News Broncos stars Matt Lodge, Jack Bird in heated scuffle

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https://www.news.com.au/sport/sport...e/news-story/7624babe2ed8a338fbd509468bd4a0c0

Broncos stars Jack Bird and Matt Lodge have reportedly turned on each other during a heated altercation during an off-field bonding session on the Gold Coast.

The Courier-Mail first reported on Wednesday that the two representative stars had to be pulled apart by teammates.

The report claims multiple witnesses have confirmed the pair were involved in a physical scuffle during the pre-season bonding and training camp on the Gold Coast, but the club is yet to confirm any details of the alleged incident.

The physical scrap reportedly occurred while some teammates were out drinking at the Burleigh Pavilion, following an earlier training session at a nearby beach.

The team returned to Brisbane together on the same bus following the incident.

Reports claim Lodge was not drinking during the bonding session and he has not consumed alcohol in four years.

Lodge and Bird are reported to have already patched up their differences and attended the same team dinner on Saturday night back in Brisbane.


Matt Lodge.Source:Getty Images

They also attended the same function on Sunday, held by a club official.

Lodge and Bird have been in the headlines throughout the NRL off-season after reports the star front-rower is being considered as a captaincy option should skipper Darius Boyd lose the position.

Bird has also had a difficult summer after reports claimed the star centre was free to leave the Broncos at the end of the 2019 season, but was unable to secure a deal at a rival club willing to take on his rich contract.

It remains unclear if the altercation has impacted Lodge’s chances of taking on the position of captain for the 2020 season.

Lodge has emerged as a senior leader at the club in recent years in a dramatic turnaround following his early exile from the NRL.

Lodge was apprehended after he forced himself into a Manhattan apartment in 2015 and assaulted Joseph Cartright while his wife Ruth Fowler and their nine-year-old child hid.

Lodge was ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in damages in the case, after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour reckless assault charge.


Jack Bird will be at the Broncos in 2020.Source:AAP

Despite the Broncos refusing to make any public comment on the club’s on-field leadership for next year, widespread reports claimed Boyd was resigned to relinquishing the captaincy after an end of season meeting with coach Anthony Seibold.

Lodge has also kept his position in the club’s leadership group after the club confirmed a new-look seven-man leadership group last month.

Storm recruit Brodie Croft joined Boyd, Payne Haas, Patrick Carrigan, Tevita Pangai, Alex Glenn and Lodge as the team’s senior leaders for 2020.

The alleged physical altercation is yet another blow to the club following an off-season from hell.

The club has been under pressure since the end of the season following reports several high profile players were busted playing pokies at a Sydney nightspot the night before their elimination final thumping against Parramatta.

Emerging superstar David Fifita was also arrested and eventually released following an alleged assault case outside a Bali nightclub in November.
 

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Yep.

Matt Lodge is over his anger management issues and ready to captain the Broncos.

Great leadership qualities on display.
 

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two bone heads... probably punching on over a loss on Queen of the Nile
 

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Lodge is a straight brain snapper
Few loose wires
 

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Someone’s house is about to get raided!
 

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Drinking or no drinking, Lodge is an A Grade Grub. I am sure plenty of players hate the bloke.
 

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Lodge and Bird some of senile Bennet's best signings for the Broncos after destroying the Knights.
 

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In isolation - not really a big deal. Ego + testosterone + heat + booze (on Bird's part) etc is going to occasionally cause some tension.

BUT, your Captain is someone who players, respect, look up to etc. No way would any of your squad want to punch on with someone who is your "leader"...

as Gareth said, this is a sign that other players don't like the fucktard.
 

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Hope Bird landed some on the gronks chin, taken until he's own team mates have had a crack no one on field seems to want to.
 

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Where’s the half dead @Kaz at? Any comments? Did this happen or no?
 

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Lodge is a lose unit. Seems he will never really hold it together, way to hot headed.. think he would if learnt his lesson lol..!!
 

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I really hope they make the home invader captain. He has a great motto - ‘if they don’t respect you, beat the shit out of them’.
 

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Lodge doesn't need booze when he's on all of that meth... Bird is lucky he didn't get his face eaten.
 

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you blokes need to attend a few of the broncos training sessions and watch lodge, lodge is a serious trainer, no mucking around no being a dick he doesnt tolerate anyone not putting in of stuffing around while training, ive gone to a lot of broncos training sessions on my days off lodge is 100 percent committed to footy and his family
 
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