GWS star Toby Greene has kicked 4 essential targets however could possibly be in sizzling water after his excessive forearm resulted in Patrick Dangerfield being taken to hospital with a throat harm through the Giants’ 19-point AFL upset of Geelong.
Greene’s energetic show impressed the severely undermanned guests as they triggered a 13.6 (84) to eight.17 (65) boilover at GMHBA Stadium on Friday night time, giving their finals probabilities an enormous enhance in the method.
But the enigmatic ahead is definite to come back beneath scrutiny from the league’s match evaluation officer (MRO) over an tried fend-off gone incorrect.
“I haven’t seen a replay, but it looked like a football incident at that close range from where I was on the bench,” GWS coach Leon Cameron mentioned.
“I perceive he (Dangerfield) has gone to hospital, so our ideas are with him and hopefully he’s okay.
“But from first thoughts, it just looked like a simple football incident.”
Cats captain Joel Selwood may also seemingly be checked out by the MRO for a excessive bump on GWS defender Sam Taylor.
Geelong’s five-match successful streak was dropped at an finish by a gutsy Giants outfit that has been on the street since fleeing coronavirus-hit Sydney in late June.
In the midst of a decent battle for a top-eight spot, GWS made seven pressured modifications to their group through the week and misplaced star midfielder Josh Kelly to a quad criticism not lengthy earlier than bounce down.
Greene and Callan Ward have been instrumental whereas Tim Taranto tallied 34 disposals, 9 tackles, six clearances and two targets in an impressive midfield show.
Taylor and Nick Haynes stood tall in defence and Callum Brown kicked two targets in his first beginning look.
The Irish recruit was one among 10 gamers in the Giants group with fewer than 25 video games’ expertise, prompting Cameron to laud it as one of many “bravest” wins in membership historical past.
“It’s a significant win … it’s probably one of the better wins we’ve had,” Cameron mentioned.
“We’ll benefit from the second tonight as a result of these wins don’t come round so much.
“We’ll wake up tomorrow with a smile on our face and look forward to whatever day we’re playing next week.”
GWS misplaced Brent Daniels to a hamstring harm that left the unfortunate midfielder in tears on the bench through the third quarter.
Cam Guthrie (24 disposals) was busy in his 2 hundredth sport for Geelong, who dominated the inside-50 rely (64-44) however lacked effectivity in assault and have been crushed in contested possession (154-136).
The Cats had lower a 38-point deficit again to 9 factors in the ultimate time period when Jordan Clark intercepted a clearing kick near objective with sufficient time remaining.
But Clark put his shot out on the complete and Tanner Bruhn kicked a objective for the Giants a minute later to seal an exhilarating win.
As nicely as Dangerfield, who was set to remain in hospital in a single day as a precaution, the Cats misplaced Gary Rohan (hip) and Zac Tuohy (hamstring) to accidents.
