on the next tuesday, the two players appeared before the north melbourne committee and were reinstated on the club's training list, after signing a statement which said that the "committee of the north melbourne football club acted correctly in dispensing of our services" and expressed a desire to "withdraw and apologise for statements made by us to the press". the reason for icke and grambeau being sacked was not revealed to the public, but was believed to be because the committee felt that they had not tried hard enough in the st kilda game. icke went straight back into the north melbourne team, which played collingwood in round 13.