Former North Melbourne champion Glenn Archer has been involved in an incident at an under 15s local football match on the weekend.
Archer was watching his son play in a game between Banyule and Park Orchards, before a fight broke out between players on the field.
The two-time Kangaroos premiership player then decided to jump the fence and intervene after a parent from the opposition side grabbed a player and got involved.
After journalist Sam McClure broke the news on Melbourne radio station SEN on Monday morning, Archer joined the coverage and detailed exactly what happened.
"I was watching my son play the under-15 game," Archer told SEN Breakfast.
"I was probably three-to-four metres from the boundary and an incident happened with some of the boys, having a bit of a punch on. It unfortunately happens in footy. The boundary umpire got involved, who was one of the parents of the opposition, grabbed a Banyule player and fended our player off with a forearm, which I saw him hit the kid in the head.
"So instinctively, I go into protective mood and jump the fence to protect the young boy. By the time I got over the fence, it’s over, so I just told the umpire off for getting involved and touching and hitting the player.
"That settled down and I jumped back over the fence. Half time rolls around and the opposition coaching staff, and their runner was screaming and swearing at me. I walked close to the fence to let him know the context of what happened.
"I was trying to tell him the umpire hit the player. He hit me in the face, I fended him off and it turned into a screaming match. I thought no one will defuse this situation, so I got into the car and headed home."
