Cats won’t rein in Smith as Nash set to face MRO for Miers hit

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Chris Scott says Geelong won’t try to rein in the behaviour of enigmatic runner Bailey Smith after he played the villain role to perfection in the Cats’ seven-point win over Hawthorn in an Easter Monday classic in front of a record home-and-away crowd for the two teams.

Smith picked up 28 disposals and earned the ire of the crowd when he shoved the football in the face of unsuspecting Hawk Jarman Impey as the pair crossed the boundary line in the second quarter.

What’s that: Bailey Smith has played up to the crowd. Credit: Getty Images

It led to a free kick and Smith admitting on Channel Seven post-game that it was an action he regretted, with the crowd booing his every move from that point on.

“My suggestion is that the crowd loved it, the AFL loved it, and I reckon Bailey loves it as well. If the suggestion is that we should try to make him boring and vanilla, then we will rail against that,” Scott said.

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