"Four players have been banned from all football-related activity for several years for their part in match-fixing offences in Australia's A-League. Kearyn Baccus and ex-New Zealand international Clayton Lewis were paid A$10,000 (4,940) each to get themselves booked during Macarthur FC's game against Sydney FC in December 2023. Both were sentenced to a two-year conditional release order, external in September and have now been banned for five years by Football Australia, effective from May 2024."
"They also accepted the offer of completing 200 hours of unpaid football-related community service to reduce their bans by 12 months. Meanwhile, Riku Danzaki and Japanese compatriot Yuta Hirayama have been banned for seven years from June 2025. Former Western United midfielder Danzaki pleaded guilty in August, external to deliberately earning yellow cards in multiple A-League games in April and May. He received A$16,000 (7,900) from bets placed by his friend Hirayama, an amateur player."
Four players received multi-year bans from all football-related activity for match-fixing offences in Australia's A-League. Kearyn Baccus and former New Zealand international Clayton Lewis accepted payments of A$10,000 each to obtain bookings during Macarthur FC's December 2023 match against Sydney FC. Both received two-year conditional release orders in September and were banned for five years by Football Australia from May 2024, with an option to reduce bans by 12 months after completing 200 hours of unpaid football-related community service. Riku Danzaki and Yuta Hirayama received seven-year bans from June 2025; Danzaki pleaded guilty after receiving A$16,000 from bets placed by Hirayama. All four declined to appeal.
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