Look how they massacred my boy. <\/p>\n
The famous line from the Godfather is ringing true in the ears of many Broncos fans after star fullback Reece Walsh showed off a new look on Thursday. <\/p>\n
The 23-year-old has rewound the clock back years to the short-back-and-sides cut he burst onto the scene with.<\/p>\n
Walsh showed off his new cut for his own camera on Thursday with his video causing a stir among his social media followers. <\/p>\n
Most of Walsh\u2019s fans will need some time to adjust to his sideburns-less Lego melon after his snapback locks were immortalised with iconic photos during the club\u2019s 2025 NRL premiership triumph. <\/p>\n
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Walsh showed off his \u201cbefore\u201d and \u201cafter look\u201d in a video shared on TikTok which was completed with Bob Marley classic Three Little Birds chirping in the background. <\/p>\n
It certainly divided fans. <\/p>\n
The clip has 86,000 likes and 1000 comments. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat. On. Earth,\u201d one TikTok user commented. <\/p>\n
One wrote: \u201cNooooooooooooo\u201d. <\/p>\n
Another posted: \u201cNo bro, what are you doing man\u201d. <\/p>\n
Walsh also showed it off on his Instagram stories, sharing a photo posted by fancy Brisbane cutters Supreme Barber Shop. <\/p>\n
Walsh captioned the image \u201cDid a thanggggg\u201d \u2014 including a laugh out loud emoji.<\/p>\n
Walsh also shared separate images of what appeared to be daughter Leila crying with laughter at the sight of him during a video call. <\/p>\n
Walsh captioned the pics \u201cNever seen me with short hair hahah\u201d.<\/p>\n
Walsh\u2019s new cut is one of many he has displayed recently. <\/p>\n
He began the 2025 season with a flying mullet before switching to the \u201csnapped back locks\u201d he sported as the Broncos rode a fairy tale to win the 2025 NRL Grand Final. <\/p>\n
The man known as \u201cReece Lightning\u201d has been unable to stop shocking fans this off-season after he also dropped jaws with shirtless photos.<\/p>\n
The images appeared to show Walsh beefed up with a Marvel character-like rig. <\/p>\n
Those images appeared to be AI generated or photoshopped, but Walsh did not confirm the images he shared were fake. <\/p>\n
\u201cFirst day back, definitely looking better than I\u2019m feeling,\u201d he wrote alongside a mirror selfie with his abs even more pronounced and his arms now even bigger.<\/p>\n
He then went a step further by uploading an image of himself in the Broncos\u2019 dressing rooms and flexing at the camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cSick of this all chat, IT IS REAL GUYS!,\u201d he captioned the image.<\/p>\n
While the photos appear to be altered, Broncos coach Michael Maguire said his star player has returned for pre-season training in pristine shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a bit of fun,\u201d Maguire said of the posts.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nice to see his personality and it keeps everyone entertained but he\u2019s in good shape too, which is good.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he understands he\u2019s got a lot in his game that he can keep getting better at.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite Walsh\u2019s chiselled abs being a myth, the speedster is set to have a massive 2026 after emerging as the NRL\u2019s most exciting and popular player in 2025.<\/p>\n
The Broncos are favourites with the bookies to go back-to-back and win consecutive premierships as Walsh realises his potential as the best fullback since Billy Slater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Look how they massacred my boy. The famous line from the Godfather is ringing true in the ears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-447877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}