Sure, Jonathan Brown looked pretty happy on stage presenting the premiership cup to Brisbane’s coach and captains after the 2025 Grand Final.
But we know he was really thinking about the bet he’d just lost.
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After the semi-finals the Lions champion told young forward Kai Lohmann he would shave his head, just like Lohmann did pre-game, if the club went on to win the flag.
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Thankfully for Browny, that was bartered down to just a few lines on the side of his head – presumably making him especially aerodynamic.
Brown’s son Jack assisted Collingwood great Nathan Buckley in delivering the haircut on the post-Grand Final edition of On the Couch.
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Though Buckley sprung a late surprise on his colleague, telling Jack, “I know what we practised, but why don’t you do the clippers?”
Brown wasn’t thrilled with his son’s work, declaring: “Don’t take me ear off, you little…”
The inexperienced young barber took his time to cut through Brown’s famously forward hairline.
“You don’t have to dig a hole in me head, you idiot!” Brown proclaimed at one point.
Three lines later, Buckley proclaimed the new do as “mint”.
Not sure we agree. Nor does Brown.
That’s what happens when you bet against your team, though…
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