Sydney Swans make call on star who was dropped from the team after clashing with teammate over an ex-girlfriend on a night out

The Sydney Swans have recalled Sam Wicks ahead of this weekend’s clash with West Coast in Adelaide.

John Longmire’s men take on the Eagles in Adelaide Hills as part of Gather Round – and the coach played a straight bat when quizzed on why Academy product Wicks didn’t feature in the last start defeat against Richmond at the MCG.

It is believed Wicks acted inappropriately towards a teammate’s former partner – an allegation the forward denies.

Swans hierarchy reportedly investigated the matter and found Wicks to be innocent of any wrongdoing.

‘He’s back amongst all the playing group,’ Longmire said.

‘I’m not going to go into the details, other than the fact that we decided last week to pick the team that we thought was best to go to Melbourne.

‘Sam will be available for selection and we’ll work through what that looks like.’

Speaking to Fox Footy on Monday, Longmire stated off-field dramas involving playing groups are nothing new.

‘Most of the things you deal with in football, over my time….has been non-football,’ he said.

‘That’s just one of those things that you need to make sure you work through. We believe we are working through that well.

‘We are mature enough to be able to work through that and get our focus on the footy.’

Wooden spoon favourites West Coast are struggling this season – and they will be out for revenge after the Bloods beat them by 171 points last year in a low day for the club.

The Eagles have also become just the sixth team in AFL/VFL history not to win a quarter from their opening three matches.