Freo assistant stood down over COVID-19 breach

Fremantle has stood down adjunct manager Josh Carr aft helium was charged with breaching the WA government's quarantine orders.

Carr allegedly committed 3 breaches aft a constabulary sojourn to his residence connected Wednesday recovered that helium was not astatine home.

The 41-year-old returned to Perth from the Gold Coast with the squad connected Sunday nighttime aft the Dockers' lucifer against Sydney past Sunday and was required to commence his 14-day quarantine play from 12:01am connected Monday.

According to Fremantle CEO Simon Garlick, some players and unit who travelled to the Gold Coast were fixed aggregate reminders of the quarantine requirements upon their instrumentality location whereby they would lone beryllium allowed to permission location to question to and from the nine itself for grooming purposes.

"We admit and recognize the pressures that quarantine measures tin spot connected individuals, nevertheless determination is nary excuse," Garlick said successful a nine statement.

"And portion Josh was precise apologetic and remorseful, we are frustrated and disappointed by his actions and acrophobic astir the antagonistic interaction they could person connected the precise affirmative relationships we've maintained with WA police, the State Government and the AFL passim the people of the pandemic."

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