Brothers put in the hard work

WHILE most of us were opening presents on Christmas Day morning, footy’s Brayshaw brothers were putting themselves through a torture test.

Fremantle draftee Andrew Brayshaw and West Coast pick-up Hamish Brayshaw joined older brother Angus, who plays for Melbourne, in the AFL system last month.

But the festive season is no time to relax for the trio, who continued their brutal family tradition of punishing themselves with 100 x 100m runs at a local park on Christmas Day.

The Brayshaw brothers were adamant that being in Vietnam on holiday was no impediment.

“Dad [Mark] always used to say the best players do their work while other people are sleeping or doing other things,” Hamish said.

“And we thought there wouldn’t be a single other bloke out there that’s putting in the work on Christmas Day.

“So that became our tradition, that every year we’d get down and run 100 100s on Christmas morning before lunch.”

Mark Brayshaw was a dual premiership player with Claremont who also played for North Melbourne.

The three AFL-listed Brayshaw siblings were joined in their traditional running by oldest brother Will, an army lieutenant.

The brothers give themselves 35 seconds to complete each 100m run and if they finish it sooner they get the remaining seconds to rest before going again.

“It just started off as a bit of fun. We’ve got lots more people coming and doing it with us every year,” Hamish said.