While Toby Greene’s action was right on the edge of acceptable, the bump we saw a month earlier from Peter Wright was different on several fronts.
First, forget that the player who collided with Carlton’s Jordan Boyd was Toby Greene, whose mug shot would have adorned posters for the past decade if AFL had a “most wanted” list.
But, in that instant as the ball leaves Ward’s boot, Boyd changes the equation. The Carlton player abruptly decides to run with the flight of the ball to impact the contest or even attempt a Jonathan Brown-style mark.The pair arrive at the aerial contest almost at the same time. In that moment, Greene turns his body in apparent self-protection, the ball actually striking his left shoulder before he collects Boyd, whose eyes have been trained on the footy. Boyd’s actions are beyond courageous.
The question that the AFL tribunal must address is whether Greene contested the ball in a reasonable manner.on the side of reasonable, and that the tribunal should acquit him, that the case is too borderline to warrant a suspension and – not least – that Boyd’s reckless courage narrowed Toby’s choices in that second or so.
Peter Wright’s high bump on Sydney’s Harry Cunningham is the case that has drawn comparison with Greene’s. Both were marking/aerial contests in which one player was collected by the other, with the bumper turning at the point of impact.The bump from “Two-Metre Peter” was different to Greene’s on a few fronts. The first is the sheer force – evident in Cunningham’s concussion.
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