{"id":605485,"date":"2026-04-14T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605485\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T04:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:00:13","slug":"st-kildas-lance-collard-tribunal-sentencing-hearing-for-homophobic-slur-live-updates-and-blog-suspension-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605485\/","title":{"rendered":"St Kilda\u2019s Lance Collard Tribunal sentencing hearing for homophobic slur live updates and blog, suspension, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Kilda is set to fight Lance Collard\u2019s charge of conduct unbecoming for directing a homophobic slur at a VFL opponent, which was upheld by the AFL Tribunal. Live from 3pm AEST!<\/p>\n

Last Friday the Tribunal found Collard had called a Frankston player a \u201cf***ing f*****\u201d<\/a>, despite the Saints forward signing a statutory declaration and maintaining during the hearing he hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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Collard claimed he had told Darcy Hipwell \u201ccome here, maggot\u201d but both Hipwell and teammate Bailey Lambert were adamant they heard Collard use the slur.<\/p>\n

The AFL had wanted a 10-week suspension given this was Collard\u2019s second time being found guilty of homophobic abuse. The Saints will consider appealing the case, depending on the penalty handed down.<\/p>\n

Follow live updates from the Lance Collard sentencing hearing below!<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t see the updates, tap here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI grabbed (Hipwell) and said, \u2018come here, maggot\u2019,\u201d Collard said during last week\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know they think I\u2019ve said the word f****t, because I\u2019ve said it before, but I admitted it last time when I said it \u2013 but I\u2019ve never said it this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI signed an oath (statutory declaration) during the week about it that I\u2019m being one hundred per cent honest. Last time I stood up and admitted it, and took it, I was remorseful \u2026 I wouldn\u2019t make the mistake again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lance Collard of the Saints in action during the 2025 AFL Round 10 match between Waalitj Marawar (West Coast Eagles) and Euro-Yroke (St Kilda Saints) at Optus Stadium on May 18, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Janelle St Pierre\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Separately, the AFL Tribunal is sitting today to determine whether Zak Butters verbally abused an umpire during Gather Round<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Kilda is set to fight Lance Collard\u2019s charge of conduct unbecoming for directing a homophobic slur at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-605485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}