The man attacked by a former member of the Macquarie Raiders yesterday told how he was punched several times, abused and his family was threatened by the culprits.
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Macquarie club officials and police were yesterday still investigating the rampage by some players after they left the South Dubbo Tavern late on Sunday night. They were at the Tavern after their team had lost a grand final match to arch-rivals CYMS.
Members of the team threw rubbish in streets to impede traffic, threw items at passing cars and one former member attacked the South Dubbo man.
Still showing horrific injuries, the man, who would not be named for fear of reprisal, said he had been at home about 10.30pm on Sunday.
Ironically, he is a Raiders supporter. He suffered a fractured eye socket, serious facial bruising and injuries to his mouth and teeth.
"There was a crash which sounded like broken glass. I jumped up and ran out the front not really knowing what to expect," he said.
"There were five guys vandalising the street by throwing the council pickup stuff out on the road.
"I yelled f-- off and that was it.
"I had my hands down and wasn't running towards them, I was just standing there
"One guy ran at me and hit me three or four times in the face and in the chest, the first shot was right in the middle of my eye, I thought my eyeball had exploded."
He said his attacker was wearing a Raiders shirt.
In pain and unable to see clearly, the man was unsure whether his attacker stopped hitting of his own accord or one of his companions restrained him.
"I stumbled back to the front step and my wife called the police," he said.
"Our neighbor was alerted and rang triple-0 and yelled out if we wanted an ambulance and I said yes."
He was bleeding heavily. The group of five shouted obscenities and threatened his family.
"They wanted to take it up with somebody... whoever would take them on.
"They didn't disperse until we told them the police were on their way.
"They appeared to just want to drag it out and have a bun fight with whoever was there," he said.
The man's teenage daughter went into the street to tell the group to move on.
"I was in bed, and heard my sister scream. I just ran out the front and walked straight past my dad, not knowing what had happened to him," she said.
"My sister and her friend were crying and I looked down the street to see five big, bulky guys telling them they were going to rape them and hurt them. I retaliated by telling them to f-- off.
"I walked back in the house because I heard Dad yelling. I then told my sister and her friend to get off the street because I realised how dangerous the situation actually was.
"I was freaking out about my Dad because his face was so swollen and bleeding."
Afraid the group of men would return when their parents went to hospital, the girls asked some male friends to stay with them.
The incident has shocked the family.
"It is my job to defend the family. It is my job to put myself on the line. But, there were too many for me," the man said.
"It's more than my injuries. It is the threats made to my family by these men.
"If anything I am a Macquarie Raiders fan and for one to come and attack their own, that is just awful."
