Ex-Crow breaks silence on infamous camp drama

AFL

BY Simeon Thomas-Wilson

Former Adelaide champion Richard Douglas has broken his silence on the Crows’ 2018 pre-season camp, saying he regrets not supporting Eddie Betts more.

Richard Douglas

"I regret saying some certain things that I said to some teammates that I would normally not say in the light of day. You get caught up in the emotion of things, you are in the moment and everyone is buying into it."

Ex-Crows forwards Eddie Betts and Josh Jenkins blew the lid on their "psychologically and culturally unsafe" experience on the Gold Coast camp after years of silence.

Douglas said players were told to rehearse answers when asked by their wives and partners about the camp and that it “caused us a lot of turmoil”, especially in 2018.

The 2010 Club Champion said he was also asked to divulge personal information ahead  of the camp.

Richard Douglas

"We thought it was in confidence and it wouldn’t be dug up and rehashed under physical fatigue. We didn’t understand regrettably. But we should have had those conversations to understand."

The camp has been investigated and cleared by the AFL’s Integrity Unit and by SafeWork SA.

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