Eddie, Bartel raise major issue with Greene charge
AFL pundits Eddie McGuire and Jimmy Bartel have called on the league to explain how players should defend themselves in aerial contests after GWS skipper Toby Greene was offered a one-game suspension for rough conduct.
On Sunday, match review officer Michael Christian graded Greene’s high contact on Carlton’s Jordan Boyd as careless conduct of medium impact and high contact and handed him a one-match ban as punishment.
The Giants have since confirmed they will challenge Greene’s suspension at the Tribunal on Tuesday.
In the fourth quarter of the Blues’ 19-point victory on Saturday afternoon, Greene leapt into the air in a marking contest, extending his leg and turning his body as Boyd also left the ground to contest the ball after running back with the flight.
The clash saw Greene’s shoulder make contact with Boyd’s head.
Boyd did not leave the field following the incident and was awarded a free kick for high contact.
With contentious aerial contests dominating Tribunal proceedings this season, McGuire argued that a precedent had been set after Essendon forward Peter Wright received a four-match suspension last month for his head-high hit on Sydney’s Harry Cunningham.
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