Collingwood star Tyson Goldsack has been cleared of wrongdoing in an AFL investigation into betting that came down hard on team-mates Heath Shaw and Nick Maxwell.
Goldsack's mother won $400 after placing a bet on her son kicking the first goal in last year's grand final replay.
The AFL has confirmed it found Goldsack did not pass on any sensitive inside information that gave his mother an advantage.
Team-mate Heath Shaw has begun an eight-week suspension after an investigation found he bet on captain Nick Maxwell kicking the first goal in Collingwood's win over Adelaide in May.
Maxwell was fined because he did not tell them they were not allowed to use the information for gambling.
The bets prompted a plunge on Maxwell's odds, from $101 to $26, but he did not kick the first goal.
Goldsack's mother Wendy had placed a $5 bet - at 80-1 - on her son kicking the first goal of last year's grand final replay.
The defender came off the bench and kicked the first goal.
Goldsack said after the match he had joked with his mother that he would go forward and kick the first goal.
AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said there was no suspicious activity around the replay.
"Thequestion was raised with him (Goldsack). He said he had not spoken to anybody," Keane told the Sunday Herald Sun.
Collingwood's third betting drama of the week is not the only issue confronting the competition leaders following Mick Malthouse's explosive TV interview on Thursday night.
Malthouse agreed in 2009 to step down as coach after 2011 and serve as director of coaching for another three seasons under new senior coach Nathan Buckley, his current assistant.
But Malthouse has since guided the Magpies to the 2010 flag and they're on track for another triumph this year.
Malthouse has left open the slight possibility of leaving the Magpies next year to coach at a rival club, unless he's satisfied his yet-to-be-finalised role isn't "insignificant".
Maxwell denies he had begged Malthouse to stay on as senior coach in 2012.
"We're excited about Nathan taking over because I know he's going to be a very, very good coach," Maxwell told Seven's AFL Game Day.
"I definitely want Mick to be part of the football club in 2012. I have no doubt that he'll be there next year.
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