‘It’s a no-go’: Giants captain busted in apparent dirty act

The AFL has been told to look at new footage of an apparent ugly act by Giants captain Toby Greene during the club’s big win over the Swans.

The AFL has been told to look at new footage of an apparent ugly act by Giants captain Toby Greene during the club’s big win over the Swans.

Greene has already been hit with a one-match suspension for striking Swans star Isaac Heeney during the spiteful Sydney derby and the 31-year-old could now face further attention from the AFL.

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New vision of an apparent second striking act was first shared on Channel 9’s Footy Classified on Monday night, with the mercurial small forward appearing to kick Swans defender Dane Rampe in the groin region.

The new vision shows Greene lashing out, kicking directly behind him between Rampe’s legs during a heated confrontation before the start of the game.

Vision from behind the goals showed Rampe giving Greene some special attention with multiple attempts to push and shove his opponent behind play.

As the ball was bounced to start the game, Greene then kicked out behind him.

According to Channel 9, the AFL was not aware of the incident before Monday night.

Greene’s elbow to the side of Isaac Heeney’s head was the only charge handed down following the AFL Match Review Officer’s review of the game, with the league stating “there were no incidents requiring a detailed explanation”.

You can watch the incident in the video player above.

The vision showed Toby Greene kicking backwards. Photo: Channel 9.

Essendon legend Matthew Lloyd, on Monday night, told the AFL and new general manager of football performance Greg Swann the league needs to come out and make a public statement about Greene’s uncovered act.

“I feel that the AFL will look at this,” Lloyd said.

“I’m not sure what they do after the event, or if this is the first time they’ve heard about or known about the vision.

“The groin region and an intentional kick going to that region, it certainly must be re-looked at by the AFL. I’d expect a statement from them in the next 24 hours.”

Former GWS board member Jimmy Bartel said “kicking is a no-go” in football and pointed to Greene’s poor discipline in important matches, with seven incidents cited from finals or so-called ‘big’ games.

“It’s still pretty average,” the Brownlow medallist said.

Toby Greene and Sydney's Dane Rampe go at it. Photo ©Brett Costello.

“Kicking is a no-go, and then kicking to the groin region and throwing your legs back like that.

“This is the issue with Toby Greene, especially in big games, he sees the red mist worse than most. That’s the problem.”

Greene’s suspension for striking Heeney comes ahead of a crucial finals-shaping Thursday night fixture for the Giants against the Western Bulldogs.

With the Giants and Bulldogs both winning on Friday night, eight premiership points still separate the clubs, with the Dogs in a must-win position ahead of the clash at Marvel Stadium in Round 21.

Brisbane Lions legend Jonathan Brown put Greene’s “undisciplined” act down to being “too amped up” to start the match.

“Yeah, it is late. So, you can understand some sort of fine,” he said on Fox Footy on Friday night.

“He was just a bit fired up, he was a bit hot under the collar — maybe a bit amped up too much in the first half, and that just showed out in some of the undisciplined nature of the acts in the first half.”

Fellow Lions great Alastair Lynch added: “I think that’s where Adam Kingsley’s coming from — he didn’t make the right impact in that first half and (needed) a bit of a reset. I don’t think the Isaac Heeney one’s a good look.”

Fox Footy’s Ben Dixon said he had a close eye on Greene during the first quarter, watching from the sideline.

“No shots fired during the week, very quiet leading into Derby 31 and Toby Greene might’ve been saving his rounds because the first quarter he was firing shots left, right and centre,” he said from the boundary line.

“Isaac Heeney’s ‘don’t argue’ on Toby Greene, he said ‘I’m not having that’, comes in with a forearm to the head, reverse free kick. That was holding the ball.

“And then off the ball with Aaron Francis, just one to the chest, throwing his weight around.

“He’s not going to miss many tonight the way the captain’s going about it.”

Greene also showed his contempt towards fellow agitator Tom Papley heading to the halftime break, telling Fox Footy, “he’s looking overweight, see how he goes second half”.

Originally published as ‘It’s a no-go’: Giants captain busted in apparent dirty act