Former Brisbane Broncos captain Justin Hodges (pictured) says this weeks training dust up was nothing out of the ordinary for a club going into a must win finals clash with the Cowboys.

Broncos Queensland and Australian prop forward Josh McGuire and reserve grade forward Salesi Funaki reportedly exchanged punches at training this week.

Hodges has seen plenty of similar incidents at training over the years and says this was nothing more than the senior playing seeking to assert his dominance over a younger teammate.