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Christian Petracca appears to mouth 'for f**k sake' after AFL CEO's botched pronunciation of his name

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Published 02:05 19 Sep 2022 GMT+1

Christian Petracca appears to mouth 'for f**k sake' after AFL CEO's botched pronunciation of his name

It made for pretty awkward viewing...

Max Sherry

Max Sherry

Christian Petracca looked visibly fuming at the Brownlow Medal thanks to AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan's incorrect pronunciation of his name.

Now awkward footage has emerged on social media showing the Melbourne Demons star appearing to mouth 'for f**k sake' after McLachlan repeatedly got his name wrong.

Throughout the prestigious awards night, McLachlan was pretty smooth with the majority of the pronunciation – although he couldn't quite grasp one in particular.

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Despite being one of the AFL's biggest and most popular stars, Petracca's name was a struggle for McLachlan and the former Premiership winner was becoming growingly frustrated.

At one point, during the collection of Round 16 votes, McLachlan completely butchered the name once again and camera immediately cut to a disgruntled Petracca, who appeared to say "it’s Petracca for f***s sake" before glancing over at teammate Max Gawn.

Microphones didn't pick up any actual sound, although fans were quick to hazard a guess at what he said.

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A clip of the incident was posted on Twitter and it instantly blew up, the caption reading: "Petracca frustrated with Gill's pronunciation of his name."

One user added: “Suspect Christian Petracca will want a sit down meeting with the next AFL CEO to go over the pronunciation of his surname after tonight.”

Overall, it made for pretty awkward viewing.

As for the Brownlows themselves, it was Carlton star Patrick Cripps who won the top gong with 29 votes in total.

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Meanwhile, Petracca finished with 24.

Featured Image Credit: AFL.com/Twitter/Fox Footy

Topics: Australia, Australia Afl, Aussie Rules Football

Max Sherry
Max Sherry

Max Sherry is a journalist for SPORTbible Australia. After migrating Down Under from London as a teenager, he instantly fell in love with Aussie sport and its culture. From NRL to AFL, cricket to rugby — you name it, Max watches it (with a beer in hand, of course). During his time at Fox Sports, he worked in the football department covering the Premier League, A-League, Socceroos and Matildas. Born a stone's throw away from West Ham's training ground, Max is obviously a die-hard Liverpool fan.

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