{"id":120978,"date":"2021-08-29T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T09:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=120978"},"modified":"2021-08-29T10:59:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T10:59:53","slug":"polarising-giants-ump-bump-lands-in-afl-tribunal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=120978","title":{"rendered":"Polarising Giant's ump bump lands in AFL tribunal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giants<\/a> superstar Toby Greene<\/a> has been referred straight to the AFL<\/a> tribunal for his bump on umpire Matt Stevic<\/a> in Saturday's thrilling win over the Swans in Launceston<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A suspension which would rule Greene out for Greater Western Sydney's do-or-die semi-final clash with Geelong<\/a> at Perth Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n

The two-time All-Australian was locked in a tense conversation with Stevic and made contact with the official as he walked past on the way to the Giants' huddle at three-quarter time of the elimination final.<\/p>\n

Match review officer Michael Christian assessed Greene's move as intentional umpire contact and sent the incident directly to the tribunal, meaning he wasn't able to accept an early guilty plea.<\/p>\n

\"Toby<\/p>\n

If Christian had graded the incident as unreasonable or unnecessary, the firebrand Giant would have been slapped with a fixed financial sanction.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It wasn't the first time this season that Greene had made contact with an umpire, with his touch of Jacob Mollison in June being discarded by the match review officer.<\/p>\n

Reigning Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale<\/a> was slapped with a $1500 fine for making contact with umpire Matthew Nicholls in April, as he tried to get the official's attention to show he was bleeding.<\/p>\n

A suspension for Greene would put a massive dent in the Giants' hopes of beating the Cats in their semi-final.<\/p>\n

Greene was the only Giant named in the 2021 All-Australian team of 22<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old was also brilliant for GWS in the thrilling one-point win over Sydney<\/a> in their elimination final.<\/p>\n

Greene only managed 10 disposals but jagged three goals and was a continual source of inspiration for the underdogs.<\/p>\n

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