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The Age
30-07-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Do you think Toby Greene is a dirty player? ‘Fair enough', he says
'There's a fair bit going on before the siren and Rampe thumped him in the back. It should have been a free kick,' Matthews said on SEN. 'If the free kick was paid or Toby was protected a bit more, we probably don't find ourselves in this circumstance. But at the same time, you don't like seeing that action, but the action didn't have a consequence. So we all move on.' Greene is now ahead of former Carlton firebrand David Rhys-Jones, having been charged a record 26 times in his career – during which time the perception of him has shifted from despised villain to an admired competitor, respected club captain and skipper of the 2013 All Australian team. But by his own admission, even after all these years, he still can't help but react whenever the 'red mist', as described by former Giants football director Jimmy Bartel on Footy Classified, descends during an emotion-charged contest. 'Well, not much goes through my head, mate,' Greene said on the Ausmerican Aces podcast, which was recorded before footage of the Rampe incident emerged. 'I'm not thinking too much. I was just probably highly emotional and got don't argued sensationally by Isaac and then did what I did, which if I had my time back, I would love it back, but that's not possible. Loading 'I turned around and gave away a free kick, which was ours originally, and then ran off and gave away another free kick, so it was a bad minute for me. But yeah, there was a fair bit of niggle throughout the game from the first centre bounce ... and [I] probably let that get the better of me in terms of getting emotional and pretty wound up. 'I've been guilty of it previously in my career, and it was certainly a slip-up ... I'd like to learn my lesson, and I thought I was almost past that, but clearly not. So, mate, a bit to work on and yeah, flat I'm not playing Thursday night against the Dogs.' Asked what he would say to those who would consider him to be a dirty player, Greene said: 'It's probably fair enough. 'What I did was pretty dirty, and I've done that in my career, but I mean, I don't go out there premeditating anything. It's just something I need to get better at in my game. 'People can say what they want. I've been called lots of things throughout my career, and I've just got to worry about making sure I'm playing every weekend. That's what I'm worried about.' Teammate Stephen Coniglio, who will captain the Giants on Thursday night against the Western Bulldogs in the absence of Greene and injured co-vice captain Josh Kelly, said he was disappointed Greene wouldn't be taking part in a match that will help shape their top-four chances. 'Whenever he's walked a line, he's made some really good decisions in the last couple of years, and it's fuelled a couple of our really good performances,' Coniglio said. 'We just need more of those decisions.'
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
No rush on Warner, Swans vow to shun 'arrogant' mistake
Sydney won't rush star Chad Warner to make a call on his future as the AFL club looks to break through for their first win of the season against Fremantle. Western Australian-born Warner is out of contract at the end of the year and speculation is rife about what West Coast and Fremantle will offer to lure the explosive midfielder back home. Sydney have made it clear they are desperate to retain Warner, with coach Cox labelling their re-signing efforts a "top priority". Chad less 🔥#Bloods — Sydney Swans (@sydneyswans) November 5, 2024 Warner's teammates Errol Gulden, Logan McDonald, Ollie Florent, Will Hayward and James Rowbottom all recommitted recently. But Swans defender Dane Rampe refused to heap more pressure on Warner, when asked about reports alleging teammates were confident the in-demand midfielder would stay. "I haven't heard anything, but maybe he just doesn't want to tell me," Rampe joked. "No, no, 'Chaddy' has been great. It's hard for a kid that age to deal with the ongoing pressure. "At the end of the day, he's got a big decision to make. "From my point of view, we welcome that, like, take his time." Rampe added the contract saga is "so far out of our control, apart from the environment we can create for him". "He'll make a decision at the end of the year, whatever that is," the veteran said. "I support that as a mate, but we just want what's best for him." The Swans will head west to meet Fremantle on Sunday as both sides look to claim their first victory of the season. Talk of a post-grand final hangover is casting another shadow on Sydney after losses to Hawthorn and Brisbane. Meanwhile, Fremantle are burning after opening their season with a 78-point thrashing from Geelong. So poor was the Dockers' performance against the Cats, falling 10 goals behind in the second quarter before kicking one to 10 in the final, that coach Justin Longmuir blasted them as "not tough enough". Expecting a fired-up Dockers, Rampe says the Swans are paying no mind to the outside noise. The former Sydney co-captain is well acquainted with the task of rebuilding after a grand final defeat, easily pointing to their horror 0-6 start in 2017 after losing the premiership to the Western Bulldogs the year before. More recently, the Swans rallied late to make the 2023 finals after losing the 2022 grand final. "You've got to build yourself back up and that's a challenge in itself," Rampe said. "To be even thinking that far ahead (to finals) is, I find, quite arrogant. "We've done that before in the past, and we've got caught out. We ended up 0-6 (in 2017). "We found out pretty quickly that if you sacrifice your foundations as a footy team, maybe start looking a little bit further ahead, you get caught out pretty quickly. "We're just taking it - pretty boring - one week at a time."
