Miss Officer (20) is one of the tenants of a Duke St flat where English rugby league hooker Hodgson charged through a door about 4.30am on Sunday.
His action was recorded on a cellphone and within hours was being viewed round the world.
Miss Officer, an Otago Polytechnic student, hailing from Queenstown, said the league players were a great bunch.
''We [flatmates] had all been in town and when we came home one of the girls, who doesn't live here but someone we all know, invited them over,'' she said.
''They were all good guys and we were just having some fun. Then when he decided to charge through the door we didn't really think anything of it. It was late and we were having a good time.
''It happened and that was it, really. It was just part of the night. It just happened.''
She was aware it was being recorded but ''it's pretty easy to record something on a phone these days''.
She said it was not a party at the flat, as it had been described. Everyone had just come home from town after bars had shut and there were just flatmates and a few others at the flat.
Most members of the English league team visited during the gathering - they were staying over the road at the Mercure Dunedin Leisure Lodge - and she said they were all fine.
''They were all in good spirits. A great bunch really. You could not say a bad word about them. It was not a scarfie party - just four flatmates and a league team.
''It's pretty surreal really what has happened after it. But it is not every day you get to hang around with the English league team.
''I hope nothing bad happens to him. We don't want him to get into trouble.''
Late on Sunday, English league management said Hodgson would be disciplined for his actions but declined to give details of the likely penalty.
The door was to be fixed yesterday, at the England team's expense, although measurements had been wrongly calculated and the new door would not be in place until today.
Miss Officer had been assured by her landlord the flat bond was safe and the seven flatmates would return to the flat, which is less than a year old, next year.
Landlord Murray Haig said the tenants were good but he was annoyed by the hypocrisy of the league players.
''They come out and criticise the students drinking at Wingatui, which is a controlled environment, yet they go out and smash private property. There is a bit of arrogance about that.
''I get sick of people bagging students when the vast majority of them are good,'' he said.
