Brisbane Broncos forward David Fifita has touched down in Australia after being locked up in a Bali prison cell for allegedly assaulting a bouncer.

The 19-year-old avoided a maximum of nearly three years in jail after claims of assault were withdrawn by a security guard Fifita allegedly punched early on Saturday morning.

The teenager spent the next two nights in a Kuta police station, with the complainant accepting a peace agreement that allowed the Broncos’ young gun to walk out a free man on Monday afternoon.

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Fifita flew into Brisbane Airport on Tuesday morning with teammate Payne Haas where he was greeted with a hug from his mother before giving a brief statement to the media.

“I’d like to thank everyone who has worked to help me get home,” Fifita said.

“I’d like to thank Walshy, Payne and my lawyers over in Bali and everyone at the Brisbane Broncos.

“There’s been a lot going on behind the scenes and I am really grateful for that (help).

“It is a great feeling to be back home to see my family.

“I have learnt a big lesson from what I have been through over the past few days.”

Fifita did not answer questions and was quickly whisked away by Broncos staff.

Earlier Broncos CEO Paul White addressed the media and admitted Fifita had made a “poor” decision to be at the Kuta nightclub precint in the early hours.

“We don’t condone that he made a poor decision, putting himself in that nightclub precinct at that hour of the morning,” White said.

“I suppose nothing good happens after midnight.

“What’s played out, the story that has been played out within the media over the last few days, Dave will have a different version of events to that.

“That will be up to the NRL Integrity Unit to validate that independently of ourselves and we look forward to that opportunity.

“Right at the moment, we’re just happen to have him out of that cell in Kuta.”

White said Fifita had been though a “traumatic” experience.

Fifita arrives with Payne Haas at Brisbane Airport. Source: AAP

“We are just happy to have him out of that cell in Kuta. He had been there for three days and for a young man, we understand it was quite a harrowing experience.

“He was in custody for three days and the conditions, as you can imagine, in the cell over there are very different to what you would experience if you were in custody in this country.

“So that in itself is a fairly traumatic experience and we knew the longer that went on we became concerned for his mental health and concerned for what his family, and in particular his mother, was going through.”

Confirming the club did not pay compensation tofacilitate Fifita’s release, White said the teenager’s version of events would come out once the integrity unit interviewed him.

“Any compensation that was paid was agreed upon David’s legal representative over there and David himself,” White said.

“That is something between David and the alleged victim.

“These peace agreements are part of these types of incidents, the settlement of these type of incidents, and they do involvean agreement between two parties.” “I look forward to the integrity unit being able to speak to Dave and take his versionof events and make an independent judgement.”

Fifita is set to enter the final year of his NRL contract with Brisbane and is widely considered the hottest free agent available for the 2021 season. He has been linked with a number of NRL clubs on deals worth a reported $1 million a season.