Brisbane to appeal Lachie Neale’s ban in desperate bid to play AFL grand final

Dual Brownlow medallist guilty of intentional striking Plea of ‘exceptional circumstances’ rejected by tribunal Brisbane will head to the AFL appeals board in a desperate bid to free suspended star Lachie Neale for the grand final.

Neale remains banned for the premiership decider against Fremantle after failing to argue his way out of a one-match suspension for a gut punch on Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan. Continue…