GWS captain Toby Greene has prompt Jacob Weitering “might be in trouble” for making contact close to his eye area in the course of the Giants’ essential 32-point win over Carlton.
Greene kicked 4 objectives within the Giants’ 16.9 (105) to 11.7 (73) victory on Sunday at Marvel Stadium, which secured their finals berth on the expense of the Western Bulldogs.
The margin wasn’t fairly nice sufficient for GWS to earn a house ultimate as they completed seventh on share behind St Kilda, who they are going to face in an elimination ultimate in Melbourne.
Only 0.7 per cent separated the edges after 24 home-and-away rounds.
Carlton, who celebrated Charlie Curnow securing a second straight Coleman Medal, had been locked in to complete fifth whatever the end result and can host Sydney of their knockout ultimate.
But they are going to sweat on the provision of key defender Weitering, whereas Blake Acres has a nervous await scans on his shoulder harm.
Weitering tried to tug Greene off Blues teammate Mitch McGovern when the pair tangled moments earlier than half-time.
Replays confirmed he made contact along with his fingers close to Greene’s left eye.
Greene missed the Giants’ 2019 preliminary ultimate win over Collingwood after receiving a one-match suspension over an identical incident involving Brisbane’s Lachie Neale.
“He might be in trouble,” Greene stated of Weitering on Fox Footy.
“I think I got in trouble for that, so we’ll see how he goes.
“I hoped for a free kick. That’s high-quality.”
Carlton coach Michael Voss told reporters after the match he had not seen the incident but was confident Weitering would be free to play in the Blues’ first final.
Greene was one of the Giants’ best in a win that secured a finals berth in Adam Kingsley’s first season as coach.
Former skipper Stephen Coniglio celebrated his 200th game with two goals from 28 disposals and Tom Green (35 disposals, eight clearances), Josh Kelly (27 touches) and Lachie Whitfield (32) also had a major influence.
Jake Riccardi (three goals) kicked the first two in the Giants’ four-goal run late in the third quarter, which broke the game open.
The Giants briefly edged ahead of St Kilda on percentage when Greene nailed his fourth major midway through the final quarter but had to settle for seventh spot.
“We’re glad we made finals. That was our precedence, whether or not that was at residence or away,” Kingsley stated.
“We had the chance however we won’t be too grasping.”
Carlton midfielders Sam Walsh (27 disposals, seven clearances) and Adam Cerra (23, six) made seamless returns from hamstring injuries, while Acres racked up 21 touches in a strong showing before being substituted midway through the third term.
Curnow kicked two first-quarter goals to move past Adelaide veteran Taylor Walker in the Coleman Medal standings.
The Blues’ spearhead finished with three to take his career-best season tally to 78.
But GWS were well served by defender Jack Buckley, who kept Curnow relatively quiet after quarter-time in the absence of Sam Taylor, a late withdrawal with a hamstring injury.
The result ended Carlton’s nine-match winning streak but they will go into their first finals series in a decade full of confidence after turning around a season that looked gone at the halfway point.
“It’s an odd feeling to lose and nonetheless win,” Voss stated.
“We’ll actually mirror on how this recreation performed out. We cannot ignore the proof that is there and we’ll go to work on that.
“But to come into the game and know that we had a position locked away … it’s a significant achievement from where we were to where we are.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
