Students and volunteers who were at a junior football game in Melbourne where former AFL star Glenn Archer punched a runner will be interviewed about what they saw as he appeals an assault conviction.
Archer, 45, appeared in the Victorian County Court on Friday as judge Mark Dean scheduled a three-day hearing in February for the former footballer to appeal his conviction for assaulting the volunteer.
The North Melbourne great struck the runner as tensions boiled at his son's game at a Heidelberg oval in June, and later pleaded guilty to assault, but was taken aback when he was convicted of the crime and fined $2000.
Australian Associated Press