Chief executive Steven Trigg says the Crows will wait on more information and consultation between Club management, coaches and the senior leadership group before deciding what action will be taken against midfielder Bernie Vince for his “silly” behaviour at a Yorke Peninsula hotel on Sunday.

The Adelaide hierarchy was prompted to investigate claims Vince behaved inappropriately while in his hometown of Stansbury to watch the local cricket team play in a grand final after accusations were levelled at the 2009 best and fairest winner by an alleged Crows member in an email to radio station FIVEaa.

Vince has admitted to taking part in a team ritual of undressing to his boxer shorts as part of the team’s premiership celebrations while at the Stansbury Hotel, but denies other allegations in the email that he was intoxicated and abusive.

Trigg said Vince’s version of events was supported by “a number of people” at the venue, adding the Club had so far been unable to get in touch with the complainant.

“We’re keen to find out a little bit more from those people (the complainants) and their perspective because there are some aspects of that email that just don’t stack up,” Trigg said on Tuesday.

“The (complainants) are not on our membership base and they’re not on the SANFL membership base.

“We’ve emailed them twice and are trying to find a response and we haven’t got it.

“Clearly, you’d want to have a discussion with people, who make an allegation like that.

“It was a silly thing to do, [undressing] down to boxer shorts in a public place even though they were trying to make it a non-public place in the sense that it was closed to general patrons.

“There’s no suggestion of sculling beers or driving home (under the influence).

“There’s no suggestion of abusing people either, so at the moment it looks to be just a silly action.

“I’ve been involved in sporting clubs before where there’s a group mentality to it.

“I think Bernie got caught up in the group mentality of this is what we’re doing to celebrate.

“I have a level of understanding about that, but with my AFL players hat on before I took the action that was taken I’d be thinking about the consequences.”

Trigg said it was “very unlikely” Vince would be suspended for his error of judgement, but that there were likely to be repercussions for the 26-year-old, which would be determined by Club management and members of the coaching staff and senior leadership group in the next 24 hours.

“The thing that’s in our minds at the moment clearly is that it’s another silly action from Bernie,” Trigg said.

“Keep in mind with Bernie, that he hasn’t broken the law and he hasn’t hurt anybody … this is about brand and a repetition.

“In so many ways, Bernie is such a loved and integral part of our organisation but the silliness that goes with it sometimes is a distraction.

“Bernie will be dealt with strongly on this because it’s inappropriate to be in a public place - even though it was trying not to be a public place - like that.

“To those out there who would say, ‘it’s boys being boys, there’s no issue to it’ … well you guys [in the media] are sitting here asking me all these questions about it and I’ve got staff, who have spent two days on this thing.

“In a week when we’re trying to get some oxygen for a NAB Cup Grand Final, it’s not what we want to have as a footy club.

“It’s a silly action and ordinarily you could let it slide by, but one, it’s an accumulation of things and two, we’ve spent an enormous amount of time on it because of public interest.

“I wouldn’t have thought there would be a suspension, but we need to be strong in our dealings with him.

“As much as anything it’s a work in progress to try to get Bernie to understand that we love the spirit, we don’t want to take the fun out of it and we want him to play the game with flair, but a little lapse of judgement like that in this business can, unfortunately, create days of distraction.”