TWO brothers accused of assaulting West Adelaide legend Grant Fielke at Hewett have been banned from the South Gawler Football Club by a magistrate.

Riley Thomas Barker, 29, of Gawler South and 26-year-old Gawler East resident Brodie Nicholas Barker appeared in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with the aggravated  assault of Mr Fielke outside his Hewett home on September 22.

In court, Magistrate Yoong Fee Chin heard a prosecution application to bar the brothers from the South Gawler Football Club precinct, where the accused are players and Mr Fielke is an assistant coach in the under 17s.

Police prosecutor Brevet Sergeant Trevor Orchard alleged rumours and an argument at a football club function led to the alleged attack.

“There was a discussion between the defendants and (Mr Fielke’s son) Callum Fielke in relation to some rumours which were circulating through the sports club,” he said.

“After this, there was an interaction between the victim and the defendant Brodie Barker.

“Brodie Barker had his hands on the shirt of the victim with his right hand and the victim had hold of his (Brodie Barker’s) shirt with his left hand.

“The defendant Brodie Barker hit the victim in the chin with his fist and then the victim hit him three or four times in the mouth.”

Brevet Sergeant Orchard explained how the confrontation proceeded to more pushing, before Brodie Barker went out of the clubrooms to find his brother, and they were asked to leave.

He said the pair then travelled to Hewett, where the brothers and Mr Fielke confronted each other outside his home.

“When they (Mr Fielke and son Callum) were home, they received telephone calls,” he said.

“Initially they ignored the telephone calls, but they answered one of the calls and my understanding is that Riley Barker was on the telephone.

“The tenor of the conversation was that they were outside the house and they wanted to sort things out outside of the house and if the victim didn’t do so, they would come inside the house.

“The victim and Callum Fielke then made the decision to go outside.

“They told the defendants to leave, there was some pushing and shoving, the victim and his son were speaking predominantly to Riley, asking him to leave.

“At which point the defendant Riley Barker come from what the victim’s statement described as ‘from the side’ and strikes him to the face with what is described as a king hit.”

The attack on Mr Fielke saw him require emergency surgery and seven plates inserted into his face.

Lawyer Casey Isaacs, for Brodie Barker, said his client had been a part of the club as a player, sponsor and board member and had avoided any further incident with the Fielke’s since his arrest.

“We’re now in December, nearly three months down the track, and there has been no issue,” he said.

“It seems a knee-jerk reaction to make this application at the request of the complainant on the background of no issue.

“At a time like this, it is difficult to ascertain how it is that the current conditions aren’t working adequately.”

Lawyer Andrew Graham, for Riley Barker, added Riley was the club’s A grade captain and heavily involved in helping out with club works as an electrician.

Ultimately, Magistrate Chin granted the prosecution’s application to ban the brothers from the club, saying Mr Fielke’s safety came first.

“The allegations of this charge are serious,” he said.

“The concerns expressed by the victim should be given prominence and be paramount to the conditions of the defendants prospective bail.”

The brothers will reappear in court in late January next year.