Tom Morris

Wednesday morning.

This is your town.

This is your station.

This is Waitley.

The AFL Tribunal has spoken twice.

In the Lance Collard case, the young saint has been suspended for seven weeks, plus a further two suspended for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.

Collard is shattered, and the saints, who pleaded for mercy and argued for a financial sanction rather than a suspension, are this morning considering appealing.

And in the Zach Butters case, the stand-in port skipper was found guilty of using abusive language towards umpire Nick Foote.

He's been fined $1,500.

Incredibly disappointed with the result tonight.

I stand by knowing what I said and what I didn't say, especially what I didn't say.

I'd like to thank the club for the support.

Thank you.

Port Adelaide is this morning weighing up its appeal options, but they can't yet decide, given the tribunal findings are yet to lob in their inbox.

What was abundantly clear was that the slight discrepancies between Wines and Butters hurt Port's case, as did the shift between what Butters told Xander Maguire from Channel 7 post-game to what he said yesterday afternoon when cross-examined.

The story has been divisive.

Nick Foote was consistent from the outset in his evidence.

Butters...

wavered.

There is a difference between knowingly lying and being mistaken.