Damien Hardwick has predicted Toby Greene’s one-match suspension can be upheld by the AFL tribunal, however the triple-premiership coach says he would not ban the GWS captain.
Greene will entrance the tribunal on Tuesday evening to problem his tough conduct cost, with teammate Jesse Hogan additionally set to contest a placing ban.
Both star forwards are at risk of lacking the Giants’ troublesome project towards the Brisbane Lions in Canberra on Anzac Day.
All-Australian captain Greene, who has an extended historical past of indiscretions, faces his first suspension in additional than two years over his mid-air bump on Carlton defender Jordan Boyd.
Greene led on the ball and jumped for a mark however turned his physique simply earlier than a collision and made contact with the pinnacle of Boyd, who was going again with the flight of the ball.
Boyd obtained up instantly to take a free kick and performed out the match.
Greene’s actions had been graded as careless conduct, medium impression and excessive contact.
“It’s a challenge. I think under the letter of the law at the moment he’s probably in trouble,” Hardwick stated on Fox Footy on Monday evening.
“But I’m of the opinion that at the end of the day Toby jumps and tried to contest and then tried to protect (himself).
“If it is me personally, I’m in all probability letting him off, however the actuality is I feel the AFL tribunal will in all probability give him per week.”
Collingwood coach Craig McRae said the Greene-Boyd collision highlighted a “delicate steadiness” for players and coaches.
He also underlined the importance of the AFL protecting players’ heads, noting Magpies defender Nathan Murphy announced his retirement this month because of concussion.
“You need your gamers to assault the footy arduous after which there’s penalties,” Pies premiership mentor McRae said on Fox Footy.
“He (Greene) goes to must assault the footy however then there’s penalties, is not there?
“There’s always going to be grey (areas) in our game and we’ve got to live with it.
“I’ll depart it as much as others to dissect it inside an inch of its life however I’ll say that I’m a large advocate for safeguarding the pinnacle within the recreation.”
Melbourne captain Max Gawn said the Greene-Boyd collision divided opinion amongst his Demons teammates.
“This is the brand new sling deal with for 2024, going for a mark and getting somebody,” Gawn stated on Triple M.
“It appears to be that yearly there is a new tribunal resolution the place you go, ‘Wow, that is out of the sport now.’
“It feels like it’s now going for a mark and defending yourself. When I watched it, I thought, ‘Yeah, he’s suspended’. But it split the change room.”
Hogan’s left-handed blow to Blues defender Young’s head throughout an off-the-ball scuffle within the objective sq. was graded intentional conduct, low impression and excessive contact.
Gawn joked that his former Melbourne teammate Hogan will get off his placing cost as a result of he is “a great bloke”, however added Greene could be “pushing uphill” to do the identical due to his lengthy tribunal rap sheet.
The light-hearted feedback poked enjoyable at Brisbane goal-sneak Charlie Cameron with the ability to escape his one-match suspension final week underneath “exceptional and compelling circumstances”, owing to a clear document.
West Coast may search to make use of the identical “exemplary character” clause to free Tom Barrass of his one-match ban after the defender was charged with tough conduct over a harmful deal with on Fremantle’s Michael Walters.
Part of Brisbane’s defence was that Cameron has performed greater than 200 video games with out suspension, whereas Barrass has performed 138 since his debut in 2015.
“You’d have to ask the people that are defending Tom but all I know he’s a pretty good fella,” Eagles assistant coach Jarrad Schofield stated.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
