'Wincing' icon calls for action over groin grabbing claim

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Essendon large Matthew Lloyd has urged the AFL to instrumentality Dayne Zorko's claims of being grabbed successful the groin earnestly arsenic the league investigations his tie-up with Touk Miller.

The erstwhile Lions skipper was nationalist with his displeasure aft the AFL did not authorisation Miller, the Gold Coast co-captain, pursuing the incidental that has near him with what helium claims to beryllium a "quite bruised" groin region.

"That doesn't look bully to me, I'm really wincing watching that incident, personally", Lloyd said connected Nine's Footy Classified connected Wednesday night.

"I deliberation it's connected the highest extremity of superior offences if helium is recovered guilty."

Suns skipper Touk Miller is believed to person grabbed the genitals of Zorko during this tackle effort (Twitter)

Leading AFL writer Damien Barrett said incidental was "totally dismissed" by the AFL, contempt Zorko sounding the alarm aggregate times during the Lions 41-point nonaccomplishment to the Suns connected Saturday night.

"Moments aboriginal astatine a stoppage, besides to an umpire, Dayne Zorko said words to the effect of 'I privation that reported, delight study that'," Barrett told Footy Classified.

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Zorko's displeasure astatine Miller's actions continued connected Monday, when helium complained astir the inaction from the AFL regarding the matter.

"It's interesting, you're allowed to drawback the groin portion present and compression it and bash immoderate you privation to it now, truthful that's an absorbing regularisation that's intelligibly been cleared by the AFL," Zorko said connected SEN connected Monday.

A dejected Brisbane Lions aft their 41 constituent nonaccomplishment connected Saturday. (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"We had grounds to enactment the case. My groin region's rather bruised astatine the infinitesimal ... it's comic however that each happens."

Barrett said the AFL had interviewed some Zorko and Miller, but believes nary enactment would person been taken if not for Zorko's nationalist telephone outs.

"The information that it's present Wednesday night, going into Thursday from a Saturday incident, it's fundamentally been required of Dayne Zorko himself to bring it to the nationalist forum twice," Barrett said.

"I can't spot however the AFL tin not travel down with a sanction."

The AFL is expected to merchandise their findings connected Thursday.

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