BRISBANE coach Chris Fagan has added context to Giant Toby Greene's pending ban, declaring Lachie Neale felt contact "more to the nose" than in his eyes.
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Match Review Officer Michael Christian offered Greene a one-match suspension for making unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region of Lions midfielder Neale in Saturday night's semi-final.
Christian assessed the incident as intentional conduct, with low impact and high contact.
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This latest charge comes a week after Greene received a $7500 fine on a serious misconduct charge against Bulldog Marcus Bontempelli.
However, Fagan's comments on Melbourne radio station SEN on Monday morning could work in Greene's and Greater Western Sydney's favour.
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"He (Neale) felt contact. He had no idea who it was," Fagan said.
"It wasn't enough to stop him from playing on. It just caused him a little bit of disturbance for a few seconds and he dusted it off and kept going.
"It wasn't in the eyes. It was more to the nose was what he said to me yesterday."
Greene will face the Tribunal on Tuesday night at 5pm AEST.
TOBY'S TRACK RECORD
Total: 18 charges
Suspensions: 7 matches
Fines: $26,350
2012: Made ineligible for the NAB AFL Rising Star after he was suspended for one match for an ugly bump on Brisbane veteran Jed Adcock.
2012: Fined $1200 for his role in a melee during Greater Western Sydney's clash with Melbourne.
2013: Cops a $1950 fine for making reckless contact with an umpire in a game against Gold Coast.
2014: Was fortunate to walk away with a one-match suspension for striking Adelaide midfielder Richard Douglas, with the offence classified as a 'level-three' sanction.
2014: Fined another $1200 for engaging in a melee, this time against the Western Bulldogs.
2015: Hit with a $1500 fine for spitting in the direction of Richmond midfielder Anthony Miles.
2015: Another year, another $1500 fine for engaging in a melee, this time against Fremantle.
2016: Fined $1000 for misconduct, having pushed Port Adelaide youngster Brendon Ah Chee into a fence.
2017: Hit with a $1000 misconduct fine in the pre-season, having given Sam Wright a slap to the face late in the game.
2017: Fined $1000 for striking Port Adelaide midfielder Dan Houston, with the charge graded as low impact to the head.
2017: Hit with a two-match striking suspension after clipping Western Bulldogs midfielder Caleb Daniel with an extremely late spoil attempt.
2017: Forced to serve another two-match suspension after striking Richmond defender Alex Rance to the jaw with a jumper-punch.
2017: Controversially offered a $1500 misconduct fine for his 'Jackie Chan' kick to the face of Western Bulldogs forward Luke Dahlhaus.
2018: Fined $2500 for misconduct, having appeared to drop his knee into Sydney midfielder Isaac Heeney during their elimination final.
2018: Fined another $2500 for misconduct the very next week during a semi-final against Collingwood, where he was involved in a back-and-forth with midfielder Taylor Adams.
2019: Slapped with a $2000 fine for striking, having handed Melbourne midfielder Clayton Oliver a 'tummy tap' in an off-the-ball incident.
2019: Handed a $7500 fine for serious misconduct, having made contact with the face and hair of Western Bulldogs star Marcus Bontempelli during a lengthy scuffle.
2019: Given a one-match ban for making unnecessary contact to the eye region of Brisbane star Lachie Neale, having also been cited for a very similar incident the week prior.
