New witnesses come forward after Richmond’s Shai Bolton, Daniel Rioli injured in nightclub fight

New particulars have emerged of the nightclub scuffle that left two star Richmond gamers injured.

Based on 7NEWS, eye witnesses reported Shai Bolton and Daniel Rioli had been evicted from nightclub Yo-Yo after a fight broke out round 1am final weekend.

Bolton suffered a damaged his wrist in the confrontation whereas Rioli wanted two stitches below his eye when struck defending his girlfriend after a person’s “inappropriate gesture”.

“Submit the fight, eye witnesses claimed Rioli and Bolton remained exterior the membership Yo-Yo for as much as half-hour after being evicted,” reporter Tom Browne mentioned.

“Rioli argued at size with a safety guard and Bolton tried to re-enter the membership on a number of events.

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“It’s alleged he was heard making remarks towards the person who clashed with Rioli inside.”

Browne confirmed the AFL Integrity was investigating, and was “sceptical of the details” in Richmond’s model of occasions.

“Witnesses say the fight between each gamers and the person inside was significantly aggressive after they took offence to the person’s extremely inappropriate gesture to Rioli’s girlfriend,” Browne mentioned.

The brand new account comes days after Tigers coach Hardwick defended each gamers and mentioned he believed many individuals would have reacted the identical means.

“A participant’s accomplice was put in an inappropriate state of affairs that she didn’t really feel snug with and Daniel stood up and tried to eradicate the state of affairs and was punched in the attention,” Hardwick instructed Fox Footy on Monday.

“I don’t condone violence however the actuality is, you set anybody in that state of affairs, they’re going to face up for his or her accomplice and their mates and Shai was the identical.

“So, look, it was a troublesome state of affairs. It’s not one ideally we wish to be in however the actuality is we’re the place we’re.”

Hardwick mentioned soccer bosses Tim Livingstone and Blair Hartley had spoken at size with Bolton and Rioli and the Tigers had been “completely” assured there was no wrongdoing on their behalf.

“We’ve acquired to the underside of it – the proof we’ve acquired and the story we’ve got,“ he mentioned.

“So from our standpoint, we again in the gamers.”

Bolton stays one of the vital in-demand gamers after a breakout 2021 season.

The child from Katanning is already a two-time premiership participant and is out of contract on the finish of the yr.

-With AAP