Toby Greene's alleged spitting a 'pretty dirty' act, Tiger star Brett Deledio says Matt Murnane
The Age
July 6, 2015 Richmond star Brett Deledio has labelled Toby Greene's alleged spitting in the direction of Tigers opponent Anthony Miles as "pretty dirty".
As opinion remained divided about to whether Greene deliberately spat in the direction of Miles, Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron came to the defence of his young midfielder, revealing Greene and Miles were friends off the field and that he would be surprised if Greene committed such an act.
Greene was standing on the mark as he discharged saliva in the general vicinity of Miles, as the Tiger was getting up off the ground to take his kick. The saliva did not appear to touch Miles.
The match review panel will judge the incident on Monday, but comments from panel member Luke Ball on Sunday loomed ominous. As vision from Saturday's match at the MCG was played on Channel Nine's The Footy Show, Ball said the incident was "not a great look". "As a player, you shouldn't put yourself in that situation," he said.
Deledio went further in his assessment: "Pretty dirty really. I'm not sure we need to be spitting on players. I don't really condone it," he told a Channel Seven reporter on Sunday.
However, Cameron defended Greene's character. "He's [Greene] a terrific lad ... a lot of players, unfortunately it's not a great look, but they spit because of the mouthguard in their mouth and they've got to get all the saliva out," Cameron said. "I would be disappointed if that was deliberately targeted towards Miles."
“Miles is a former team mate of Greene’s at the Giants and didn’t appear to remonstrate with Greene after the incident. Cameron also said the pair remains good mates.
“Someone said it was with Miles ... I mean they’re very close friends so I’d be disappointed if it did happen. I’d be backing Toby Greene in any day of the week.”
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