Richmond Tigers AFL premiership star Noah Balta has been charged over an off-season altercation which allegedly left a man with head lacerations.
Police were called to a sports club in Mulwala, near the Victoria/NSW border shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning.
NSW Police confirmed Balta was later charged with assault over an alleged incident after another man was hospitalised, according to Seven News chief AFL reporter Mitch Cleary.
Balta had reportedly been preparing to celebrate the New Year with family and friends.
Balta handed himself into police just before lunchtime on Tuesday.
He was bailed to appear in Corowa Local Court on January 30.
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Richmond Tigers AFL premiership star Noah Balta (pictured) has been charged over an off-season altercation which allegedly left a man with head lacerations
