Max Gawn says he was responsible for the infamous flowers and wine

Ever since Collingwood’s Brayden Maynard leapt from the bottom and crashed into Demon Angus Brayshaw final Friday, it has taken the lion’s share of consideration within the footy world.

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The story developed by way of the extraordinary concentrate on the AFL Tribunal listening to that adopted, Maynard getting off with out penalty and Eddie McGuire’s, let’s say, enthusiastic response.

Another factor was Maynard’s daring choice to go to Brayshaw at his residence lower than 24 hours after the occasion, reportedly with flowers and a bottle of wine in tow.

While it was broadly reported the go to was not acquired effectively and no less than one Melbourne participant needed to “leave the room”, Demons skipper Max Gawn has clarified occasions.

Gawn was at Brayshaw’s home and has refuted a number of the reporting on a chat with the Marty Sheargold Show on Triple M radio.

Conceding he was “really worried early” and that Brayshaw “had a real bad first night”, Gawn says his teammate and shut buddy is now an honest likelihood to play in a preliminary last in a fortnight if the Dees get previous Carlton on Friday evening.

When it got here to the notorious go to to Brayshaw’s residence, Gawn stated it went about in addition to you might count on, no less than at first.

“It’s what I expected for a guy that hit someone, well, knocked someone out accidentally the night before,” Gawn stated of an apologetic Maynard.

“We weren’t on the couch watching Thank God You’re Here. We weren’t having a genuinely good time.

“But it was certainly not the reports that have come out.”

Gawn stated there have been longstanding ties between Maynard’s household and a number of the Melbourne gamers, which helped soften the temper considerably.

“Christian (Petracca) was there as well, everyone knew each other,” the ruckman stated.

“We played with Brayden’s brother (Corey) three or four years ago, his dad works at the club, so there’s a phenomenal connection between Maynards and pretty much everyone at the football club.”

There had additionally been studies the flowers had been thrown out, however Gawn revealed he was personally answerable for the association in query.

“I put the flowers in a vase,” Gawn confessed.

“I took them out of the wrapper, is that what you’re supposed to do?

“Didn’t give them a trim and apparently, I got a text later that night from Danielle (Frawley, Brayshaw’s fiancee) that I picked the wrong vase.

“I picked a pink vase, I thought it suited the flowers.”

The All-Australian additionally had intel on the wine.

“I put the wine in the cellar as well, in a wine fridge or something,” he stated.

“It was a Penfolds as well.”

He didn’t reveal any extra specifics in regards to the wine, so this story should still have legs.

Penfolds can vary from round $14 a bottle for a Shiraz or Cab Sauv by way of to over $1,000 for a bottle from its famed Grange classic.