Western Force coach John Mitchell insists it's "business as usual" despite continual speculation of a player-coach rift at the Super 14 franchise.
Numerous reports over the past month have suggested star players, including captain Nathan Sharpe and vice-captain Matt Giteau, were at odds with the coach and had prepared a dossier to present to the board.
Mitchell conceded there would always be some form of disagreement between players and coaching staff but reports about the situation at the Force were wide of the mark.
"We always have a player review process at the end and very frank, honest and open communication with my captain and my vice-captain," Mitchell said.
"That's just normal process, that will happen again this year.
"I think there's always player-coach conflict in any sporting group, it's just how you manage that conflict within.
"There's always paper speculation I guess and some of it's truthful and some of it's rubbish but certainly I've received no official feedback in this area.
"I guess we all as an organisation have to evolve, that includes myself, the player group and the administration, to move the club forward going into a new campaign.
"It's just business as usual really."
