Andrew Johns and Fatty Vautin’s bizarre post-match banter

Andrew Johns and Paul Vautin gave Channel 9 viewers acold excessively overmuch accusation successful a bizarre post-match chat aft the Roosters’ large triumph implicit Brisbane connected Friday night.

The Sydney broadside poured connected 7 tries to 3 for the upset win astatine Suncorp Stadium, but the chat successful the post-match wash-up raised adjacent much eyebrows.

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It each stemmed from the 49-year-old Newcastle great’s recent, alternatively delicate operation, which Vautin past decided to marque nationalist connected air.

We each learned Johns has undergone a vasectomy, which past became an intimate taxable of speech connected the Nine Network.

It each started innocently enough, erstwhile big James Bracey made a remark to Johns successful the video subordinate you tin spot above, which mightiness not beryllium harmless for young viewers.

“Andrew, you’re disconnected to the sheds, each the champion down there, we’ll beryllium proceeding from you,” Bracey said, with nary thought of what was astir to unfold.

“Can’t wait,” Johns replied. “I’m going to stalk (Roosters winger) Dominic Young successful there.”

“I’ll stake you will,” Bracey said with a laugh. “Tear different jersey for him.”

That’s erstwhile the antheral known universally arsenic “Fatty”, 64-year-old Manly and Queensland large Vautin, made the determination to bring Johns’ precise idiosyncratic concern retired into the open.

“Seeing (as) you’re retired of action. You’ve had the snip,” Vautin fired astatine Johns, utilizing the colloquial word for a vasectomy.

But Fatty was conscionable warming up, swiftly referring to a looming vacation for the legendary halfback.

“Aren’t you going distant adjacent week? And you’ve had the snip,” helium continued.

“It’s gonna beryllium a adust run. Enjoy the week, it’s a agelong time.”

Johns, a two-time premiership victor and 1 of the sport’s large No. 7s, was named rugby league’s eighth “Immortal” successful 2012.

Without missing a beat, Johns referenced that past honour erstwhile helium declared: “First up aft a spell, ticker the Immortal go.”

We’ll permission you to enactment retired what helium was referring to there.

“Stop it,” Vautin replied.

Bracey, the usually measured big of Nine’s NRL coverage, past did his champion to propulsion to a commercialized break.

“Oh you two, that’s excessively good,” Bracey conscionable managed to accidental arsenic his dependable broke among each the laughter.

“Thank you Fat, successful large signifier arsenic always, let’s caput to the interruption shall we? Stay with us.”