'Difficult week': Zorko breaks silence after ban

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UPDATE: Dayne Zorko has spoken retired aft a "difficult week", pursuing the AFL's suspension of Gold Coast Suns skipper Touk Miller for grabbing the Brisbane Lions veteran's groin, successful an incidental that was initially cleared by the MRO.

Despite the league sanctioning Miller for 1 match, the Suns person besides expressed their disappointment successful the outcome, which came 5 days aft the match.

Miller was recovered blameworthy of behaviour unbecoming with the league determining he'd breached Rule 2.3(a) successful the tussle with Zorko.

Zorko spoke to SEN connected Friday morning, grateful that an result had been reached aft a agelong process.

"I'm blessed to enactment it past maine now. It was a hard week but the enactment from the nine and the AFL successful full has been amazing," Zorko said connected SEN connected Friday.

"The information the AFL were unfastened to proceeding and evidently we sat down with the Integrity Unit and the Suns would person done the same."

Zorko was initially frustrated astatine the AFL for failing to authorisation Miller instantly aft the QClash connected Saturday, erstwhile the incidental occurred.

"What I volition say, the enactment from not lone the club, but I truly admit the AFL really looking deeper into it and proceeding my broadside of the communicative arsenic well. I thought it was truly large that they were capable to bash that," Zorko said.

"It's finished now, the probe is implicit and I'm conscionable looking guardant to playing this week."

Suns prima Touk Miller grabbed the genitals of Lions skipper Dayne Zorko. (Twitter)

The Suns connection nevertheless denied archetypal claims made by Zorko connected SEN earlier successful the week, defending the "reputation" of their "fair and beardown leader" successful their statement.

"We judge the AFL's determination but arsenic a nine we are highly disappointed successful the outcome," Suns shot brag Wayne Campbell said successful the connection connected Thursday.

"Touk is the skipper of our shot nine and has built a estimation arsenic a just and beardown person who is admired by the full AFL community," Campbell said.

"He is 1 of the astir highly respected players successful the contention and it's disappointing his integrity and quality has been tarnished during this process."

Lloyd fumes implicit Zorko incident

Miller besides spoke out to support his name.

"It was not my volition to harm Dayne and if that has occurred from my actions I would similar to apologise to him," Miller said.

It comes aft Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd condemned Miller's actions connected Wednesday night and called for a lengthy suspension.

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

The Suns skipper volition miss his side's clash against Adelaide arsenic a effect of the suspension.

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