Greene reported as GWS extend Blues' misery

GWS Giants star Toby Greene is once again in hot water after being reported for striking during an otherwise brilliant outing against Carlton.

Greene was at his electric best up forward in the Giants' 16. 6. (102) to 9. 12. (66) win at GIANTS Stadium, kicking four goals and grabbing 20 disposals, but was not far from the drama as per usual.

The incident in question occurred in the third quarter of the match when the umpire blew the whistle during a Giants' counter-attacking foray forward.

As teammate Bobby Hill ran forward, replays showed Greene punching Carlton's Nic Newman in the stomach, briefly winding the Blues defender.

Newman was able to play on, which will likely mean that Greene will avoid a suspension, but Hawthorn great Jordan Lewis stressed the importance of the AFL removing such acts.

"That was the type of action that we've seen go out of our game," he told Fox Footy.

"I think there was a spate of them not last year, but the year before, and they really clamped down on that. A silly little incident by Greene and he'll be fined or suspended.

"If he got suspended, I wouldn't be unhappy with that because that sort of action we want rubbed out of our game."

The punch on Newman took a little gloss off what was a sensational individual performance from Greene, one he punctuated with a glorious torpedo goal after the siren to end the first quarter.

However, following the match Greene played down his incredible feat.

"I've never actually practiced kicking 'torps' so I'll probably say that's a fluke," he told Seven.

"I never practice them, a few of the boys do, I just figure I'll never kick one so that's probably a bit of luck that one."

Greene was ably assisted up forward by Jeremy Finlayson, who booted five straight goals, as the duo combined to match Carlton's entire goal tally.

The Giants' midfield was dominant from the first bounce, with Jacob Hopper (27 disposals), Tim Taranto (24 disposals) and Josh Kelly (25 disposals) all prolific once again.

Tagger Matt de Boer did a sensational job on Carlton young gun Sam Walsh, holding the All-Australian candidate to just 20 disposals, with 14 of them coming as handballs.

The Giants will aim to string consecutive wins together in Round 15 when they host Hawthorn, while Carlton will host the Adelaide Crows.

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