The Carlton Football Club has suspended Setanta O’hAilpin indefinitely following his actions during today’s intra-club practice match at Visy Park.

“Setanta’s actions were totally unacceptable, on or off the field, and we are bitterly disappointed in the incident with Cameron Cloke,” said Carlton CEO Greg Swann.

O’hAilpin has been suspended from the Club until further notice pending an AFL investigation. He will not be involved in any club activities and will be required to train with the Northern Bullants while he is suspended. In addition he will undergo an anger management course with the Club Sports Psychologist.

Setanta is remorseful about the incident and has spoken with Cameron to apologise for his actions. He is aware that such an incident is completely unacceptable and, in particular, is a poor example to junior footballers.

The Carlton leadership group was involved in the decision to suspend Setanta and have spoken to him in relation to the matter.

This incident and the injury to Andrew Carrazzo overshadowed what was otherwise a very positive first practice match for the 2009 season.

Andrew Carrazzo was injured during the second quarter of the match and x-rays confirmed he has a broken forearm that is expected to keep him out of action for six weeks. He will be able to maintain his fitness during this period as he will resume running in two weeks time.