Sydney Stack photographed wearing symbol associated with bikies

Richmond young gun Sydney Stack has explained the “bikie” symbol he wore — but will it be enough to keep him out of hot water?

AFL young gun Sydney Stack has potentially found himself in more hot water with what appears to be a ring on one of his fingers that is usually associated with bikies.

However, his manager maintains the ring is simply a “fashion statement”.

In a recent Instagram photo taken by Stack — who is set to spend Christmas in prison following his arrest over an alleged COVID-19 quarantine breach at the weekend — the 20-year-old can be seen wearing two rings on his fingers.

On closer inspection, one of the rings on the Tiger’s left index finger appears to say “one per center.”

A number of his Instagram followers have also pointed this out.

“I gotta ask but why are you wearing a 1 % ring?” said one.

The ring on Sydney Stack’s left hand has drawn attention. Picture: Instagram

Such rings are typically worn by bikies because they identify themselves as “one-per centers” — in that 99 per cent of the community are law-abiding citizens, but one per cent is not.

The one per cent slogan also features prominently on many bikie gang patches and logos.

On Tuesday The West Australian emailed the Instagram photo and a close up picture of the ring to Stack’s manager Paul Peos.

The 1%er slogan is associated with bikies.

In response Mr Peos emailed back saying: “That is Sydney, that is a fashion statement.”

Mr Peos declined to comment any further on the matter.

It comes as the Richmond player was listed to appear in Perth Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being denied bail on Sunday over the recent alleged COVID quarantine breach.

But the court was told on Monday he was instead in isolation at Hakea Prison and was unable to appear via video-link.

It means Stack faces another two weeks in quarantine alone in a jail cell.

Police patrolling the nightclub district handed Stack a move-on notice about 1.10am on Sunday after he was allegedly involved in a punch-up.

Officers say they only realised Stack should have been in isolation after checking his details against his driver’s licence.

At his first court appearance hours after his arrest, Stack said he had come back to Perth for “cultural healing” and had spent several days at his nominated address in Northam after his grandfather’s funeral — but moved to Belmont following a family argument.

Stack flew into Perth from South Australia on December 10, meaning he should have finished home isolation on Christmas Eve.

Speaking on an audio-link from a quarantine cell on Sunday, he told the court: “My AFL career is on the line with Richmond.”

Sydney Stack told a court his AFL career was on the line. Picture: Matt Roberts/Getty Images

The court was told Stack had set out from Victoria, a State deemed very low risk for COVID-19, and did not leave the airport in SA. He also tested negative for the virus after arriving in WA.

Police prosecutors opposed bail, arguing it was an “exceptionally extreme form of breach” because Stack’s actions had put “large numbers of the public at risk” and it was not the first time he had done so.

It was also revealed in court Stack had also been cautioned in October over another quarantine breach.

The magistrate refused bail, saying it was a “serious” breach of quarantine because of the “potential for community transmission”.

In September, Stack copped a 10-week ban after it was revealed he left the Gold Coast AFL hub to go to a strip club.

He will appear in court again on January 6.