Greene's reasoning below
"The whole time I thought I was a good chance to take the mark ... at the last moment I realised he was going to touch the ball before me, then I braced for impact," he said.
"If I go in with an open chest, I open myself up to impact. Hence turning my body to protect myself, knowing he was going to get there before me.
"If I go for the mark with my hands out and he tucks in because he's going to take the mark, I'm highly exposed and vulnerable."
His plea fell on deaf ears however, with the tribunal sticking with the MRO decision and suspending Greene for one match. "
https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/news-2024-toby-greene-jesse-hogan-tribunal-hearing-gws-giants-suspension/73966206-e7ca-4e08-8e82-955daa69fa55What is a viable alternative for Toby to do in this situation, I can only see two; open himself up to being injured or pull out of the contest well before contact on the basis of a probability he may hurt the oncoming player.
The AFL have put themselves in a position that they cant explain and risk the inherent game style of AFL
