Brisbane Lions co-captain Harris Andrews has insisted there aren’t any inside tensions on the membership, dismissing the influence of an low season journey on the membership’s poor AFL begin.
Final 12 months’s grand finalists are 0-3 forward of Friday’s Collect Spherical date with North Melbourne, and feeling the warmth after reviews the membership’s 2023 exertions led to a dressing-room rift.
Lions soccer boss Danny Daly on Monday fronted media to disclaim there had been a “disaster assembly” after the allegations have been aired on Friday.
He labelled reporting of the incident “poor, insensitive and factually incorrect”.
Daly stated he had referred to as co-captains Andrews and Lachie Neale to hunt assurances there was no division throughout the taking part in group, and insisted no private relationships had ended due to the journey.
“It has been an fascinating [Easter] from the membership’s standpoint,” he stated.
“We reached out to our leaders and so they reassured us … there isn’t any story.
“I at all times belief our taking part in group, that is the place it completed. The journey has nothing to do with our on-field efficiency.
“This group has been by way of a whole lot of highs collectively and a whole lot of adversity collectively. Now we have full confidence in them.”
Andrews, who was holidaying in Europe whereas a small group of teammates went away collectively in October and November, is assured the squad just isn’t divided.
“By no means any stress in any respect … there’s nothing to be burdened about,” he stated.
“There’s been an enormous blow-up [externally] over the past couple of days [but] as a gaggle we’re united, all on this collectively. [We] cannot management what different folks say.
“I am not strolling round going, ‘Oh, there’s gamers bickering’.
“We’ve not had the beginning we needed and folks go exterior the field to consider the reason why we have began this fashion.”
Neale didn’t prepare on Monday after injuring his ankle within the Lions’ 20-point loss to Collingwood final Thursday.
However the membership stated scans had cleared him of any ligament harm and count on him to face the Kangaroos, supplied he participates in Wednesday’s essential session.
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