Collard’s lawyer Michael Borsky KC reveals the AFL has proposed suspending Collard for 10 matches if found guilty of the allegation.
Collard’s lawyer Michael Borsky KC is giving Darby Hipwell a grilling as he tries to ascertain who, apart from Hipwell, may have heard the alleged comment from Collard.
There are several players including Hipwell’s teammate Bailey Humphrey and the umpire Morgan in the vicinity of the incident as a melee had occurred.
Borsky KC is going through the investigators record of interview with Hipwell to establish whether what was recorded is accurate.
He has now asked him whether it was possible he misheard Collard
“There is no possibility I misheard him,“Hipwell said.