Hotel defends Tigers at centre of Mad Monday furore

The Victorian country pub that hosted Richmond's Mad Monday drinks says the controversy is blown out of proportion.

Tigers players were filmed at The Garfield Hotel, 80km east of Melbourne, appearing to mock Sydney's sexual assault allegations.

Richmond and the AFL are yet to comment on the antics of Tiger players - one player was filmed feigning shock when spanked on his rear by a teammate.

Another teammate whips a fellow player on the back with a belt in footage captured by news outlets on Monday.

"In our view, this has been blown out of proportion," the hotel said in a statement posted on social media.

The hotel said it "could not speak more highly" of how players behaved.

"For such a young group, they were extremely respectful and a fun group of boys to deal with," the statement read.

"They enjoyed a few quiet beers to unwind after a long season, and we see nothing wrong with that.

"They had booked out the venue for the afternoon, so they were the only patrons on site.

The hotel noted media were waiting for the Tigers players "in the hope of capturing a misstep, which we consider disappointing".

But the footage is a fresh concern for the AFL in the wake of five Sydney players being banned amid sexual assault allegations.

The Swans have suspended Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, Riley Bice and James Jordon for breaching club standards over an incident at a Melbourne hotel eight days ago.

The Swans players are under police investigation. No charges have been laid.

The Richmond footage emerged hours after AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon made his first public statements regarding the Swans scandal.