Partying Western Bulldogs players slammed in viral Instagram post by Tenisha Crook, partner of Richmond’s Jack Higgins

Partying Western Bulldogs players have been accused of treating their luxurious Gold Coast hub like a “western suburbs nightclub” by the partner of an opposition player, who slammed the Dogs on Instagram. SEE THE VIDEO

Jack Higgins' partner Tenisha Crook took to Instagram to berate the Bulldogs.

The partner of Richmond’s Jack Higgins has scolded Western Bulldogs players for partying inside their shared Gold Coast hub, urging them to “get on your flight back to Footscray or wherever the f*** you live”.

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The Bulldogs allegedly treated the RACV Royal Pines resort – the AFL’s most luxurious Queensland hub – like a “western suburbs nightclub” last week, interrupting both Richmond and Geelong’s preparation for the semi-finals.

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But senior Dogs officials were aware of Tenisha Crook’s long rant on Instagram, and adamant it was overblown.

The Bulldogs did not breach any of the AFL’s COVID-19 protocols and, apart from playing loud music, have no issue with how their players behaved after a long and arduous campaign.

The Bulldogs crowned Caleb Daniel their best-and-fairest over a few beers inside the hub last Monday, October 5, and were all checked out by Tuesday, which was three days after their season ended at the hands of St Kilda.

“I opened my door shortly, because I heard some moving around, and I saw the security guard,” Crook said.

“I said, ‘Hey, can you hear that music? It’s really loud, we can hear it right through our walls’, because I could still hear the music after he told them off.

“He said, ‘Yeah, we’ve just told them off (and to) turn their music down’.

“Little losers have turned it up louder in spite of this.

“I wouldn’t go off about something like this, but Richmond and Geelong are training for their finals that are in two or three days.

“Probably doing their final session of training that is extremely important for a final, and these idiots – just because they’ve gotten knocked out – are treating it like a western suburbs nightclub.

“How selfish can you be? Literally get on your flight back to Footscray, or wherever the f*** you live.

“It just makes me so mad.”

Western Bulldogs players have come under fire after they were eliminated from the AFL Finals. Picture: AFL Photos/Getty Images

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Text messages exchanged by partners of Richmond players claimed they were kept awake all night.

“Our room was shaking,” Finlay McMillan, partner of Ben Miller, said in one message.

“I looked out over the balcony and they (sic) was like Disco lights going.

“It was f***** I was up all bloody night.”

The Dogs spent 92 days in Queensland without an indiscretion, whereas Richmond has had two, including Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones getting booted from the state after they were evicted from a strip club and involved in a fight outside a Caville Ave kebab shop at 3am.

The entire Bulldogs clan were living at Royal Pines, whereas the Cats and Tigers are split across two hubs each.

A handful of Cats players have accommodation at the Pines, but they also have rooms at Southport Sharks, which is the club’s base.

Richmond’s single players are at KDV Sports. The Tigers with partners and families are at the Pines.

Coach Luke Beveridge said he was proud at how his players coped with hub life as housemates North Melbourne, Essendon and Carlton “fell away”.

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten and Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley also referenced how difficult life on the road had been immediately after their seasons ended.

Jack Higgins and Tenisha Crook at the 2018 Brownlow Medal. Picture: Michael Klein

Originally published as Partying Western Bulldogs players slammed in viral Instagram post by Tenisha Crook, partner of Richmond’s Jack Higgins