Why the AFL tribunal upheld Lions star Lachie Neale's AFL grand final ban
- Finding Lachie Neale guilty was the easy bit for the AFL tribunal.
- The hard part was deciding whether to apply the "exceptional and compelling clause".
- As tribunal chair Jeff Gleeson KC noted at the end of a sensational four-and-a-half-hour hearing on last night: "There are matters trending both ways on this issue.
Unverified
- Finding Lachie Neale guilty was the easy bit for the AFL tribunal.
- The hard part was deciding whether to apply the "exceptional and compelling clause".
- As tribunal chair Jeff Gleeson KC noted at the end of a sensational four-and-a-half-hour hearing on last night: "There are matters trending both ways on this issue.
Sources: ABC Australia