🔥 “It looked harmless at the time… until it wasn’t.”
New attention is turning to a private trip taken shortly before AFL star Lachie Neale’s relationship spiralled, involving a woman once considered “family-close.”
Now, sources say trust lines are shifting, old friendships feel strained — and that getaway may have been the last calm before the collapse 💔👀

Final holiday before Lachie Neale marriage collapse

Photos and videos of Lachie Neale and Jules Neale holidaying with a female friend before the couple’s marriage breakdown have caused a stir.

Photos and videos have emerged of Lachie Neale and Jules Neale holidaying with a friend who has fallen out with the hairdresser.

Instagram posts this week suggest Jules and Tess Crosley, have had a falling out with the hairstylist publicly telling Crosley to delete photos on Instagram that showed her with the star footballer.

The former friends no longer follow each other on the social media platform.

The 35-year-old Instagram influencer earlier suggested her marriage could not be reconciled following what she described as being “betrayed in the most unimaginable way” in an explosive post on Friday.

That came after it was reported the couple was “working through” private issues.

Jules responded by writing: “I want to make it very clear that I am not ‘working through’ anything. I have been betrayed in the most unimaginable way.

“All I can do now is to heal and do what’s best for my children.

“Thank you for the love and support. Jules x.”

Lachie Neale’s wife Jules has lashed out at her friend over an Instagram post. Image: Instagram
Jules has wiped the two-time Brownlow Medal winner from her Instagram page, with all photos of the pair deleted.

A moving truck was also spotted parked in the driveway of the couple’s Brisbane home on Friday.

Jules commented on a recent Instagram post of Crosley, calling her out for not deleting the pictures of the Lions’ grand final celebrations in September, which contained both her and Lachie.

“Take these (pictures) down, you idiot you’re embarrassing yourself,’’ Jules wrote, in a comment that has since been deleted.

Tess Crosley and Jules Neale together at the beach. Photo: Instagram and @tesscrosley.

Tess Crosley shared the image in her holiday post carousel. Photo: Instagram @tesscrosley.

Lachie Neale and Tess Crosley in the same Instagram carousel. Photo: Instagram, @tesscrosley.
The Herald Sun reports Jules was referring to “a deception” by her close female friend.

As of Tuesday, pictures of the couples spending time together, including the celebrations that followed the Lions’ grand final win, remain on Crosley’s Instagram and TikTok pages.

A photo drop from Crosley in November also shows the couples and their children enjoyed a beachside a holiday together recently.

Those images showed the couples frolicking with their children in the sand. One image showed Jules and Crosley posing for a photo together with their toes in the water.

Crosley’s recent Instagram posts have all had comments turned off.

Social media sleuths have also uncovered another social media post that has raised eyebrows.

Crosley in June shared a video of herself, husband Ben Crosley, Lachie Neale and Julie Neale performing a TikTok trend together.

The clip shows the couples performing the “Hope our husbands like each other” gag.

Jules Neale gestures during the video. Photo: TikTok and @tesscrosley

Tess Crosley mimes the words. Photo: TikTok and @tesscrosley

Lachie Neale also featured in the video. Photo: TikTok and @tesscrosley.
The eight second video starts with Jules mimicking the phrase: “I hope our husband’s get along”.

Crosley, who is married with one son, then mimics the words “me too” before the camera cuts to a shot of Lachie and Ben with their arms linked drinking a cocktail.

The video was shared when Lions players were given time off during the club’s Round 16 bye week.

The video has been flooded with comments from TikTok users with one posting: “This aged well”.

The video was captioned, “Four best friends” and included a heart emoji.

You can watch the clip in the video player above.

Crosley’s post also included the Spanish text: “Cuatro Mejores Amigos que Siempre Se Apoyan”.

The phrase translates to “Four best friends who always support each other” in English.

Jules Neale’s Instagram story. Image: Instagram

Jules and Lachie recently looked happy together at the Brownlow Medal ceremony. Image: Getty
Crosley’s most recent TikTok video, shared in November, has also been flooded with comments since Saturday.

While Crosley’s posts remain public, there is no evidence of their friendship on Jules’ account.

Jules and Lachie share two children, four-year-old Piper and a son Freddie, who was born in December 2024.

She celebrated her son’s first birthday last week with a series of photos shared with her Instagram followers.

The 32-year-old footballer did not feature in any of the photos.

He is not visible in any of the pictures on her Instagram page, dating back to 2012.

Her celebratory post last week did not reference her partner.

“Turning 1 today. This little man, and his beautiful big sister, have taught me what real love, courage, and joy look like,” she posted.

They sat together at the AFL grand final. Image: Instagram

The celebrations continued long after full time. Image: Instagram
“You’re the sweetest soul Freddie bear. Thank you for choosing me, for holding me up without even knowing it. I’m so lucky to be your mumma and I love you beyond words x.”

Jules, in April, described their marriage as “solid”.

She told The Sunday Mail: “Every relationship has different pressures, it’s important to keep the outside noise out, in any relationship regardless of it being in the public eye, unfortunately, it’s inevitable that people are going to have their own opinion.

“I think Lachie and I have a really solid relationship, which is all that really matters.”

The couple showed no sign they were experiencing marriage issues when they appeared on the Brownlow Medal red carpet together in September.

They were also arm-in-arm posing for photos together ahead of the Brisbane Lions’ Club Champion awards night in October.

While dealing with challenges away from football, Neale had a fairy tale year on the field.

He battled a painful foot issue in the weeks leading up to the club’s grand final victory over Geelong.

Picked as the team’s substitute, he kicked a second-half goal that had teammates celebrating wildly.

The Lions also won the 2024 AFL premiership and are strong favourites to make it three in a row in 2026.

He was recognised as the game’s greatest player when winning the Brownlow Medal in 2020 and 2023.

Neale, the Brisbane Lions and Neale’s manager have not made any public comment.