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Connor Rozee yet to learn results from AFL integrity unit probe into false rumour

The Port Adelaide captain ‘needed to say something’ when a ‘disgusting’ rumour started spreading.
Steve LarkinBy Steve Larkin
Connor Rozee and his wife Maisie. Credit: Instagram

Connor Rozee yet to learn results from AFL integrity unit probe into false rumour

The Port Adelaide captain ‘needed to say something’ when a ‘disgusting’ rumour started spreading.
Steve LarkinBy Steve Larkin

Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee is yet to learn results from an AFL integrity unit probe into a false rumour about his personal life.

Rozee took formal action when a rumour continued to wildly spread across the internet last week.

“It was a bit of a whirlwind of a week, last week,” Rozee told reporters on Monday.

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“It sort of came out of nowhere. And early days, it was probably just ‘ignore it and don’t worry about it, it will brush over’.

“And it kept gaining a bit of momentum, people sending it around.

“We probably got to a point where we thought we’d probably need to say something and just make it clear for everyone out there that it has got absolutely nothing to it.

“So it was a pretty disappointing and frustrating week from my end, just in terms of how some people dealt with it.

“But hopefully we have knocked it on the head now and we can all move on.”

Rozee spoke to the integrity unit last week.

Connor Rozee spoke with the AFL's integrity unit over a false rumour about his personal life. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP
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“We had some conversations,” he said.

“I have left that in their hands now and they’ll deal with it the way they need to.”

On Friday, Rozee told SEN: “I want to make it very clear, to be honest, that this is absolutely untrue and there hasn’t been even an inkling of truth to any part of what people have been saying about me or my family.

“It’s pretty disgusting, really, and disappointing to see obviously someone make it up, and a lot of people I know or have heard of spreading it to their friends or their family, some players from other clubs, or people that I’ve heard of.

“It’s pretty disappointing to know that some people can stoop that low and have that sort of character.

“Anything to do with family shouldn’t even be considered when people are thinking that these things are funny, because it does impact their lives, especially a lot more than even mine, because I’m obviously in the spotlight a bit more than our wives and kids.

“But for anyone that’s still wondering or 100 per cent sure, my wife and I are amazing, we’ve never been better. I’ve got great relationships with everyone at the football club.

“This is a completely made-up rumour and I just want to put a full stop on it because it got out of hand there for a bit and it’s not OK.”

Connor Rozee and his wife Maisie. Credit: Instagram

Rozee and teammates play their last game of the season on Friday night when the 13th-placed Power host Gold Coast.

The fixture will be Ken Hinkley’s last as Port coach and the final game for retiring former captain Travis Boak, a beloved 386-match veteran and the club’s games record-holder.

“It’s a massive week, clearly,” Rozee said.

“We’ll make sure that we touch on them throughout the week, we have got a few things planned just to make sure that we show the gratitude they deserve.

“They have both done so much for our football club over a long period of time, so it’s important for us that we acknowledge that in the right way.

“It would be great to send them off with a win.”

Long-time assistant Josh Carr, who coached Rozee at North Adelaide in the SANFL before he was drafted to the AFL in 2018, will take over from 13-year boss Hinkley.

“It’s probably a little bit easier because I’ve had Carry as a coach before,” Rozee said.

“Some of the guys that have been here for longer than I have, it’s probably going to be a little bit more strange to them.

“There will be a fair bit of change with personnel around the football club, and that’s exciting for us.

“We end a chapter and open a new one, which gives us a lot of excitement.”

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