“Blown out of proportion”: Pub defends Richmond conduct

The pub that hosted Richmond for their Mad Monday celebrations have defended the conduct of the Tigers.

Vision emerged of some Tigers players with their shirts off and seemingly whipping each other.

It blew up on some news outlets who condemned the players for their behaviour.

But the Garfield Hotel has denied the Tigers players did anything untoward and were simply enjoying their day.

The statement suggested the news stories were “blown out of proportion”.

“We hosted the Richmond Football Club at our venue today, and we could not speak more highly of the way they conducted themselves. For such a young group, they were extremely respectful and a fun group of boys to deal with,” read the statement.

“They enjoyed a few quiet beers to unwind after a long season, and we see nothing wrong with that. They had booked out the venue for the afternoon, so they were the only patrons on site. They enjoyed their afternoon and moved on.

“In our view, this has been blown out of proportion. Two members of the media were waiting on their arrival this morning and remained on site filming in the hope of capturing a misstep, which we consider disappointing.”

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