New AFL football chief Greg Swann has confirmed Toby Greene's "donkey kick" on Dane Rampe was assessed by the Match Review Officer.
The Giants captain avoided sanction over the incident at the start of his side's come-from-behind Sydney Derby victory at Engie Stadium on Friday night.
On Monday, vision emerged showing Greene and Rampe jostling prior to the first bounce, before the GWS star thrusts his right boot backwards, towards the Swans defender's groin.
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Rampe can be seen jumping out of the way of the kick.
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On Tuesday morning, Swann has explained why Greene wasn't punished over the action.
“[Match Review Officer Michael Christian] did have a look at it,” Swann said on SEN.
“We won’t be taking any action on it, only on the basis that he actually doesn’t connect. Whether we think that’s a thing we want in the game is a separate thing - which obviously we don’t."
Swann continued, pointing to limitations within the current match review system.
“It is a horrible look,” Swann said.
“But under the table at the moment you can’t [suspend him] and he’d win on appeal.
“I think there’s been a lot of those things and it is about the look of the game. Sometimes there’s almost a catch-all - he doesn’t get him and there’s no strike under the existing rules.
“But we don’t want that in the game.”
While Greene got away with that particular incident, he will miss the Giants' trip to Marvel Stadium to face the Western Bulldogs this Thursday after he was hit with a one-match suspension for driving his forearm into Isaac Heeney's head following a tackle.