Brisbane star's unsavoury taunt in final slammed

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By Chris De Silva and Emily Patterson

AFL greats Nick Riewoldt and Nathan Buckley were little than impressed by the behaviour of Lincoln McCarthy during the opening word of Brisbane's 13-point semi-final triumph implicit Melbourne.

At the backmost extremity of the archetypal quarter, McCarthy appeared to taunt Harrison Petty aft the Demons defender was seen successful tears during the 2 clubs' circular 23 gathering pursuing a vile sledge from Dayne Zorko

The incidental unfolded arsenic Cameron Rayner was awarded a escaped footwear successful the Lions' guardant enactment erstwhile propulsion and shove erupted betwixt respective players.

Petty and McCarthy became progressive with Petty dishing up immoderate prime words towards the Lions forward. McCarthy past retaliated, making a crying question with his hands.

McCarthy had a quiescent archetypal fractional with conscionable 4 possessions and nary interaction connected the scoreboard.

"Lincoln McCarthy goes backmost with 1 hand," Riewoldt said during Fox Footy's half-time show.

"So erstwhile the ball's there, erstwhile the truly important stuff's determination to beryllium won, you don't triumph it, and past you privation to transportation connected with the rubbing-of-the-eyes stuff.

"When you look astatine the contest, Brisbane haven't been arsenic pugnacious arsenic they'd person liked. When the ball's determination to beryllium won, that's the existent test, and you've failed it."

"That's everything they were talking against starring into this match," Buckley added.

"Zorko said it himself, (saying) we've been talking a batch but we haven't been pursuing through. Chris Fagan was keen connected actions, not words."

Melbourne dominated the archetypal fractional but, aft Brisbane kicked 5 goals successful a enactment implicit the mediate quarters, the people was each tied up astatine 59 apiece astatine three-quarter time.

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