Lachie Whitfield affair: GWS hearing postponed
Greater Western Sydney's defence against misconduct charges over the Lachie Whitfield affair has been postponed and is now likely to be heard just days before Christmas.
The club, which faces a harsh penalty, including the potential loss of draft picks, will not face the AFL at Tuesday's scheduled commission meeting but is now expected to plead its case the following week at a specially convened hearing.
Giants winger Lachie Whitfield.
Photo: Quinn RooneyGiants boss Dave Matthews and his board refused to accept a negotiated penalty with the AFL in which the club would have lost picks 15 and 37 at the recent national draft. The club is claiming the fault lay at the feet of former senior club officials Graeme Allan and Craig Lambert who acted outside their authority.
There remains a chance a verdict will not be reached on the club, which has seen Whitfield suspended for six months, until early in 2017.