Wests Tigers boss Stephen Humphreys has denied a report that 2005 NRL premiership hero John Skandalis was attacked in a Sydney park.

Skandalis suffered a head wound on Saturday night which needed stitching and later became infected, requiring a second trip to hospital on Wednesday.

Humphreys told AAP the newly-retired prop, who remains employed at the Tigers as their under-20s strength and conditioning coach, had a fall on a night out with friends.

News Limited quoted an unnamed source saying Skandalis was ambushed by three men and knocked unconscious after leaving the Golden Sheaf Hotel in Double Bay where he'd been socialising with Tigers players.

However, the club rejected that.

"He certainly didn't get attacked," Humphreys said on Thursday. "He was just there with a mate and he slipped and had a fall and they went off to hospital to get him stitched up because he split himself.

"He went home from there and it was only the next day when his face started to swell up because of some sort of fine object that got into the wound and caused an infection."

Humphreys said he was unaware of the exact location of the incident - reportedly a Double Bay park - and didn't know if Skandalis had been drinking alcohol.

"There was no one else involved, it was a private thing, he was with a couple of mates and had a fall, that's it," he said.

The club was satisfied there was no misconduct on Skandalis' part.

Humphreys said the 33-year-old, who famously led the Tigers' pack in their fairytale charge to the 2005 NRL title and returned from retirement to play this year, was recovering well.

"John's doing fine," he said.

"They had to re-open up his wound and clean it up and he spent a night in hospital and he's going home today."

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