{"id":128735,"date":"2021-09-14T02:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T02:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=128735"},"modified":"2021-09-14T04:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T04:59:32","slug":"broncos-star-cut-as-teammates-have-bust-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=128735","title":{"rendered":"Broncos star cut as teammates have bust-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/brisbane-broncos\" title=\"Broncos\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broncos<\/a> rising stars Tom Flegler and Jordan Riki have clashed in post-season celebrations that turned sour between the two young forwards.<\/p>\n<p>Flegler, 22, and Riki 21, were out partying last Wednesday night when a disagreement turned into a physical altercation.<\/p>\n<p>The pair made up the next day and apologised to each other. They self-reported the incident to the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"4aa8ad88-365a-404b-aaf8-6ad4fac046ce\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4aa8ad88-365a-404b-aaf8-6ad4fac046ce\" alt=\"Jordan Riki celebrates a Broncos try with teammate Anthony Milford.\" data-width=\"3567\" data-height=\"2006\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/broncos-tom-flegler-high-shot-kevin-walters-responds-as-cronulla-defeats-brisbane\/67e5ae00-d28e-4a02-8c75-9b2d0011a570\" title=\"Flegler copped a four-week suspension for a high shot in Brisbane&#x27;s Round 24 match against the Sharks\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flegler copped a four-week suspension for a high shot in Brisbane&#x27;s Round 24 match against the Sharks<\/a>, so was not involved as the club finished a disappointing season on a high with <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/brisbane-broncos-v-newcastle-knights-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321254\" title=\"a win over the finals-bound Knights in Round 25\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a win over the finals-bound Knights in Round 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Riki started the game and has been one of the good news stories for the club in 2021 as they start to rebuild under Kevin Walters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/mark-levy-column-ivan-cleary-wayne-bennett-feud-referees-nathan-cleary\/c5bed3e9-0a42-43a7-9bae-1dde673e03de\"><strong>&#x27;Priceless&#x27; moment in Wayne Bennett-Ivan Cleary feud<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/the-mole-wests-tigers-michael-maguire-stand-off-ivan-cleary-wayne-bennett-feud\/d0966524-06c3-4db4-a366-965eb32158a7\"><strong>The Mole weighs in on Michael Maguire-Wests Tigers stand off<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Broncos sent a statement to Wide World of Sports confirming the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We were out last Wednesday night and got in a wrestle that went a little wrong and Jordan ended up with a cut above his eye,&quot; Flegler said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"30a7d483-8f42-4944-9033-3ba14d251fc4\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/30a7d483-8f42-4944-9033-3ba14d251fc4\" alt=\"Thomas Flegler\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We went our separate ways that night and I gave him a call the next day to sort it out. It was silly and I apologised. We&#x27;ve agreed to keep our wrestling sessions to in-season from now on.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Tom reached out to me the next day and we spoke about what happened and we are absolutely sweet. I appreciated him being up front and getting in contact and we&#x27;re both now looking forward to a bit of a break,&quot; Riki added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Broncos rising stars Tom Flegler and Jordan Riki have clashed in post-season celebrations that turned sour between the two young forwards. Flegler, 22, and Riki <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=128735\" title=\"Broncos star cut as teammates have bust-up\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128737,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128735\/revisions\/128737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}