Sydney co-captain Leo Barry refused to answer questions from a Channel Seven reporter at a press conference yesterday, supporting a players' boycott of the network over its reporting of drugs allegations.

It was similar to a stance taken by Adelaide's Brett Burton at a press gathering on Tuesday and came in reaction to Seven's decision last week to make public details of two players' medical records obtained from a drug rehabilitation clinic by a man and a woman, who have since been charged by Victorian police with theft by finding.

The AFL's Players' Association and the AFL are furious at Seven's actions, and Victorian Police Commissioner Christine Nixon labelled the act appalling and a disgrace, adding there was a possibility the network - which allegedly bought the documents from the man and woman - would also be charged.

Barry said yesterday that his team backed the AFLPA stance, which may even affect the Brownlow Medal count, televised by Seven.

Before yesterday's media conference, Barry was asked by the Channel Seven reporter - as is often the case - if he could attach a microphone to his shirt. He said no emphatically and made it clear he would not be answering that reporter's questions. When the conference began, Seven's Nick Marshall-McCormack asked Barry - who has missed the past five weeks through injury - if he was looking forward to being back this week against Hawthorn.

"I'm not answering your question, mate," Barry replied. He was then asked if he was not answering questions at all, to which he said: "No, not with Channel Seven.

"I thought you'd actually turn up and ask the first question, so I'm not answering it."

Later in the conference, Barry was asked by Marshall-McCormack about the Swans' resting players this weekend, and he swiftly interrupted by saying: "I said I'm not answering questions from you."

Barry did respond to the issue when asked by someone other than a Seven employee and agreed it was about the Swans players making a stand.

"Yeah, I suppose it's been disappointing the whole way it's come out," he said. "Moving forward, I think everything will be reassessed at the end of the year so everyone can move forward. At this stage, hopefully, the right people and the AFLPA will sort it out with the AFL.

"The AFLPA have come out in full support of the [drug] code, and obviously it's been a difficult situation, but most players have been supportive of what's happened [from their association]."

Asked whether he felt his club would be tarnished by association, Barry said: "We feel we've got a fantastic club and a great culture here and all we've got control over is our own group and we can only worry about what we've got control of."

He confirmed co-captain Barry Hall was likely to be rested this weekend, and said a decision on whether ruckman Peter Everitt had the week off would be made "at the end of the week".

Barry confirmed he would play his first game since his hamstring problems erupted in round 16 against West Coast.

"I got really close [to playing] the last couple of weeks. It's only been the last few training sessions I've pulled up really sore," he said. "It was a pretty close decision but in the end we decided to err on the side of caution.

"If I had of re-strained it I would have been out for the whole year, so in hindsight it was the right decision.

"I suppose the result won't have any bearing on our position and our finals campaign, it's more about being able to play 75 per cent of the game.

"It's definitely good for myself and a few other guys and we'll be trying a few different things this week and hopefully really get ourselves ready for the first week of the finals.

"Against Hawthorn it's about trying to get our best team back on the paddock, and trying to get a bit of enthusiasm back. It's been a big couple of years and maybe that's wearing down on a few of the guys, so it's more about the enthusiasm and enjoying our footy. We've shown in the past we can have a big finals campaign and, regardless of the fact that we're not getting into the top four, we still feel we've got a talented side. We know what's required to win finals footy, and we still think we can play a huge part in the make-up of the finals."