Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff says sorry after he tweeted about a girl being ‘at least a 3 out of 10’

CAPTAIN of the Brisbane Lions Tom Rockliff has been forced to apologise after he tweeted about a girl being ‘at least a 3 out of 10’.

Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff has been forced to apologise after he tweeted about a girl being ‘at least a 3 out of 10’. Picture: Adam Smith

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CAPTAIN of the Brisbane Lions Tom Rockliff has been forced to apologise after he tweeted about a girl being ‘at least a 3 out of 10’.

I'd like to apologise for my insensitive comments posted on October 2 - they showed a lack of respect for women and I'm truly sorry

— Tom Rockliff (@rockwiz38) October 6, 2016

Brisbane Lions chief executive Greg Swann said the behaviour was completely disappointing and unacceptable.

“It’s just not on from our point of view,” Swann told Sports Today.

“Especially with everything that’s happening with all the discussions.”

Swann said Rockliff has been in the “limelight a bit and it just wasn’t very clever”.

“If you’re going to be captain of a football club, you don’t want to be involved in things like this,” he said.

In September, Rockliff’s manager Tom Petroro told SEN the Brisbane skipper was “99 per cent” certain to remain at the club.

Petroro said he could not understand where all the speculation was coming from in regard to Rockliff potentially being on the move in 2017, despite still being under contract.

“I’m really confident he will be there,” Petroro told SEN radio.

Asked to quantify his confidence, he added: “I’d be 99 per cent.”

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Originally published as Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff says sorry after he tweeted about a girl being ‘at least a 3 out of 10’