By Marc McGowan

Copyright smh

However, the experienced sports doctor said fellow midfielder Jarrod Berry, who dislocated his left shoulder for a second time in a matter of weeks in Saturday’s win over Collingwood, represented a greater risk than Neale.

“Grand final week always throws up really challenging selection dilemmas for clubs,” Dr Larkins told this masthead.

“He’s a chance to play because it’s a grand final, but you wouldn’t consider him if it was a home-and-away game because it would be too big a risk with an older player. He was coming off a quad injury, then he did a calf, so the match conditioning was not there, and he’s missed more time now, so it’s high risk.

“These decisions come down to the risks versus benefits. Look at [Scott] Pendlebury yesterday – he was out within four minutes, so this is what Brisbane will have to weigh up.”