Candice Warner and Robbie Slater are colleagues - but it didn't stop the former Ironwoman hammering the Socceroos legend on live television on Tuesday night.
In tense scenes on The Back Page, Warner, a mother of three daughters, called out Slater for his now infamous News Corp column in January last year where he said the feats of Matildas superstar Sam Kerr don't compare to those of Socceroos icon Tim Cahill.
Slater, 58, wrote an opinion piece stating that Cahill's goal-scoring record for Australia is superior to Kerr's stunning international success as a striker.
It came after the Chelsea forward surpassed Cahill's record of 50 goals for his country.