Shock new claims emerge about what Lachie Neale and Jules’ former best friend Tess Crosley got up to at the gym: ‘Did not try to hide it’

More bombshell claims have emerged about Lions player Lachie Neale’s relationship with his wife Jules’ best friend Tess Crosley.

A source has claimed to news.com.au that witnessed Lachie, 32, and Tess, 30, being brazenly affectionate at their shared gym Total Fusion Newstead.

The fellow gym-goer said the pair were so flirty, they believed Lachie had already split from Jules, 35.

‘I go to Total Fusion gym, where Lachie is a member, and for months he has been very affectionate and without much shame with that Tess woman,’ the insider alleged.

‘They did not try to hide it… I assumed he was separated because of it.’

Tess and Lachie are known regulars at the luxury gym, which also offers wellness services such as float therapy, cryotherapy, and infra-red saunas.

Some locations even offer facials, massages, laser skin treatments, physiotherapy, dietetics and exercise physiology. 

Lachie has previously created a promotional video for the gym and shared it to Instagram, alongside his fitness and wellness routine.

Meanwhile, Tess has taken selfies in the bathroom and locker room of the gym, and even shared an image of the rooftop. Lachie left a red heart emoji on the latter post.  

Daily Mail has reached out to Lachie and Tess for comment. 

Lachie sensationally stepped down as Brisbane Lions co-captain earlier this month after it emerged over the Christmas break that he had ‘betrayed’ his wife Jules in an ‘unimaginable’ way – with Jules’s former best friend Tess caught in the middle of their messy marital break-up.

Earlier this week, it was reported that Jules discovered the affair between Tess and her AFL star husband after another Lions WAG had caught the pair in a car together.

After seeking advice from another woman from the Lions clique, this unnamed WAG then told Jules what she had witnessed.

Jules vacated their marital home over Christmas and is reportedly bound for her home state of Western Australia with the couple’s two young children, Piper and Freddie.

Meanwhile, Lachie has moved into an apartment in Brisbane as he prepares for what could well be his last season with the Lions.

The saga began back in December when Jules took to Instagram to deny a report by Herald Sun gossip columnist Jackie Epstein that suggested she was ‘working through’ unspecified marital issues with Lachie.

‘I want to make it very clear that I am not “working through” anything,’ she wrote.

‘I have been betrayed in the most unimaginable way.’

This triggered weeks of speculation about the state of their marriage – with Tess emerging as a central figure after Jules publicly ordered she remove photos of her and Lachie at the AFL grand final from her social media account.

‘Take these down you idiot you’re embarrassing yourself,’ she wrote in a since-deleted comment.

Lachie would later confirm he and Jules had split during a press conference at Brighton Homes Arena on January 2, during which he also relinquished his co-captaincy of the Brisbane Lions.

‘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. And for that, I am deeply sorry,’ he said.

‘I accept this as a consequence of my actions and I need to focus on rebuilding the trust with Jules as the future well-being of our children remains our number one priority.

‘I understand as a public figure that there is interest in my personal life. However, I do ask [that] the privacy of Jules and my children be respected as we work through our new situation and the next chapter of our lives.’

The conference escalated when a reporter asked: ‘Did you cheat on your wife?’

‘I cannot address those rumours,’ the star midfielder shot back.