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Lachie Neale will fight gut-punch suspension at AFL tribunal in bid to play in grand final

Brisbane Times Peter Ryan

20 Sept 2026 14:51 AEST Summary

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Changed after publishing · 1 edit

20 Sept 2026 17:17 AEST the headline was changed: Lachie Neale will fight gut-punch suspension at AFL tribunal in bid to ~~miss~~ play in grand final~~One-match ban for gut-punch~~

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The Lions midfielder is no stranger to attention in grand final week, and finds himself there again, with a tribunal case on the cards.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian rules football match, used to illustrate it. Melbourne, Australia betsyweber / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australian rules football match, used to illustrate it. Melbourne, Australia betsyweber / flickr, CC BY

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Indicators

Niral Score 4.6 mundaneloaded

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final2grand2tribunal2

Sourcing 34 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Brisbane Times Lachie Neale will fight gut-punch suspension at AFL tribunal in bid to play in grand final plain
The West Australian Neale or no Neale? Tribunal to rule on grand final ban plain
The Age Neale to miss grand final after ~~horror~~ ban 1 change

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Also covered by The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score
Brisbane Timesas they published this story	4.6

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Lions superstar bracing for AFL grand final ban inverelltimes.com.au
Lions superstar bracing for AFL grand final ban easternriverinachronicle.com.au

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The Sydney Morning Herald Lachie Neale will fight gut-punch suspension at AFL tribunal in bid to play in grand final Niral 4.6 political 0 The Age Neale to miss grand final after ban Niral 20 political 0 The Age Lachie Neale will fight gut-punch suspension at AFL tribunal in bid to play in grand final Niral 4.6 political 0 WAtoday Neale to miss grand final after ban Niral 20 political 0 WAtoday Lachie Neale will fight gut-punch suspension at AFL tribunal in bid to play in grand final Niral 4.6 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Neale to miss grand final after ban Niral 20 political 0 Brisbane Times Neale to miss grand final after ban Niral 20 political 0 The West Australian Neale or no Neale? Tribunal to rule on grand final ban Niral 5 political 0