The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

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  • Daughter of the West
    WOOF Member
    • Sep 2010
    • 918

    The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

    The ABC analyses the headshots and hairstyles of all AFL players in the 2024 season to definitively answer: is the mullet back?


    The Mullet is Alive and Well in AFL

    Love it or hate it, the mullet has returned. The controversial ?business in the front, party in the back? hairstyle made a comeback during COVID. And it hasn?t gone away. They?re everywhere from primary schools to law firms and, of course, in sports. Aussie rules has a long, voluminous history of mullets dating back to the 80s ? from the formidable mane of Hawthorn?s Gary Ayres to the notorious blond mop of the Swan?s Warwick Capper.

    We arrive at a much different mullet landscape in 2024, and it continues to raise eyebrows.
    And look who takes out the leaderboard:

    Three of the top 10 mullets, based on length, are from the Western Bulldogs: Bailey Smith, Caleb Poulter and Aaron Naughton. Which makes sense because the Bulldogs have the most mullets out of any team in the AFL this season.
    I find it completely hilarious that these styles have come back around again, and even made as far as the Australian International School in Singapore. Both my eight year old and five year old are attempting to cultivate mullets as we speak, and some of my eight year old's friends already have very impressive ones!
    Wake me up when we get to heaven, let me sleep if we're going to hell

    Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath

    And we all found heaven - 2016 Premiers!
  • Bornadog
    WOOF Clubhouse Leader
    • Jan 2007
    • 66081

    #2
    Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

    Originally posted by Daughter of the West
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-...ysis/103850072



    And look who takes out the leaderboard:



    I find it completely hilarious that these styles have come back around again, and even made as far as the Australian International School in Singapore. Both my eight year old and five year old are attempting to cultivate mullets as we speak, and some of my eight year old's friends already have very impressive ones!
    Get your 8 year old a hand band
    FFC: Established 1883

    Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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    • Happy Days
      Hall of Fame
      • May 2008
      • 10082

      #3
      Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

      One of these days a player is gonna wear their mullet in a slicked back ponytail like Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King and it’s gonna change the game forever.
      - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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      • jeemak
        Bulldog Legend
        • Oct 2010
        • 21577

        #4
        Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

        Originally posted by Happy Days
        One of these days a player is gonna wear their mullet in a slicked back ponytail like Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King and it’s gonna change the game forever.
        Lachie Weller got close.
        TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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        • 1eyedog
          Hall of Fame
          • Mar 2008
          • 13186

          #5
          Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

          Stats I didn't even know I needed!
          But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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          • josie
            Coaching Staff
            • Oct 2012
            • 4397

            #6
            Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

            Hi mods-I?ve got duplicate post in dogs day - you can delete that one.

            At least we?re first at something.

            Hope Smith stays on so this continues. Gotta say our mullets are better than other teams? players, don?t ya reckon?
            Josie :)

            Our day will come
            And we'll have everything.
            We'll share the joy
            Just like '54 again.

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            • Bornadog
              WOOF Clubhouse Leader
              • Jan 2007
              • 66081

              #7
              Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

              Originally posted by josie
              Hi mods-I?ve got duplicate post in dogs day - you can delete that one.

              At least we?re first at something.

              Hope Smith stays on so this continues. Gotta say our mullets are better than other teams? players, don?t ya reckon?
              Best Mullet
              FFC: Established 1883

              Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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              • josie
                Coaching Staff
                • Oct 2012
                • 4397

                #8
                Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

                Agree Bad. I like Poulter & Naughty?s as well.
                Josie :)

                Our day will come
                And we'll have everything.
                We'll share the joy
                Just like '54 again.

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                • Happy Days
                  Hall of Fame
                  • May 2008
                  • 10082

                  #9
                  Re: The Mullet Is Alive and Well In the AFL

                  Originally posted by jeemak
                  Lachie Weller got close.
                  You mean professional hot guy Lachie Weller? No coincidence there.
                  - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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