Lachie Neale tribunal appeal LIVE: New twist as Lions star attempts to overturn grand final suspension for clash with Jack Ginnivan

There has been a new twist in Lachie Neale’s fight to play in Saturday’s grand final.

The Lions could be forced to focus on Neale’s history of never having been suspended rather than contesting the intentional strike finding before the AFL Appeals Board, after reports that new vision had surfaced that is likely to be damaging to his case.

The previously unseen vision is said to show more clearly the Neale gut punch on Hawk Jack Ginnivan, which Neale had described as more of a body check.

The AFL and Neale’s legal counsel have been contacted for comment on the purported vision, from an optical tracking trial being conducted by Champion Data which involves 46 cameras feeding into a sophisticated data-capture system.