Footstar ‘apologizes’ after taunting rival with crying sled two years after ‘I hope your mum dies’ blurb

Brisbane Lions veteran Dayne Zorko says he has spoken to Noah Answerth and insists his teammate apologizes for making a ‘crybaby’ sled against Melbourne’s Harrison Petty.

Answerth taunted Petty by rubbing his eyes in the final quarter of the Lions’ 22-point win Thursday night after the Demons forward missed a shot.

The 24-year-old Lion appeared to be referring to an altercation between Petty and Zorko during a 2022 match at the Gabba that left Melbourne high in tears.

Zorko reportedly told Petty ‘I hope your mother dies’, reducing the Demons star to tears.

Zorko, who was booed by Demons supporters every time he had the ball on Thursday night, says he was unaware of the Answerth incident immediately after the game.

Dayne Zorko allegedly told Petty that he hoped his mother dies

But he spoke openly about it in a radio interview and said he would talk to Answerth.

The former Lions captain said Answerth was “disappointed” by his actions.

“We’re always learning, we’re always trying to get better,” Zorko told SEN on Monday.

‘As I said in the evening, I didn’t realize it until after the game when I was asked in an interview.

‘But he’ll definitely learn from it and I’ve had a quick chat with him about it.

– This is just not how we want to win as a football club, and he is fully aware of that.

‘He is extremely apologetic and we just move on from there.’

Melbourne defender Jake Lever said it should not be part of the game.

Zorko says his younger teammate is ‘apologetic’ for his antics last week

“He (Petty) had a tough time up there a couple of years ago and as a player you don’t know what other people are going through,” Lever told the Seven Network on Thursday night.

“I think footy has cleaned up that kind of act.”

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin and Lions counterpart Chris Fagan insisted they had not seen the incident and declined to elaborate when asked about it in their post-match press conferences.