AFL star Lachie Neale is leaning on his teammates as the Brisbane Lions dual premiership-winning captain adjusts to single life.
It follows the breakdown of his marriage with Jules Neale in December last year following his affair with Tess Crosley.
WAG Neale has since relocated the couple’s two children to Western Australia, with Neale understood to be now living alone in Brisbane.
Footy star Neale, 32, this week called on teammates Eric Hipwood and Sam Draper to help him remove a number of items from his former ‘forever home’ in Seven Hills.
Draper was spotted in a moon boot, while Neale was nowhere to be seen.
The luxury house is officially on the market, with an auction scheduled for February 28.
AFL star Lachie Neale is leaning on his teammates as the Brisbane Lions dual premiership-winning captain adjusts to single life
It follows the breakdown of his marriage with Jules Neale (pictured) in December last year following his affair with Tess Crosley
Footy star Neale, 32, this week called on teammates Eric Hipwood and Sam Draper to help him remove a number of items from his former ‘forever home’ in Seven Hills (pictured)
Sam Draper was spotted in a moon boot at the Neale residence – but it didn’t stop him from clearing a number of items at the home
Eric Hipwood also took time out to assist at the Neale house – but the embattled star was nowhere to be seen
Daily Mail understands the price guide exceeds $3million.
Neale has since admitted to ‘regrets’ surrounding his personal life – and the playing future of the midfielder is clouded given he is off-contract at the end of the season.
A move to Fremantle – where he made his AFL debut in 2012 – is on the cards so Neale can be closer to his children.
It comes as Crosley’s family have lashed out at their daughter and sister being painted as a homewrecker in the saga.
‘There are four people involved, and none of them are innocent; however, one person has been allowed to be the villain and told to keep quiet right from the beginning,’ Crosley’s mother Kaz Caesar wrote in a now-deleted comment on social media.
She also rejected claims her daughter was enjoying the spotlight, decrying what she viewed as weeks of harassment and intrusion from the media.
‘People say she is loving the attention – [that’s] far from the truth. Have you been stalked by sleazy reporters taking a hundred photos at a time just to find one they can sell? Then the papers clickbaiting or adding AI photos. Then the public falling for the story as absolute truth.
‘What has our society become? Better still, do you think making TikToks about this makes you so high and mighty?’
The luxury house in Seven Hills is officially on the market, with an auction scheduled for February 28 – the asking price is more than $3million
Crosley’s sister Ceinwen Parsons (left) and mother Kaz Caesar (right) have lashed out on social media, claiming Tess has been unfairly portrayed as the villain in the saga
Crosley recently shared a cryptic Instagram post hinting there was ‘more than meets the eye’ after she was accused of a months-long affair with the Brisbane Lions star
Tess (left) and her husband Ben (second from right) were once inseparable from Lachie Neale and his wife Jules (pictured, together after the AFL grand final in September last year)
Neale has admitted to ‘regrets’ surrounding his personal life – and the playing future of the midfielder is clouded given he is off-contract at the end of the season
The Daily Mail did not add any AI-generated photos to its coverage.
Crosley’s younger sister echoed the sentiments of her mother, saying there was a ‘heartbreaking’ backstory behind the scandal and accusing critics of ignoring the toll it had taken.
‘You have no idea the extensive abuse she has received so how would she feel comfortable sharing her side of the story. She will only be cast down further,’ Ceinwen Parsons wrote.
‘She has a story, it is actually heartbreaking, and yes she has made mistakes too, but remember she is just a human, and a good one, regardless of all people’s assumptions and accusations.’
Jules Neale allegedly discovered the affair after a fellow Brisbane WAG spotted her husband and Crosley together in a car.
After confiding in another woman within the Lions’ social circle, the unnamed spouse then told Mrs Neale what she had witnessed.
In relinquishing captaincy of the Lions, the two-time Brownlow Medal winner stopped short of a full admission of infidelity.
‘While I will not go into specifics, I can say that I have let my family down and I apologise for my actions, which have hurt those closest to me. For that, I am deeply sorry,’ he told reporters.
‘I accept this as a consequence of my actions and I need to focus on rebuilding trust with Jules, as the future well-being of our children remains our number one priority.’
