AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has revealed the league is considering appealing Toby Greene’s three-match ban for intentional umpire contact.
The Giants star will miss the rest of the club’s finals campaign after he was found guilty of intentionally bumping into umpire Matt Stevic during Saturday’s Elimination Final.
McLachlan isn’t satisfied with the suspension handed down by the AFL Tribunal after Tuesday’s marathon hearing.
AFL legal counsel Jeff Gleeson asked for a suspension of no fewer than six weeks, labelling Greene’s act “a moment of madness”.
“I respect the Tribunal. They do a great job. I just find it hard to reconcile,” McLachlan told reporters on Tuesday.
“I’ve asked the lawyers for a view on that tonight or tomorrow … we won’t muck around. You don’t appeal lightly, so you need to make sure we contextualise.
“I’ll get advice on that, contextualise it all and make a decision as quick as we can.
“I guess I welcome the Tribunal verdict that it was intentional conduct. If I’m honest, I find it personally hard to reconcile how it can be intentional conduct that was aggressive, demonstrative and disrespectful … and then only be three weeks.
“You know we asked for six, these are the facts. I’m finding that personally hard to reconcile how it can be only three weeks.
“As the CEO of the league, I’m saying to community leagues and others that I find that decision perplexing.”
Greene will miss GWS' Semi-Final clash against Geelong on Friday night.