AFL legend Jason Dunstall pokes fun at Swans boss after rival’s cheeky social media barb

Footy legend Jason Dunstall says Sydney Swans chief executive Tom Harley has acted ‘a little bit precious’ with his complaint about a social media stunt from the GWS Giants.

This week, the Swans posted footage of Isaac Heeney making a heartfelt apology to footy fans after he tried to overturn his suspension.

AFL premiership winner and footy analyst Kane Cornes labelled the video as ‘rubbish’.

‘In the gun is Isaac Heeney for this rubbish he posted online,’ Cornes said on SEN Breakfast.

‘Isaac, you haven’t done your knee, you haven’t missed a shot on goal, after the siren in a grand final, that hasn’t happened, you’re just suspended for a week,’ Cornes said.

‘We don’t need to thank the community; we don’t need the statement that you’re going to return bigger and better than ever.

And GWS took it a step further, putting star Toby Greene in front of the camera to mock the Swans’ video.

‘Hey guys, obviously pretty shattered to get fined again over the weekend,’ Greene says sarcastically.

Tom Harley (pictured) couldn’t see the funny side of the recent viral Greene video

‘I just wanted to jump on here and give a heartfelt sorry to all the Giants fans and the wider AFL community, along with my family.

‘I can guarantee one thing is that it will not happen again — that’ll be tough.

‘And I’ll promise to pay the fine all by myself.

‘I’ll do everything I can to make sure this year is a special one. Again, thank you all for your support.’

While plenty of footy fans could see the funny side of the Greene video, Sydney Swans CEO Tom Harley was not one of them, fuming that it was ‘low brow’.

‘I did see the Giants video and I’m not going to give it any air but (I thought it was) pretty low-brow,’ Harley told SEN’s Crunch Time.

‘Isaac is a champion of our club and a champion of the game and talk about growing the game a bloke from Newcastle brought up on rugby league, I wouldn’t have done it.’

However, Hawthorn icon Dunstall believes Harley is taking things too seriously.

‘Well, as we all know, I’m not a social media aficionado but I would suggest that Tom Harley’s being a little bit precious,’ he told on Fox Footy.

‘That, to me, seemed quite humorous, and just taking the mickey. We know there’s a hell of a lot worse on social media than just a little bit of fun and games like that.

‘I think it’s great that the two teams are poking fun at each other; it builds up this rivalry that increases the game.

‘Tom Harley said something about ‘growing the game’ — well that, to me, is growing it by building that rivalry.’

Kangaroos great David King sided with Dunstall.

‘It shows, to me, that Tom Harley is spending too much time with John Longmire,’ he said

‘It’s just a little bit of fun — we’re in the entertainment industry. Let’s just laugh it off and move on.’