Brisbane Lions star fights to overturn striking charge so he can play in AFL grand final against Fremantle Dockers; Jack Ginnivan

Lachie Neale is outlining his defence, explaining he clashed with Ginnivan because he was unhappy with the Hawk’s treatment of Eric Hipwood moments earlier.

“For me I was very close to the incident between Jack [Ginnivan] and Eric Hipwood .. . where it seemed that Jack … gave him some jumper punches.

“I didn’t feel that that looked great.

“So I went to show my disappointment in that action, and ran past Jack and body check, bump him and felt that my shoulder made contact with his body and shoulder first.

“My arm wraps around Jack, but I didn’t feel that I was bumped into him.

“I didn’t like what was happening to Eric, so that’s why I went to body check him.

“I felt that he knew that I was there. I could tell that he had brace for impact.”