Nick Riewoldt has hit back at Caroline Wilson’s claim the AFL was “disappointed” with his absence from the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Wilson labelled Nick Riewoldt’s absence from last week’s Hall of Fame event as an “elephant in the room”, after the AFL stated last year he was nominated for induction.
Riewoldt – on Tuesday’s episode of Footy Talk with Leigh Montagna – clarified the situation and explained why he couldn’t fly over from the United States to attend.
“The AFL were fine with it. It came out of the blue, that one from Caro,” he laughed.
“I mean, (it’s a) pretty basic explanation…”
ROO RESPONDS TO CARO:
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