North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has failed to hold back his laughter while addressing first-year player Lachy Dovaston’s bizarre egging incident on Friday.

Police briefly investigated the 19-year-old after they were called to a car park at a Rowville shopping centre in Melbourne with reports that eggs were being thrown.

No vehicles or people had been hit, and the report was promptly dropped.

Clarkson revealed ahead of the Roos’ clash with Fremantle, the club had spoken to Dovaston, who hasn’t been named to face the Dockers, but saw the lighter side of the incident.

“We all make blues as young fellas, don’t we,” he said.

“He’ll live and learn. Todd Viney, our footy manager, has just had a quiet little word in his ear and said, ‘Listen mate, the egg chucking ain’t a great idea now, so put that to bed.

“But we’ve all been juveniles at some point in time, and everyone sitting here in this press conference, and certainly this cracker behind the microphone, has done dumb things like that when they were young fellas. Hopefully, he learns his lesson.”

The incident comes as the AFL and Optus Stadium investigate a fan who threw a lemon at West Coast defender Reuben Ginbey after the Eagles’ victory over Essendon on Sunday.

Ginbey was hit square in the back as he made his way to a post-game interview with Channel Seven.

“It didn’t hurt or anything, but it was just a shock. I felt something hit me, and it was a lemon, and I rolled it back to the crowd,” Ginbey said earlier in the week.

“That was a new one. I don’t know where it came from — maybe the Essendon race — but we got the win, so that’s alright.

“It’s probably lucky it didn’t hit me in the head or the eye or something. It didn’t bother me personally, but I think we don’t want things being thrown from the crowds, especially hard objects like lemons.

“Hopefully, we don’t see that again.”

Investigations by the AFL and Optus Stadium into the act remain ongoing, and the member of the crowd responsible is set to face a ban if identified.