar-room brawl in Thailand in 2011, while defender Nathan Bock was suspended by the AFL for his part in a betting scandal in the same year.
Trent McKenzie added to the club's woes when he was suspended for turning up late to a recovery session last season following a night out.
McKenna admits slip-ups off the field were inevitable but is adamant the problem is not out of control.
When asked yesterday if a culture problem was developing at the club, McKenna replied: "Clearly not and it's not an issue whatsoever.
"When the boys go home to have a break and let their hair down, things will happen.
"You are always disappointed when your club gets shown in a bad light but the AFL, the AFL clubs themselves, coaches, senior players and all the playing group have to take responsibility and continue to drive for perfection."
The Suns will wait until Bennell's court case next Tuesday before determining if the incident will receive a club-imposed sanction.
But McKenna revealed Bennell's teammates would get the chance to air their thoughts on the matter as the club strived to be in the news more for the right reasons.
"In the scheme of things (Harley's incident) is not great but our pre-season has been good on and off the field and we will continue to move forward," McKenna said.
"The playing group will (get the chance to) air their grievances and we will come down after the court case and speak to Harley about all that.
"We want to make sure we become a club full of cleanskins and that's what you strive for."
The Suns squad resumed post-Christmas training yesterday under the watchful eye of McKenna, who is not due back from holidays for another week.
"I just wanted to see how they had come back from the break and leading into Christmas we had a really good physical block of training," McKenna added.
"Looking at the shape of them, they look pretty good."
Bock was seen jogging laps around Metricon Stadium as he attempts to keep his ambitious bid to return from a broken leg in round 1 on track.
But McKenzie was kept to light duties as the club continues to monitor his knee injury.
"He will need another one or two weeks to get over his knee injury," McKenna said.
"But round 1 is still a fair way away (March 30) and there is still a lot of time for him to get right."
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