Western Bulldogs captain Ellie Blackburn has denied there are problems within the club's playing group after former teammate Libby Birch claimed there were "cracks" among teammates at the Whitten Oval.

Birch, a premiership player with the Bulldogs in 2018, left after the 2019 season for Melbourne and before the Demons took on the Bulldogs on Friday night she sat down for an interview with Channel Seven.

Libby Birch in action against her former team last Friday night. Credit:AAP

"There was a few cracks here and there [in 2019 at the Bulldogs] and we didn't have a great year as a team," Birch said.

"I really started to feel like I needed a new challenge and I needed a place where I really truly felt like I belonged.