Sport / Brisbane, QLD

'Right decision made': Greats react to Neale's hearing

The Sydney Morning Herald

24 Sept 2026 20:52 AEST Summary

Sport AFL

From the report

Nathan Brown and Matthew Lloyd give their thoughts on Brisbane star Lachie Neale's appeal board hearing result.

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Niral Score 4.1 mundaneloaded

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hearing2

Sourcing 42 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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The Sydney Morning Herald 'Right decision made': Greats react to Neale's hearing plain
WAtoday Lions skipper reacts to Neale hearing plain
WAtoday AFL boss reacts to Neale decision plain

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

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The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	4.1

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WAtoday 'Right decision made': Greats react to Neale's hearing Niral 4.1 political 0 WAtoday Lions skipper reacts to Neale hearing Niral 4.1 political 0 Brisbane Times 'Right decision made': Greats react to Neale's hearing Niral 4.1 political 0 Brisbane Times Lions skipper reacts to Neale hearing Niral 4.1 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Lions skipper reacts to Neale hearing Niral 4.1 political 0 The Age 'Right decision made': Greats react to Neale's hearing Niral 4.1 political 0 The Age Lions skipper reacts to Neale hearing Niral 4.1 political 0 WAtoday AFL boss reacts to Neale decision Niral 2 political 0