{"id":412992,"date":"2026-01-14T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/412992\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:50:25","slug":"afl-origin-gws-giants-captain-toby-greene-touch-and-go-to-represent-victoria-against-western-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/412992\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Origin: GWS Giants captain Toby Greene ‘touch-and-go’ to represent Victoria against Western Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Kingsley has poured cold water on Toby Greene\u2019s chances of playing in State of Origin, conceding the GWS star is \u201ctouch-and-go\u201d.<\/p>\n

Greene is slated to represent Victoria against Western Australia at Optus Stadium for the return of Origin football on February 14.<\/p>\n

But the crafty forward has yet to return to full training after spending the majority of the pre-season in rehabilitation with a \u201csore glute\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Giants coach Kingsley said he was hopeful Greene would return to pre-season training next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am mindful I\u2019ve said that in the past, that it hasn\u2019t quite panned out like that,\u201d Kingsley said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think he\u2019ll be back on deck Monday. He\u2019s saying all the right things. His body\u2019s feeling good.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, we\u2019ll take it step by step. Not nurse him through this period because he is working quite hard, but we won\u2019t take any risks this time of year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TobyToby Greene. Credit: Matt King\/AFL Photos\/via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Origin was last played in 1999, having been shelved after clubs were concerned about their best players suffering injuries.<\/p>\n

Kingsley said the Giants had no issues with players taking part in the new iteration of Origin with it being scheduled before the season start of the season in March.<\/p>\n

Giants halfback Lachie Ash, off the back of a breakout season, has also been named to represent Victoria under coach Chris Scott, with Sam Taylor and Jesse Hogan named for Dean Cox\u2019s WA side.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want as many of our players in that Origin team as we possibly can,\u201d Kingsley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they\u2019ve got to be ready to play. With some niggles, some injuries, some off-season stuff, a couple of our players have boxes to tick before they really qualify.<\/p>\n

\u201cToby\u2019s one of those guys who probably ends up now being a bit touch-and-go on that decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019ll do our best to get him as fit as we can, ready to go for that game, as well as our season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greene isn\u2019t the only player at the Giants under an injury cloud, with star recruit Clayton Oliver set back from group training at least a week with a calf issue.<\/p>\n

Hogan is also a fortnight away from re-joining the main group following off-season surgery on his foot, while veteran midfielder Josh Kelly has yet to return to running after undergoing hip surgery.<\/p>\n

But young gun Darcy Jones is \u201cahead of schedule\u201d on his return from a knee reconstruction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a little hesitant to rush him back in either,\u201d Kingsley said of Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s here for a career, not for a few games earlier, so we need to be patient with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know the timelines, I\u2019m not going to speculate on them, but we\u2019re probably seeing him towards the middle-back half of the year. \u201cThe Giants will kick off their season with an elimination final rematch against Hawthorn on March 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Kingsley has poured cold water on Toby Greene\u2019s chances of playing in State of Origin, conceding the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,588,85],"class_list":["post-412992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}