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The ‘exceptional and compelling’ saga took over grand final week and now the league CEO has had his say on the final outcome.

After a famous cameo in the 2025 AFL grand final, Lachie Neale's subsequent 12 months with the Brisbane Lions have been nothing short of a soap opera.

The dual Brownlow medallist dodged one question about being cleared to play in the grand final.

Australian icon Kylie Minogue is ready to light up the MCG this weekend in what she promises will be a ‘wild’ homecoming show for the homegrown star.

Brisbane superstar Lachie Neale is free to play in Saturday’s grand final, with the appeals board finding his ‘exemplary’ record was enough for his ban for striking to be downgraded to a fine.

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At their best, Fremantle and Brisbane are the teams that have played the best footy I’ve seen this year, writes Matthew Richardson.

New footage of Lachie Neale’s strike on Jack Ginnivan has emerged but the vision was rejected at the Tribunal as the Brisbane Lions star’s bid to overturn his grand final ban moves to its final stage.

Sport needs rules. It also needs people capable of recognising when the rule produces an outcome that is worse for the game than the offence itself, writes Mitchell Johnson.

‘We have absolutely no idea why he’s made that decision and hopefully it’s nothing serious.’

The woman at the centre of the explosive Neale affair scandal has weighed in on an online stunt mocking the saga.

For the first time since they sent their club into crisis and ultimately derailed their finals campaign, the members of the ‘Pullman Five’ have addressed their Sydney Swans teammates.

Lachie Neale says he remains “very hopeful” of having his grand final suspension overturned as Brisbane get set to use their final throw of the dice to get the star midfielder cleared to face Fremantle.

The AFL umpire at the centre of last week’s dramatic finish has spoken about the threatening actions of Hawthorn players James Sicily and Tom Barrass.

Isaac Heeney’s fiancée has made another telling change to her Instagram, just days after quietly deleting the pair’s engagement post.

Brisbane will use their final roll of the dice in a last-ditch effort to get Lachie Neale freed to play in the grand final, with the club to lodge an appeal of Tuesday’s AFL Tribunal verdict.

The five suspended Sydney Swans players will return to the club's headquarters this week for exit meetings and are expected to address the playing group.