{"id":31876,"date":"2024-04-29T15:47:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T05:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=31876"},"modified":"2024-04-29T15:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T05:48:05","slug":"two-men-injured-during-violent-brawl-inside-exclusive-mcc-room-during-sydney-v-hawthorn-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=31876","title":{"rendered":"Two men injured during violent brawl inside exclusive MCC room during Sydney v Hawthorn clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An ugly fight reportedly broke out in an exclusive MCC dining room at the MCG during an&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/afl\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AFL<\/a>&nbsp;match on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s understood a teenager refused to stand for the national anthem during the Anzac service before&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/hawthorn-hawks\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hawthorn\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;clash with&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/sydney-swans\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Melbourne radio station 3AW, a nearby fan told the youngster to \u201cshow some respect\u201d, with which the boy\u2019s dad took umbrage, telling the disgruntled patron to \u201cpipe down\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fiery exchanged was the catalyst for a physical fight that broke out on the second floor of the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children were reportedly exposed to the violence, but none were hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MCC told 7NEWS.com.au&nbsp;it could not comment on the matter due the police investigation, which is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, police said two men were hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPolice are investigating an assault that occurred at a football match in Richmond on April 28,\u201d Victoria Police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is believed a group of men were involved in a physical altercation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTwo of the men sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll parties involved were spoken to by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn investigation into the incident remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating the \u2018assault\u2019 that reportedly involved a teenage boy during Sunday\u2019s AFL match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":31877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,999],"tags":[8469,993,8470],"class_list":["post-31876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","tag-mcg","tag-melbourne","tag-sport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31878,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31876\/revisions\/31878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}