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Australian comedian Elouise Eftos has accused the Sydney Swans of treating a commercial flight like their own 'private jet' after filming head coach Dean Cox and his assistants holding an impromptu meeting in the aisle of the plane.
Eftos was aboard a flight the Swans took on their way back from Adelaide over the weekend and she captured the coaching staff appearing to talk tactics while using a laptop computer.
The stand-up comedian and actress posted a video to Instagram describing the experience and calling it one of the funniest things she's ever seen.
'It's just crazy to me,' she said.
'I'm sitting on the plane and they all start standing up. This isn't the Sydney Swans' private jet, firstly.
'What is this? It's so performative, it's killing me. Everything's flirting, everything's performance. Even this. What is this?
Elouise Eftos (pictured) posted a video to Instagram describing the scene as coaches from the Sydney Swans held a team meeting in the aisle on a flight she took over the weekend
Eftos (pictured), who works as a comedian, told her followers, 'This isn't the Sydney Swans' private jet'
'It couldn't wait? They couldn't be like 'Hey guys, we will talk about this on Monday?''
Eftos then wondered what would happen if a regular person tried to pull a similar stunt.
'What if I got up and started stretching in the aisle going, 'I'm a dancer',' she laughed.
Eftos's post drew a comment from the Swans' official Instagram account, which simply wrote 'Sorry' accompanied by a smiling, sweaty-face emoji.
Commenters were divided about her take on the situation, with some saying she overreacted.
'It's 3 guys at work trying to use their time on a plane efficiently. What's the problem?' one wrote.
'Wtf are you all on about? Honestly? You're beating these men for enjoying their paid passion.. they aren't stopping you from doing anything.. affecting you in any way. How dare they be passionate about it in public.. they should be seated and silent,' another added.
Others backed her take, however.
Head coach Dean Cox (pictured right) and his assistants held their mid-flight chat after beating Port Adelaide on the weekend
The Swans' official Instagram account commented 'Sorry' on Eftos's post
'Swans get one (1) win and the whole plane needs to know about it,' one commenter said.
'Men. Everything they are interested in is more important than anything you or I might care about. This is VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS!' wrote a second.
The Swans were returning home after beating the Power 9.17 (71) to 7.10 (52) at Adelaide Oval on Saturday to climb two rungs to 11th on the ladder.
Despite butchering a series of shots, Sydney (six wins, eight losses) are now only two victories outside the top eight - the same as 12th-placed Port.
'Not ideal,' Cox said of his side's goalkicking.
'But to give ourselves opportunities, that's probably the first thing I look at.
'It is something that we have probably lacked, certainly marks inside 50, an ability to have shots.
'Previously we're the second best set-shot team. Tonight, we were nowhere near it.'
Sydney's Chad Warner, Tom Papley and Angus Sheldrick all returned 0.2, but the visitors weren't made to pay by a lacklustre Port.
The Swans trumped their hosts 51-35 in the inside-50 count, and Port were stuck on four goals until kicking three belated majors in the final minutes.
'We couldn't get any (attacking) entries ... if you don't get entries you're going to find it really really hard to score,' Power coach Ken Hinkley said.
'To be fair, the scoreboard was flattering.'
