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.