Brisbane Lions co-captain Harris Andrews has insisted there are not any inner tensions on the membership, dismissing the influence of an low season journey on the membership’s poor AFL begin.
Final yr’s grand finalists are 0-3 forward of Friday’s Collect Spherical date with North Melbourne, and feeling the warmth after studies 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 mentioned 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 attention-grabbing [Easter] from the membership’s perspective,” he mentioned.
“We reached out to our leaders they usually reassured us … there isn’t a 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 lots of highs collectively and lots 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 is just not divided.
“By no means any stress in any respect … there’s nothing to be burdened about,” he mentioned.
“There’s been a large blow-up [externally] over the past couple of days [but] as a bunch we’re united, all on this collectively. [We] cannot management what different individuals say.
“I am not strolling round going, ‘Oh, there’s gamers bickering’.
“We’ve not had the beginning we wished and other people go exterior the field to think about 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 mentioned scans had cleared him of any ligament harm and count on him to face the Kangaroos, supplied he participates in Wednesday’s major session.
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