Larger Western Sydney will problem Toby Greene and Jesse Hogan’s one-match AFL suspensions in a bid to free them to face the Brisbane Lions on Anzac Day.
The league’s match evaluation officer on Sunday charged Greene with tough conduct on Jordan Boyd and Hogan with placing Lewis Younger in separate incidents throughout the Giants’ 19-point loss to Carlton on Saturday.
The pair will argue their case at Tuesday’s tribunal, every week after Lions ahead Charlie Cameron escaped his one-match suspension as a consequence of “distinctive and compelling circumstances” owing to a clear file throughout 207 video games.
Giants 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 the Carlton defender.
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 as much as take a free kick instantly and performed out the match.
Greene’s actions had been graded as careless conduct, medium influence and excessive contact after coach Adam Kingsley had dismissed the incident post-match.
“There will not be something in that,” Kingsley advised reporters post-match.
“He is allowed to contest the ball, is not he? He is allowed to launch on the ball?
“And for those who’re working and launching on the ball, and you have got your eyes for the ball, and also you’re attempting to take a chest mark, and also you get knocked … free kick towards?
Hogan’s left-handed blow to Blues defender Younger’s head throughout an off-the-ball scuffle within the objective sq. was graded intentional conduct, low influence and excessive contact.
The spearhead has been in terrific type this season, topping the Coleman Medal leaderboard with 21 targets from six video games.
The Giants are 5-1 whereas final 12 months’s grand finalists Brisbane are 2-4.
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