Update: Former Hawthorn captain Richie Vandenberg says he is "all good" after he was 'glassed' in a New York City bar in the early hours of Thursday morning (US time).

Vandenberg, 39, was attacked at an establishment called Catch bar after a male patron had allegedly acted inappropriately towards two female friends.

He told Fairfax Media on Friday: "The offender was apparently - I didn't see any of this - being inappropriate to my mate's wife and her sister on a dance floor.

"The husband and I were sitting down at a table and when he told the guy to nick off, the guy launched into him, knocking him back down in his seat. I stood up and he hit me in the head."