Walsh, 23, posted a recent story on Instagram where he thanked artist Calum Hotham for his mural painting – but it was the six-pack on the premiership-winner which stunned footy fans.<\/p>\n
The excitement machine may have used Chat GPT to playfully give himself a hulking physique – but Daily Mail won’t speculate about any potential use of AI<\/a> until Walsh confirms or denies it himself.<\/p>\n If the image is unedited, Walsh has been living in the gym over the Christmas<\/a>\/New Year period ahead of the 2026 NRL season.<\/p>\n He won’t forget last year in a hurry, with Walsh a crucial figure as Brisbane won their first title since 2006.<\/p>\n Walsh was also a standout for the Kangaroos<\/a> as they completed an Ashes series clean-sweep in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n NRL superstar Reece Walsh is renowned for his sense of humour on social media – and it appears the Broncos fullback has been up to his old tricks again<\/p>\n Walsh, 23, posted a recent story on Instagram where he thanked artist Calum Hotham for his mural painting – but it was the six-pack on the premiership-winner which stunned footy fans (pictured)<\/p>\n A trip to a Gold Coast tattoo parlour dated December 15 on social media could ‘expose’ Walsh’s banter on social media<\/p>\n In September, Walsh was seen drinking water out of his toilet – and then played up to the joke after winning the NRL Grand Final (pictured)<\/p>\n Comments online following Walsh’s latest Instagram story were divided.<\/p>\n ‘Reece Walsh really let himself go over the summer break,’ joked one.<\/p>\n ‘I’m sorry, there is a painting in this picture? All I see is that amazing six-pack,’ said another.<\/p>\n ‘AI generated. Reece doesn’t have abs,’ a third weighed in with.<\/p>\n Walsh then posted, most likely tongue-in-cheek : ‘Seems to be a lot of haters in the dms (direct messages).’<\/p>\n On the Cast Patrol Instagram<\/a>\u00a0footy page, plenty of supporters were adamant the picture was AI generated – and Walsh’s trip to the Meraki Tattoo Parlour at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast<\/a> is also telling.<\/p>\n In vision dated from December 15 last year, a much slimmer Walsh can be seen adding some ink to his body after Brisbane ended their premiership drought.<\/p>\n It would mean Walsh has become significantly bigger in just a few weeks.<\/p>\n His laughing emoji on the original post also tells the story.<\/p>\n Footy fans are well aware that Walsh is a serial prankster on Instagram as well as Snapchat.<\/p>\n![\"NRL](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/105293291-15440699-NRL_superstar_Reece_Walsh_is_renowned_for_his_sense_of_humour_on-m-48_17677573876.jpeg\")
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