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Brisbane’s Lachie Neale to miss grand final as AFL’s one-game ban upheld
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport and ABC Australia are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 22 Sept 2026, 06:00 UTC. 8 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Brisbane’s Lachie Neale to miss grand final as AFL’s one-game ban upheld”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Dual Brownlow medallist guilty of intentional striking Plea of ‘exceptional circumstances’ rejected The prospect of Brisbane Lions’ midfielder Lachie Neale playing in Saturday’s AFL grand final has plummeted after his suspension for striking Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan in last week’s preliminary final was upheld by the AFL tribunal.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by ABC Australia
Live: Neale fights to clear his name at tribunal as AFL argues 'very clear strike'
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Live: Neale reveals Ginnivan chat as he fights to clear name at AFL tribunal
- New development reported by ABC Australia
Live: Lachie Neale to miss grand final after AFL tribunal decision
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Lachie Neale to miss grand final after AFL tribunal decision
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Live: Lachie Neale's grand final dreams on the line at AFL tribunal
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Live: Lachie Neale set to learn grand final fate at AFL tribunal
- Picked up by The Guardian Sport
Brisbane’s Lachie Neale to miss grand final as AFL’s one-game ban upheld
- Picked up by The Guardian Sport
Brisbane to appeal Lachie Neale’s ban in desperate bid to play AFL grand final
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