A brutal sledge about the 2020 AFL Grand Final is believed to have sparked Chris Scott’s fiery quarter-time exchange with Lions players on Friday night.
The incident occurred soon after Gary Rohan’s off-the-ball strike on Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale, with Scott insisting it was Neale that started the war of words at the break.
However AFL Media’s Damian Barrett has now revealed the sledge that really got under Scott’s skin came from another Lions player, straight after Scott questioned the toughness of the Lions players.
The Brisbane player, most likely defender Harris Andrews, yelled out: “not as soft as you pricks in the grand final”.
Scott was clearly fired up by the comment, as you can see in the video above, with the Cats players Cam Guthrie and Joel Selwood forced to drag him away from the confrontation.
Barrett also reported the AFL is now set to ask for a number of “please explains” from the people involved in the incident.
Brisbane coach Andrew Fagan could be seen watching the incident at quarter time and later condemned the actions of his counterpart, saying they were inappropriate.
“Personally I would not choose to speak to opposition players, I don’t think it is appropriate,” Fagan told 3AW.
“I don’t know how often it happens, pretty rarely I guess.
“I wasn’t there to see how it all started, but I think from a coaching perspective you just need to restrain yourself no matter how you feel at that moment.”
Meanwhile, Scott claimed that Neale was the person who originally sparked the quarter-time altercation.
“I was walking onto the ground and Lachie said to me something I couldn’t understand exactly, but something about Gary Rohan,” Scott said.
“And I said I’m happy to have that conversation if you like, I’ve seen the vision and I’m comfortable with it. That’s all that was said.
“They (Lions players) weren’t paying me compliments.”
Scott also claimed Neale instigated the on-field altercation with Rohan.
“I thought Neale struck Gary on the chest and then Gary struck him on the chest,” Scott said.
“I’m certainly not saying he (Neale) did the wrong thing. I had a pretty good look at what Gary did and I’m comfortable with it.”