Police have charged a 21-year-old Narre Warren man following an alleged assault on North Melbourne stalwart Jack Ziebell in South Yarra on Sunday 20 August.
Ziebell was set upon by a group of men outside a bar in South Yarra in an “unprovoked attack”, the Kangaroos said, just hours after he retired from the AFL amid emotional scenes at the MCG.
The 32-year-old spent the rest of the night in hospital with facial injuries.
Following police inquiries, two Narre Warren men aged 21 and 26 attended Prahran Police Station, where they were arrested just after 1pm on Monday 21 August.
Police charged the 21-year-old with affray, intentionally cause injury, and assault by kicking.
He was bailed to appear in the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on 24 October.
The 26-year-old was released pending further enquiries.
Ziebell debuted for the Kangaroos in 2009 after being taken with pick nine in the 2008 draft.
He bowed out of the AFL on Saturday, with Richmond legends Trent Cotchin and Jack Riewoldt also retiring in the same game as the Tigers won by 29 points.
– With AAP
