Canberra Raiders News

Canberra players embarrassed by fight in Las Vegas, apologize for incident, took attention from NRL event.

Canberra Weekly

The two Canberra players who fought each other after a night out in Las Vegas are "embarrassed" about pulling focus from the NRL's showpiece event.

Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies fronted the press on Tuesday morning (AEDT) to apologise for the fracas that took place in an elevator at Resorts World on Thursday night.

It's believed the two forwards began fighting when one was left without a hotel room on return from a night out.

Raiders players Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies have spoken with media today in Las Vegas.#WeAreRaiders #NRLVegas...

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Canberra Raiders players cause hotel security incident in Las Vegas after night out.

Fox League

Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies were two of many NRL players who had taken the opportunity to hit the town in Las Vegas before knuckling down for their season opener at Allegiant Stadium.

Players were allowed to do so, having been trusted as adults to behave, so they had not gone rogue.

Unlike their counterparts, the Canberra Raiders duo found trouble when a scuffle back at their hotel - Hilton Resorts World - blew up into a security incident that had them briefly evicted.

Here are the bizarre details of what happened, according to reports from Vegas.

Young and Smithies returned to their hotel having gone out drinking, on Thursday night local time; not long after arriving in Vegas.

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Canberra players involved in late-night scuffle in Las Vegas, won't be penalized for incident.

Wide World of Sports

Warring Canberra stars Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies won't be sent home despite the NRL's worst nightmare - a late night stoush in Las Vegas.

The pair scuffled in the lift of the team's plush hotel after a boozy night out on Thursday.

The incident occured after a malfunction in the hotel's computer system that saw irate players having to wait hours in the check-in queue.

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