When team-mates go to war
After the infamous spat between Reb Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber we have decided to look at a few incidents where team-mates really don’t like each other.
The tension was palpable on the podium after Vettel completely ignored team orders to pass Webber and claim the checkered flag at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The incident has left Webber considering his future in Formula 1, and given us the chance to look at some brilliant bust-ups between members of the same team.
Probably the most widely know on-field confrontation this side of the Atlantic as Newcastle’s Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer squared off in the middle of a packed St James’ Park in April 2005.
There was only one winner here, as former Cork hurler Setanta O'hAilpin KO’d Carlton Blues team-mate Cameron Cloke during an Aussie Rules inter-club game in February 2009.
Not quite team-mates we know but the Mario Balotelli-Roberto Mancini relationship was almost as fractious as Father Ted and Bishop Brennan’s.
Hollywood wouldn’t do justice to the gold these two offered us during Mario’s stay in the Premier League and one does wonder why Manchester City with all their millions, can’t seem to grow a decent hedge around the training ground.
Brawling has always had a place in hockey, but you’re supposed to fight members of the opposition not your own team!
Steve Downie and Akim Aliu came to blows at Windsor Spitfires practice after Aliu was body checked by Downie for apparently refusing to take part in a team hazing ritual.
You'd think that players would have learned their lesson after Bowyer v Dyer, but not at Stoke as Ricardo Fuller got into a rukus with captain Andy Griffin.
Poor Griffin not only had to suffer the indignation of being at fault for the goal, he received a shot on the kisser from Fuller for good measure.
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