Lance has nothing to worry about. Others may; some young idiot is going to see an opportunity to take advantage of a possibly-clean pointy end of the pack and do something stupid, thinking he might get away with it.

It would be a surprise if this wasn't a key focus for all clubs in the 'Big Dance' at the pointy end of the year.

2018 November 28, Young, Andy, “Industry urged to engage with Sydney’s late-night trading plan”, in The Shout, archived from https://www.theshout.com.au/news/industry-urged-to-engage-with-sydneys-late-night-trading-plan/ on 27 August 2020.
But the point I really want to make is that we need you, as the industry, to help make people care about [this plan]. The public consultation is the pointy end of this whole process for the 'late night map of fun'.

They were getting to the pointy end of the season, only a couple of months until the finals.

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