Neale’s wife breaks silence over trade drama

Jules Neale has made her first public comments since the trade drama surrounding her Brownlow medallist husband Lachie.

Jules Neale has broken her silence over the trade drama involving husband Lachie.

Jules Neale has made her first comments since the trade drama involving Brownlow medallist husband Lachie.

The Brisbane star committed to seeing out his contract at the Lions after reports he was exploring the option of returning to play at Fremantle with Jules heavily pregnant and wanting more support from family.

“I want to thank everyone for your love and support over the last week,” Jules wrote on social media.

“Your kind words have meant so much to Lach and myself and have really helped drown out the not so pleasant noise so thank you.”

Neale acknowledged it was a tough time weighing up his options but said he had secured more support for his family and Jules who is due in the middle of October with their daughter.

Jules Neale thanked people for their “love and support”. Picture: Instagram

Neale told the club at his exit meeting last Thursday he had considered his position and was intent on remaining with the club for the next two years.

He admitted there was consideration given to moving back to the west, but he was certain he could fulfil his contract.

After winning the Brownlow last year he paid tribute to Jules for leaving her job to follow his dreams.

“Clearly as a lot of people know my wife is heavily pregnant,” Neale said last week.

“She is from WA, has a lot of family and support network in WA, but behind the scenes we had a couple of conversations about how that looked moving forward.

“With the Covid situation in the last couple of years it’s been really hard for her to see her family and friends, and I have got a great support network in Perth as well.

“We were half considering the prospect of getting back at some stage but after sitting down and talking through it with our family and friends and with the club and with my management team it became pretty clear this is where the best place for us is to be, firstly for my footy and secondly we believe we can get the support network around us moving forward, so it‘s challenging times with everyone with Covid and we are no different.”