- Brisbane Lions remain adamant their AFL team is united
- Co-captain Harris Andrews said there was “never any tension”
- A wild trip to Las Vegas would have caused a rift in the locker room
- Chris Fagan’s team is 0-3 in 2024, a grand finalist last year
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Brisbane Lions co-captain Harris Andrews has broken his silence to insist there are no internal tensions at the club, dismissing the impact of an off-season trip to Las Vegas on the club’s poor start in the AFL.
Last year’s grand finalists are 0-3 heading into Friday’s Reunion Round date against North Melbourne, and the playing group is feeling the pressure after reports a few days ago following the club’s success in 2023 they caused a rupture in the locker room.
Andrews, who was on vacation in Europe while a small group of teammates went away together in October and November, is confident the team is not divided.
“There’s never any tension… there’s nothing to worry about,” he said.
‘There has been a massive explosion (externally) in the last few days, but as a group we are united, all in this together.
Brisbane Lions co-captain Harris Andrews has broken his silence to insist there are no internal tensions at the club, dismissing the impact of an off-season trip on the club’s poor start in the AFL.
Brisbane Lions football boss Danny Daly was on the same page, facing the media on Monday to deny there had been a “crisis meeting” after the allegations were aired on Friday.
“We can’t control what other people say… we haven’t had the start we wanted and people go off the rails and think about the reasons why we started this way.”
It comes as Lions football boss Danny Daly appeared before the media on Monday to deny there had been a “crisis meeting” after the allegations were first aired.
On Sunday, it was confirmed that a series of “compromising photos” from a WhatsApp chat were at the center of the saga.
A defiant Daly called reporting on the incident “poor, insensitive and factually incorrect.”
Daly said he had called co-captains Andrews and Lachie Neale for assurances there was no division within the playing group, and insisted no personal relationships had ended because of the trip.
“It has been an interesting Easter from the club’s point of view,” he said.
‘We contacted our leaders and they assured us… there is no story.
“I always trust our playing group, that’s where it all ended. ‘The trip (to Las Vegas) has nothing to do with our performance on the field.
‘This group has been through a lot of high times together and a lot of adversity together.
“We have complete confidence in them.”