‘He’ll miss a bit of time’ – Fagan on Zorko calf injury

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan admits Dayne Zorko will miss a bit of time with the calf injury sustained in Saturday’s win over North Melbourne.

Zorko picked up the issue in the first quarter and exited the game in the second, unable to continue.

“I don’t know how serious it is, I just know it’s a calf (injury),” Fagan said.

“The doctors will obviously get a scan, and we’ll get more details on that.

“Hopefully it’s on the lesser side and he misses a week or two, but I think he’ll miss a bit of time.”

Zorko, 37, has injury history but has been relatively unaffected over the past two seasons, playing 54 games in 2024 and 2025 combined.

In 2022 and 2023 he had Achilles tendon and plantar fascia problems, before switching to a half-back role.