Lyon forced to address players over bizarre gaffe

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St Kilda manager Ross Lyon has been forced to code his playing radical aft an embarrassing gaffe saw a record containing audio from the coaches' container accidentally uploaded to a league-wide folder.

The incidental occurred aft St Kilda's pre-season clash against Essendon past Friday, with the upload taking spot connected Saturday morning.

According to St Kilda, the record remained disposable to rival clubs for respective hours earlier it was taken down and replaced with a muted version, arsenic is modular AFL protocol.

"This upload occurred done quality error, which was corrected arsenic soon arsenic we were notified," St Kilda's interim shot brag David Misson said successful a nine connection connected Wednesday evening.

"There is nary certainty that this record has been accessed and downloaded by anybody, however, careless of the debased risk, we wanted to beryllium connected the beforehand ft and proactive successful our response.

"Our absorption is connected creating a programme with precocious integrity, unfastened connection and attraction for our people.

"As a substance of course, we addressed this contented straight with our playing group."

Lyon is successful the archetypal play of his 2nd stint arsenic St Kilda's elder manager aft being re-installed astatine the extremity of past season pursuing a three-season stint retired of the coaching circle.

St Kilda volition unfastened its location and distant play by facing Lyon's erstwhile broadside Fremantle astatine Marvel Stadium successful circular one.

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