"You see someone with two, four, six, eight, nine people around them and you want to debate about a f---ng penalty?" the Aberdeen native said angrily, watching Smith continue to ask the referee whether or not the tackle is worthy of a penalty, while he lies helpless on the ground for several minutes, before eventually being stretchered off the field.

Angry ... Cameron Smith has reportedly blacklisted Channel Nine. Credit:Getty-Images

"Is he still debating? Is he f---ing serious? Wouldn't you just shut up? It's f---ing ridiculous."

In the report, McKinnon said that since the incident, the young prop McLean has reached out to him.

"He sent me a message maybe two months after the accident. I'm not angry. At the start I probably was. I know he'd be sorry."