Collingwood will appeal Billy Frampton's three-match suspension at the AFL Tribunal tonight. The Pies defender was hit with the ban following a dramatic moment during the King's birthday match, where Frampton's tackle left Melbourne's Brody Mihocek with a fractured neck.

The AFL has accepted the decision of the independent AFL Tribunal to dismiss the Rough Conduct charge against Brayden Maynard of Collingwood

The AFL tribunal has explained its decision to find Zak Butters guilty of umpire abuse.

Nothing Billy Frampton did was careless. He just found himself in an impossible situation. When a man of Mihocek's size is charging at you head down, how are you supposed to pull out and not lay a tackle?

Power chief executive Matthew Richardson said the AFL Tribunal was “too legalistic” and “too adversarial” after Butters was found guilty of umpire abuse during a bizarre hearing where one of the tribunal members finished the process from his car.

Johnson was the bedrock of Port Adelaide’s argument to throw out a $1500 fine Butters was handed for insulting umpire Nick Foot, after the long-time tribunal member switched from his desktop to phone and began driving to the inspection as part of his job ...

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