"You shouldn't miss a Grand Final for that act" | Tim's PASSIONATE Lachie Neale plea (23.09.26)
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What are the key facts of the Lockie Neale tribunal case?
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Gary and Tim.
Well we're gonna do this in uh because this is what we do. We love passion and we love debate and we love disagreement. Now that is what makes the world go round. We don't like abuse. So you can have a different opinion to Tim, don't abuse him, you can have a different opinion to me, don't abuse me either. We won't we can we won't abuse you we but we can disagree respectfully. So Lockie Neal Ban now upheld. He's gonna miss the grand final. It was deemed to be intentional. Neil it These are the facts of the case. Neil admitted he was aware of the crackdown and intentional strikes. No evidence of a fist, but considerable enough to knock Guinnavan over. Off ball, behind the play strike to an unsuspecting opponent.
They had said they had no problem finding him guilty. He's been guilty four times before. He can go to the AFL appears ball. Now the compelling and exceptional circumstances that got Pendlebury and Gary Ablett off, um, they were Deemed to be careless incidents. This has been deemed to be an intentional incident. Not a split second thing that happens, but an intentional for the fourth occasion found guilty of the strike to the body, so the exceptional and compelling circumstances wasn't applied. They're just the facts, or that's how it's been deemed to have arrived at this p uh point right now.
Right. Okay. Well let's just look at this again, okay. The one match for a swinging arm that based on the granny inconclusive video, Evans was forceful enough to knock Guinevan off his feet, but not enough to win him. He got up straight away. He wasn't hurt at all. So you'd have to say the force wasn't in wasn't severe in any way.
How do Gary and Tim assess the severity of the off‑ball strike?
Medium impact at the time. Well, I would say it's low impact. Yeah, okay. I could argue it's low impact. I could say that it's low, okay? Yeah. A a grand final penalty for an action like that is extremely harsh. And I say to you and I say to everybody out there, does the penalty fit the crime? Does that penalty fit the crime? And I say it doesn't, because I would put a higher level of importance upon a grand final upon a final and a threshold should be raised as a consequence of that for these actions. But it should be it should be Gary. No, but just listen. No, but just listen to me because that it it should be. And I know you would agree with me that a grand final has a greater level of importance in every possible way than any other game that we play throughout the course of the year.
And it's not to say that somebody would get off a penalty that was four weeks, they might get it downgraded to three. You wouldn't necessarily get off. But a penalty for a The week for what Lockie Neal did on Saturday night does not justify him missing a grand final. That does not justify that
That's a different argument though. It's
the same thing connected to what we're talking about. I'm saying that you could say I'm saying that what you could do is you could downgrade that penalty back down to him not missing a game and he could have a suspended one match penalty as a result of that. Because I think the games that lead to grand finals need to be looked with a different lens than other games throughout the course of the year.
That's a different argument if you don't mind me saying. No, that's
related to the penalty though.
Yeah, you're saying the waiting for a grand final, but you'd be happy for him to be suspended for a home and away then.
Yes, I would be. I think it's different. Okay, well that take it. I think there is a difference and that's and there's nuance associated with that as well.
Does the penalty of missing the Grand Final fit the alleged offense?
There's there's nuance associated with all these things. There's nuance associated with some people think it was a punch. I don't believe it was a punch. I think it doesn't. It
doesn't have to be a punch though. No, no, I just people here arguing and saying, Gary, you're an idiot. As I said, I'm not going to abuse you, so don't abuse me or Tim. It doesn't have to be a punch.
No, no, it can be a strike. And that was a strike. Had he
swung that hard and hit him in the head, what do you reckon would have happened?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key facts of the Lockie Neale tribunal case?
0:00–1:31
2
How do Gary and Tim assess the severity of the off‑ball strike?
1:31–3:18
3
Does the penalty of missing the Grand Final fit the alleged offense?
3:18–5:02
4
Should Grand Final matches have a higher threshold for suspensions?
5:02–6:31
5
What precedent do past cases like Barry Hall set for this decision?
6:31–8:16
6
How do callers and listeners weigh in on the Lockie Neale debate?
8:16–9:40
7
What is the broader impact of this ruling on AFL’s non‑contact future?
9:40–10:44
8
What final arguments do Gary and Tim make about fairness and respect?
10:44–10:53
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