Canberra Raiders NRL stars involved in a bizarre late night brawl at Vegas hotel

[josie andrews]

* Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies clashed

* Club will deal with incident 'very strongly'

Two 'very embarrassed' Canberra Raiders NRL players have been disciplined over a altercation at their hotel in Las Vegas days out from the start of the 2025 season.

Second-rowers Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies came to blows after a hotel mix-up left one of them without a room on their first night.

It's understood an inflatable baseball bat were involved in the scuffle in a hotel elevator and that security guards escorted them from the hotel, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart confirmed an altercation took place three days ago and slammed the players' behaviour as unacceptable.

Police were not called and the pair were later allowed to return to the hotel.

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart confirmed an altercation took place three days ago and slammed the players' behavior as unacceptable.

'I have spoken to the players who are very embarrassed,' he said.

Both players are expected to front the media on Tuesday.

The NRL is aware of the incident.

The Raiders are among four clubs in Vegas for the Vegas opening round.

Both Young and Smithies are expected to be named in Raiders line-up when they take on the New Zealand Warriors on Sunday AEST.

The incident is the first off-field behavioural problem to beset the NRL in Vegas, after a largely incident-free visit to the city last year.

Clubs have given players free rein to enjoy Sin City, trusting them to behave and believing locking them in hotels is not the best preparation for games.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nrl/a ... -Vegas.htm

[josie andrews]

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart confirmed an altercation took place three days ago

Why are they there in Vegas so soon?

[Firestarter]

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart confirmed an altercation took place three days ago

Why are they there in Vegas so soon?

Yes i thought that josie and if i had to put money on two canberra players kicking off it would be them two.Both seem to like the biff and both good players

[Southern Softy]

An inflatable baseball bat????????!!!!!???

Blimey, the game's getting soft in Oz.

[josie andrews]

This is an update

https://x.com/raiders_24sep89/status/18 ... 76825?s=61

[WarriorWinger]

So was it just boys being boys and a whole load of nothing in it, as 'wrestling' or using inflatable baseball bats all sounds a bit high jinx to me, yes not a good look if security etc. were involved but if all in just good fun why blow it out of proportion

[Blackpool_Pie]

The whole thing sounds a little bit Little Britain

https://youtu.be/REpNTi-9oRQ?si=4Gcuj2o2KeKYM-n1

[jobo]

This is an update

https://x.com/raiders_24sep89/status/18 ... 76825?s=61

[Mike]

So was it just boys being boys and a whole load of nothing in it, as 'wrestling' or using inflatable baseball bats all sounds a bit high jinx to me, yes not a good look if security etc. were involved but if all in just good fun why blow it out of proportion

[widdenoldboy]

So was it just boys being boys and a whole load of nothing in it, as 'wrestling' or using inflatable baseball bats all sounds a bit high jinx to me, yes not a good look if security etc. were involved but if all in just good fun why blow it out of proportion

Nicely put