widely condemned for supposedly uttering words to the effect of ‘I hope yor mother

 

 

Harrison Petty’s parents have refuted claims their son burst newsvilla.org into tears after a rival player wished death on his mother because she is dying of cancer.

The Melbourne Demons young gun was visibly upset by the brutal onnp.org sledge from Brisbane captain Dayne Zorko during Friday night’s AFL match.

 

 

Zorko was widely condemned for supposedly uttering words to the panifol.com effect of ‘I hope your mother dies’ but many fans questioned how Petty, 22, could be so upset by a sledge on the football field.

Several AFL pundits claimed Petty’s mother Karen was ‘terminally ill’ with cancer, setting off a young footballer already distraught about her illness. 

The Adelaide Thunderbirds netball team, where Petty’s sister Hannah is co-captain, also held its first cancer fundraiser with The Longest Table earlier this month, where Hannah posed for photos in team uniform.

Harrison Petty with his mother Karen and father Simon in the Melbourne Demons dressing rooms after his team with the AFL Premiership last year

However, Karen was on Thursday morning working behind the counter at a hardware store in the family home town of Wudinna, looking the picture of health.

‘That’s all rumours… I don’t have cancer,’ she told Daily Mail Australia with an amused smile when directly asked about reports she was terminally ill.

Petty’s father Simon also insisted his wife was not sick, though both declined to discuss the Zorko situation, reveal exactly what was said, or why Petty was upset.

‘My wife’s not ill,’ he said while shaking his head at the family home in country South Australia.

The family has lived in the tiny town, on the Eyre Peninsula, 6.5 hours from Adelaide, population 550, for generations.

Even before the 22-year-old defender lifted the AFL Premiership Cup last season, the Petty family was local sporting royalty.

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