After a week in which five male players were stood down for the rest of the season following an alleged incident in a Melbourne hotel room, the Swans will stage their first double-header featuring both the AFLW and AFL teams at the SCG.

Sydney will need to heed clearly the disappointment, disbelief, and anger being felt by the general fan base and what it has done to the reputation of the club more generally.

Major sponsors have begun to distance themselves from Swans players at the centre of assault allegations.