Brisbane's champion midfielder Lachie Neale's tribunal challenge to his one game suspension has failed, meaning he will miss Saturday's AFL grand final. The dual Brownlow medallist will sit out the premiership decider against Fremantle unless the Lions can successfully further challenge the tribunal verdict at the AFL appeals board. The Lions have until noon on Wednesday to submit a notice of appeal, which would likely be heard on Thursday. Neale was offered a one-match suspension for striking Hawthorn's Jack Ginnivan behind the play in last Saturday's preliminary final. The two-time premiership captain challenged the ban, arguing at the tribunal on Tuesday night that he did not punch the Hawks player as it appeared but body checked him to the ground. After a dramatic four-and-a-half hour hearing, the tribunal upheld the charge and dismissed pleas for a downgrade due to exceptional and compelling circumstances of one of the greats of the game missing a grand final. Read more at link in...