Carlton football player Derksen loses licence for 12 months for drink driving

Carlton Football Club player Wade Derksen has been fined after being caught driving with a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit earlier this year. 

The 25-year-old did not appear in person at Darwin Local Court today, however he pleaded guilty to high-range drink driving via telephone.

The court heard Derksen was driving along the Arnhem Highway south of Darwin in September after a day of drinking and fishing with friends. 

The father-of-three was stopped by police for a random roadside breath test where he blew a blood-alcohol reading of 0.174. 

Derksen was convicted, fined $873 and has been suspended from driving for 12 months.