GWS Giants superstar Toby Greene and key forward Jesse Hogan will both come under scrutiny from the match review officer after separate incidents during the loss to Carlton on Saturday.
The Giants fell to a disappointing 19-point loss after leading the Blues at half-time and will now have a nervous wait for two of their most important players.
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Greene clattered into Jordan Boyd after the Blues defender courageously went back with the flight off the ball.
The GWS captain jumped to contest the ball, but turned his body at the last moment and braced for impact. His shoulder made high contact with Boyd’s face.
Boyd went down briefly, but was able to quickly get up and play on injured.
“There won’t be anything in that,” Coach Adam Kingsley said after the game.
“He’s allowed to contest the ball, isn’t he? He’s allowed to launch at the ball?
“And if you’re running and launching at the ball, and you’ve got your eyes for the ball, and you’re trying to take a chest mark, and you get knocked … free kick against?
“It’s hard being Toby.”
Meanwhile, Hogan was involved in an off-the-ball incident with Lewis Young.
The pair were pushing and shoving in the goalsquare when Hogan made contact with Young’s face with an open hand.
Young gestured to the umpire, but kept his feet and appeared to be relatively unhurt.
Carlton star Charlie Curnow kicked three goals and spearheaded his side’s game-busting burst in a spirited 19-point win.
Curnow kicked three of his team’s six straight majors leading into three-quarter time as the Blues seized control and powered away with a 17.15 (117) to 15.8 (98) victory at Marvel Stadium.
Patrick Cripps (39 disposals, 13 clearances) and Sam Walsh (35, six) were also hugely influential in the third-quarter blitz, which was decisive in Carlton’s fifth win from six games.
It was the Giants’ first defeat of the year after a club-best five-match winning streak to start the season.
Curnow kicked four consecutive behinds during the second term as Carlton fell 22 points behind but found his target after the break and finished with 3.4.
Tom De Koning kicked a career-best three majors and Harry McKay added three of his own, all in the second half.
George Hewett (31 disposals, six clearances) and Matt Kennedy (27, three) also stood up as the latter celebrated his 100th AFL game against his former club with a goal in the dying stages.
But Zac Williams was substituted out at halftime following a knock to his right Achilles and Jacob Weitering was forced to soldier on after copping an accidental kick to his left hamstring late in the second term.
Carlton dominated the clearance count 48-32, including a landslide 22-8 advantage out of the centre, and were well on top in contested possession (151-121).
Tom Green and Lachie Whitfield, each with 29 disposals, were busy for GWS as Jesse Hogan, Jake Riccardi and Josh Kelly all kicked three goals.
But the Giants had few winners after half-time.
There were four lead changes in an entertaining opening term and the Giants trailed at quarter-time for the first time this season.
Three of the Blues’ five goals came direct from centre bounces as they ran rampant out of the middle, winning centre clearances 7-1.
Cripps’ hot start featured 10 disposals and five clearances in the first quarter but Curnow didn’t have a single touch in that period.
The Blues’ spearhead injected himself into the contest in the second term but missed four consecutive goal-scoring chances as the Giants piled on six straight majors to build their 22-point buffer.
It evaporated in the third term as Curnow, McKay and De Koning all hit the scoreboard, and Carlton piled on 10 goals to six in the second half to run away with an impressive victory in front of 40,474 fans.
– With AAP