The Chiefs rugby player at the centre of a homophobic slur scandal has come forward, but says the comments were aimed at a teammate, not a member of the public.

Lock Michael Allardice on Tuesday admitted making the comments, which he said were made in jest.

It comes after Waikato man Brendan Barraclough wrote a Facebook post claiming the comments were aimed at him.

Mr Barraclough said he was swimming at the Okoroire Hot Springs near Tirau on Monday night when he noticed the Chiefs were there, winding down from their loss to the Hurricanes the night before.

Mr Barraclough told Newshub that when he went to leave, one of the players yelled at him "here come the gays, here come the gays" along with other slurs too vulgar to publish.

He described the attack as "revolting".

"How they think this is okay in this day and age is beyond me."

He says while the comments didn't hurt him, he is more upset because of what it could have done to someone else.

"I brushed it off which is awful to say but you do, you just brush it off. The reason I put it on Facebook is because what if it was some younger guy who isn't as secure in themselves as I am."

"And because it was the Chiefs. They are put on this platform in the community, people look up to them, so you can't have that kind of crap going on."