Overview

• The AFL inquiry will continue into Wednesday, with no findings due Tuesday, according to SEN’s Sam Edmund.
• Rankine was interviewed on Monday and, teammate Taylor Walker says, is very remorseful and prepared to accept any penalty.
• The alleged comment was directed at a Collingwood opponent, was not self-reported to the AFL, and was followed by an apology on Sunday, according to media reports.
• Based on recent cases that drew four to six games, any suspension could rule the 25-year-old out of much or all of Adelaide’s finals campaign.
• Adelaide says it is in discussions with the league, while figures including Collingwood vice-captain Brayden Maynard urge the sport to stamp out homophobic language.