Sydney Roosters captain Mitchell Pearce is expected to undergo counselling as well as punishment for his drunken behaviour on Australia Day, while new recruits Jayden Nikorima and Dale Copley may face sanctions after the trio partied on when given Cabcharges to go home by a club official following a harbour cruise with teammates.

The Roosters players had gone to the Royal Oak Hotel in Double Bay after the harbour cruise and were issued with the Cabcharges to get home, but Fairfax Media was told that Pearce then joined Nikorima and Copley and went to a party at the house of a woman they had met earlier. They were there for two hours before the Roosters captain was asked to leave after making an advance towards her and simulating sex with a dog.

The episode was filmed on a mobile phone by a man who can be heard questioning a heavily intoxicated Pearce about subjects such as race, teammates and his sexual preferences. The footage has since been sold to media outlets, including Fairfax Media.