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“Giving him heaps”: AFL to investigate Hawk’s bottle throwing claims
SEN • March 20th, 2026 2:09 pm
The AFL is set to investigate claims made by Hawthorn's Nick Watson on breakfast radio following the club's Thursday clash against the Swans.
In the Hawks' 17-point win, the 21-year-old was certainly not a fan favourite amongst the Sydney faithful.
But speaking on Nova's Jase and Lauren, the small forward has said that opposition fans made their frustrations known by throwing a Coke Zero bottle towards the Hawthorn playing group.
Nick Watson: They were throwing Coke Zero cans out there. So.
Jase Hawkins: Like, full cans?
Lauren Phillips: ...at the players?
NW: ... Yeah. I saw one just go straight past me.
LP: No, you can't do that. Surely, you get dragged out immediately for doing that.
NW: Well, yeah, I don't know what happened with the guy... it just landed right next to us, lucky it didn't hit any players. But, yeah, a few players saw it.
Clint Stanaway: Well, good on you for calling it out.
LP: That's bad! You can't be doing that.
NW: I was giving him heaps, but not sure a Coke Zero bottle to the face in return, would have been nice.
SEN's Tom Morris says the league will investigate Watson's claims.
