Toby Greene makes contact with umpire - Update: Suspension Increased to 6 weeks on Appeal

[Tugga27]

On this season precedents he gets 1-2 and a big fine.

AFL will revamp the laws for 2022 so its 2 week min to alleviate any conjecture or debate

No chance in the world he gets 1 or 2.

Starting at 4.

 

[deanc]

No chance in the world he gets 1 or 2.

Starting at 4.

Stevic testimony:
"I took the opportunity at the break to have a chat with Toby to clarify a recent decision he wasn't happy about - sorry, but I don't remember anything after that!"

 

[Mr Blicavs]

White fragility is the answer.

Race baiting garbage....

 

[Always Ballin]

Toby shouldn't be suspended. We need to ensure that GWS has every chance to succeed. For the sake of football, it's in the AFL's best interest to let this slide. We need the AFL teams in the East/North-East to be strong.

If Barry Hall was cleared to played in the 2005 GF, I don't see why we shouldn't look the other way here too.

 

[GWT6]

Whateley says up to 8 weeks "if the Giants try to get smart". Knob. Getting tired of him on his high horse wanting to hang players. That incident was no way comparable to Diesel's 9 weeks when he pushed an umpire away forcefully.

Think you might want to watch the Williams vision before commenting in future.

 

[Chief]

I said he bumped his shoulder lightly as he walk past him, and then reinforced that in my next post saying that the bump wasn't forceful and didn't cause him to lose his balance or stumble. What's wrong with that description?

It’s incorrect. Look at the video.

 

[BF Tiger]

So what should the Giants do to leave Toby Greene

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Toby Greene

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

available to play? I don’t think pleading not guilty is going to work, so obviously a guilty plea is required firstly. Then what do they suggest… a $10,000 fine? $20,000? A monetary fine and a suspended sentence… three games? Five games?

 

[Ashman23]

He's pleaded not guilty

 

[Chief]

So what should the Giants do to leave Toby Greene available to play?

Elocution lessons.

 

[Some Idiot]

6-8 weeks for pleading not guilty in spite of overwhelming evidence. May as well throw the book at him now.

 

[McOrist]

As he's pleaded 'not guilty', it's likely he and his team know that Matt Stevic's evidence will be favourable for Greene. It all depends now on what Stevic says. Don't be surprised if the final result is now just a fine.

 

[Barrybran]

He's pleaded not guilty

 

[Sturty]

3-4 Weeks

Cya dummy

 

[VL3OJ]

The cost of this to the AFL GWS must be huge. If he get's off, it's probably at least $20k in QC and other staff time. If he doesn't get off, he could be the key to moving to the next week and potentially (but less plausible) the Grand Final. You could be looking at a significant six figure sum.

Why was there not a chaperone for Greene at breaks? Why did not one of his team step in? The coaching team have a lot to answer here as well

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Ironic that Greene was calling someone out for taking a dive to Stevic when he did just that later on in the last quarter.

 

[Mile High Tiger]

As he's pleaded 'not guilty', it's likely he and his team know that Matt Stevic's evidence will be favourable for Greene. It all depends now on what Stevic says. Don't be surprised if the final result is now just a fine.

I don't think Stevic going easy on Toby is going to make any difference. This case has caused so much noise about the grassroots game and umpire safety; he's going to get suspended and rightly so.

 

[DT_35]

LOL of course he didn’t feel threatened. It’s a f****** AFL game, cameras everywhere, security. I bet he’d be shitting bricks if it was a local game

 

[Whiskers]

Ironic that Greene was calling someone out for taking a dive to Stevic when he did just that later on in the last quarter.

It probably inspired him out of spite.

 

[Strange Cat]

Stevic’s testimony: “Greene made some minor contact to me...I didn’t feel threatened at the time.”

makes sense that the umpires are more threaten by a hand slap (Hawkins) than a shoulder bump ( the umpire at the time said he felt threaten by Hawkins slapping his hand away$.

what a joke

 

[BallaratBulldog]

I don't think Stevic going easy on Toby is going to make any difference. This case has caused so much noise about the grassroots game and umpire safety; he's going to get suspended and rightly so.

I know a lot of people from different leagues that already found it hard enough to get enough umpire numbers this year without the usual nuffies in the stands or players.

 

[Patronus]

As he's pleaded 'not guilty', it's likely he and his team know that Matt Stevic's evidence will be favourable for Greene. It all depends now on what Stevic says. Don't be surprised if the final result is now just a fine.

I don’t think it matters what he says.

They are admitting he made contact with him but are arguing his intent in making contact.

Stevic can not make any assumptions on what Greenes intent was only if contact was made or not.

 

[XhazzafootyX]

Free Toby

 

[Bald]

Stevic’s testimony: “Greene made some minor contact to me...I didn’t feel threatened at the time.”

makes sense that the umpires are more threaten by a hand slap (Hawkins) than a shoulder bump ( the umpire at the time said he felt threaten by Hawkins slapping his hand away$.

what a joke

Wasn't it Dean Margetts that the Hawkins action was on?

Are the umpires briefed on what should and should not threaten them? Seems a strange take.

 

[bomberclifford]

Stevic can not make any assumptions on what Greenes intent was only if contact was made or not.

But a gaggle of internet sleuths with a 10 second video can?

 

[Strange Cat]

Wasn't it Dean Margetts that the Hawkins action was on?

Are the umpires briefed on what should and should not threaten them? Seems a strange take.

Very strange take that a more forceful action is not more threating than a lessen one

I can’t get over Stevic doing everything he can to help Toby