Jake Stringer has precipitated a ruckus at Essendon coaching after being entrance and centre in a fiery trade with a teammate at Tullamarine.
Tensions boiled over after the 28-year-old and Mason Redman drew no quarter in a contest.
As the pair rose to their toes throughout partial match simulation drills, they stared one another down earlier than issues turned bodily.
They bought right into a push and shove, additionally buying and selling verbal barbs, earlier than needing to be separated by teammates.
The session resumed as regular after the pair had been separated.
The Bombers have flown underneath the radar since securing kind North Melbourne boss Brad Scott as head coach on the brutal expense of Ben Rutten and can be hoping to climb again up the ladder after a disappointing Fifteenth-place end in 2022.
Stringer joined Essendon in 2017 and, when match, has been an inspiring power for the Bombers, together with a dynamic 41-goal 12 months in 2021.
But damage and behavior, together with dishonest on his associate, have plagued his footy.
The aggressive session might flag a more durable, extra bodily strategy from the Bombers in 2023, with their marketing campaign kicking off in opposition to Hawthorn.
They might also be going through a management change on the sphere, with Dyson Heppell flagging he could be prepared to step down from the captaincy.
However, he stays the on-field chief for the second.
