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Some Brisbane Lions stars have split from their partners due to the messy fallout from their end-of-season trip to Las Vegas and, as a result, their teammates are having “difficult conversations” with each other, a report claims.
Footy reporter Sam McLure raised the claims on a radio station. 3AW Friday, saying team sources had told him the ramifications of the trip had nothing to do with the team suffering three straight losses in a disastrous start to the season.
“From what I’ve been told by people within the club, there have certainly been some headaches since the trip to the United States at the end of last year between 10 players, a good portion of whom were Brisbane players,” McClure said.
‘He ended up in Las Vegas and some information reached his loved ones that was not very well received.
The Shattered Lions stars are shown leaving the field after their loss to Collingwood on Thursday night. Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting any of these players are involved in the shocking report about an end-of-season trip to Las Vegas.
‘It has caused divisions in some relationships. It has caused other relationships between players and partners to end.
“It’s even been suggested to me today that it has sparked some difficult conversations between teammates about what happened on that trip to America.”
McClure’s fellow commentator, former Lions coach Leigh Matthews, who sits on the club’s board of directors, said he was unaware of the situation until he found out about it just before it went on air, and said he was not aware of the situation. had been discussed by the team’s senior management.
After coming close to winning last year’s grand final against Collingwood, the Lions suffered defeats to Carlton, Fremantle and the Pies, two of those losses coming at home, where the team was unbeaten in 2023.
Lachie Neale (pictured on Thursday night) criticized his team-mates for ‘shitting’ each other in a rare outburst after their season-opening loss to Carlton. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest he was involved in any way in the reported fallout from the Las Vegas trip.
After the season-opening loss to Carlton, Lions superstar Lachie Neale erupted in an unusual outburst when he accused some players of ‘shitting’ his teammates.
“(There was) a little bit of selfishness…we probably went with some easy options,” he said after the Blues rallied from a big deficit to win.
“We don’t go deep and you’re basically shitting on your teammates.”
After the defeat to Collingwood on Thursday night, coach Chris Fagan admitted they were in a “bit of a slump” and his job was to help his players rediscover their magic, but said the response to their shocking form ” It’s not obvious.”
Lions coach Chris Fagan (pictured on Thursday night) says there is no easy way out of the team’s poor form, which has seen them lose two out of two at home this year after remaining undefeated at the Gabba throughout the 2023 season.
‘Some of our players are not at their best at the moment; “I can’t tell you why,” he said.
‘That’s sport for you.
‘It’s a good challenge. You talk to them about what they are good at and reinforce that.
‘The form comes and goes. So it’s just positivity, but also honesty. They have been good players, we will not press the panic button.
“I’ve trusted them for a long time and they’ve delivered, so I’m not going to abandon them just because we’ve lost three in a row.”