Emma Field, the new girlfriend of Australian Football League star Lachie Neale, was all smiles as she went for a coffee and a walk around Melbourne's Tan track on Saturday, a day after Neale publicly kissed her at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Tan is a popular running and walking track that loops around Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens, and Field looked every bit at home there as she strolled with a female friend.
The 29-year-old brunette dressed for Melbourne's famously unpredictable weather, pairing a chocolate-brown leather-look jacket with figure-hugging dark brown leggings and chunky trainers. She had her hair out and shielded her eyes with dark sunglasses.
Lachie Neale confirms new relationship
Neale, 33, finally confirmed he and Field were an item on Friday night, when he was spotted kissing her at the MCG after the Brisbane Lions' victory over Collingwood. The MCG is one of Australia's best-known sporting venues and a regular host of the AFL's biggest matches.
The pair were first spotted together at Brisbane Airport earlier this month, sparking speculation about their relationship that has continued to mount ever since. Field's coffee run and walk around Melbourne came as that speculation was still building.
Split from wife Jules Neale
Neale, the former Brisbane Lions captain, has been at the centre of a flurry of reports about his dating life since the breakdown of his marriage to Jules Neale, including claims that he had contacted several women on social media.
The Daily Mail understands that Jules is aware of her ex-husband's new relationship and is entirely unfazed, focusing instead on the next chapter of her life in Perth. When a friend recently raised the subject with her, Jules is said to have responded, "Good luck to her," before declining to elaborate further.
Who is Emma Field?
Field is based on the Gold Coast, where she works in advertising, but she previously lived in Melbourne and is understood to have strong connections to the city.
She has attracted attention online, building a sizeable Instagram following on a mix of fitness, lifestyle and holiday content. She is not a fully-fledged influencer, but her feed includes a steady stream of bikini snaps, gym selfies and carefully curated lifestyle posts. Neale appears to be among her biggest fans, having liked a string of her racier posts, and the pair now follow each other on social media.
Mobile beauty business in Wangaratta
Before moving into advertising, Field ran a mobile beauty business with her sister, Jamie, in their hometown of Wangaratta, a regional town in Victoria's northeast. Locals there are said to be talking about her new relationship with Neale.
Reality TV interest
Field's new relationship with Neale has already made her a name of interest among AFL fans, but she has also attracted attention from reality television producers. Multiple sources told the Daily Mail she has long attracted interest from casting staff at Married At First Sight, the long-running reality dating series in which strangers are paired together as they navigate a simulated marriage.
"Every casting producer follows her [on Instagram]," one insider said. "They were obviously keen to get her on a show like MAFS, but I'm not sure if it ever went beyond sliding into her DMs."
