Yanco/Wamoon president Glenn Preston said the sides’ coach Mark Sanderson was right to order his players not to take part in the rest of the game.

“We fully support his decision to take the girls from the field, we have 14-year-old girls playing in the side, they don’t need to see things like that,” Preston said.

Police are investigating the incident but charges have not been laid.

Yanco/Wamoon Oztag coach Mark Sanderson and Black and White coach Graham Webb declined to comment, saying the matter was in the hands of the police.

Group 20 secretary Rocci Di Salvatore said there would be a inquiry into the game, with Oztag coming under the same guidelines as the rest of Group 20.

Di Salvatore said the fight left a sour taste in his mouth.

“The comp started off so well and then you get stuff like this, and the thing is that you don’t expect it from Oztag,” Di Salvatore said.

“But Oztag is bound by the same rules (as men’s football) and there will be inquiry later in the week.”

Di Salvatore conceded the Group may need to hand out a strict punishment to stamp out bad behaviour on the field, and a season ending suspension could be on the cards if the circumstances behind the incident are sufficient.

Also floated was the possibility of giving the teams suspended sentences that would be enacted if one player stepped out of line for the rest of the season.

Group 20 has marketed Oztag as a way of bringing women and families to the game of rugby league, and despite a clean record last year, this latest incident has left the game with a black eye.