Brisbane Lions veteran Dayne Zorko living with the ‘consequences’ of his suspension

Experienced Lions star Dayne Zorko wasn’t happy after failing to convince the AFL tribunal to overturn his suspension.

Dayne Zorko (right) will ‘live with the consequences’ of his one-match ban. Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

Brisbane Lions veteran Dayne Zorko says he will “live with the consequences” of his one-match ban for putting his hand in the face of Adelaide’s Luke Peddler.

The former Lion skipper went to the tribunal last week in the hope of having the suspension overturned.

However, he failed, meaning he will miss Brisbane’s battle with Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday

“I’m pretty disappointed with the outcome,” Zorko told SENQ’s Pat and Healsshow.

“I thought we had a pretty strong case at the tribunal, but unfortunately, for whatever circumstances, we weren’t able to get the job done.

“You live and you learn, and I’ll be having this week off as well.

“If you’re going to put your hand anywhere near an opponent’s face, you’ve probably got to live with the consequences.”

Dayne Zorko will serve a one-match ban this weekend. Picture: Chris Hyde/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

The Lions, who had a weekend bye, are in fourth spot on the ladder with eight wins from 11 matches.

“As a whole, the club’s in a really good position injury-wise, the VFL’s team sitting on top of the ladder, we’re at the bye (with an) eight and three record after starting off (with) one (win) and two (loses), so the club (was) in a good spot before we headed into the bye,” Zorko said.

“(The bye) probably came at the right time. There are players with little niggles that you can carry from week to week, so it’s nice to just to be able to have that week off, get that required treatment that you need and then kick off the second half of the year with a bang.

“The boys will be certainly looking to do that this weekend.”