A 19-year-old Eltham man has been fined $322 by police for riotous behaviour,but the victims say they do not wish to proceed with further police action. While the fight broke out in the AFL members' area, it is believed the teenager is not an AFL, MCC or Richmond member. Footage shows a group of men involved in the brawl, while the Tigers club song plays in the background. AFL spokesman Jay Allen said the league was working with the MCC, Richmond and Carlton to identify those involved. He said they could be banned from stadiums across the country even if they are not members. McLachlan said the league would consider banning the teenager and the other men involved.

"We have the power to issue banning notices ... from what I have seen it's hard to see how we would want that person I saw in a Richmond jumper coming to the football for a period of time," he said. Melbourne mother Jo told 3AW the incident was "really frightening" and said security guards stood by for too long without taking action. "There was no security in the area, except for the guards on the oval who stood there and watched ... there were small kids in their fathers' arms crying," she said. Punches are thrown during the brawl in the lower section of the Great Southern Stand. Credit:Sam Webster/Rhys Wilkinson. Another woman, who did not want to be identified, said she was sitting directly behind the group when the fight started.

"Some older men were trying to break it up as there was families and kids around," she said. "There was some older ladies sitting in front of me and they were calling out for security. There was absolutely no sign of security or police for a good couple of minutes. "It was really terrifying. I have never seen anything like that at the footy." The MCC's general manager of the venue and event services, Gerard Griffin, said security guards on the field could not leave their posts, but immediately called for backup.

"We feel comfortable with what's occurred in that 20 or 30 seconds after that footage clip has concluded, Victoria Police and security are on the scene," he said. Those standing nearby can be heard shouting for security as the men fight. Mr Griffin added that security for both Thursday and Friday night's Collingwood versus Geelong match at 7.50pm was "up at finals, grand final levels", and he didn't expect their approach for Friday's match to change. AFL chief McLachlan earlier told 3AW that "it feels like an unacceptable amount of time before security got there". "We spent six figures on security last night and we will process how that played out," he said.