Kruse got Twatted

RECOVERING Queensland winger Robbie Kruse has been told to avoid late-night visits to watering holes after being punched in the face outside a Brisbane hotel.

Kruse needed stitches in his face after an altercation at a taxi rank near the popular Normanby Hotel at Red Hill on Sunday.

Kruse, 19, met Roar chief executive Lawrence Oudendyk and club coach Frank Farina on Tuesday and was told in no uncertain terms that he needed to be responsible for his actions.

The teenager had a meteoric rise to fame last season but has seemingly been unable to cope with the pressure associated with his increasing profile.

It is understood that the breakdown of his relationship with his long-time girlfriend has also contributed to Kruse's off-field problems.

"He's pretty depressed about that, but life goes on," Oudendyk said. "He's just got to get over it."

Both Oudendyk and Farina believed Kruse's claim that he was the innocent victim in the cab-rank fracas but reminded him of his responsibilities as a professional sportsman.

"We'll be taking no further action in relation to what happened," Oudendyk said.

"He was apologetic and he regrets that it happened. But we have advised him to stay away from nightclubs in the late hours of the evening and not put himself in a position where things like this can occur.

"He is entitled to a social life. He's a single guy. But he's also a professional footballer and he needs to be mindful of that because his profile is getting bigger all the time."

Oudendyk said there would not be a nightclub ban put on Roar players because "every person is different".

Kruse, a notable absentee from the Roar's season launch on Monday, promised to avoid further trouble.

"It's the right thing to do not to go out late," the former Australia Under-17 representative said.

"This was a little hiccup for me and now I've got to move forward."