Brisbane Lions captain and football boss deny rumours that off-season US trip has caused player rift

Brisbane Lions co-captain Harris Andrews has insisted there are not any inside tensions on the membership, dismissing the impression 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 experiences 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 known as co-captains Andrews and Lachie Neale to hunt assurances there was no division throughout the enjoying 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 stated.

“We reached out to our leaders and so they reassured us … there is no such thing as a story.

“I all the time belief our enjoying 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. We now 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 rigidity in any respect … there’s nothing to be burdened about,” he stated.

“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 have not had the beginning we wished and folks go exterior the field to consider explanation why we have began this manner.”

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 anticipate him to face the Kangaroos, offered he participates in Wednesday’s principal session.

AAP