Former NRL star Cooper Johns mocks Melbourne Storm halfback Jahrome Hughes for his highbrow alcohol preference - 'laughed in his face'
Speaking on the Johns Family podcast this week, Cooper set the scene from a recent night out in Townsville in far north Queensland.
'The Storm boys headed to (notorious local pub) the Mad Cow after beating the Cowboys,' Johns said.
'Everyone was having a good time, ordering drinks.
'(At the moment) Jahrome has a bet going with (teammate) Cameron Munster on who can't drink the longest, I think there is a grand ($1000) on the line.
'There is an exception, Hughesy can have a bottle of red (when on a night out) on occasion.
'He calls himself Red Wine Rome, Jahrome is convinced he plays well if he has a little bit of red wine (in the lead-up and after NRL games.)
'Anyway, we were at the Mad Cow, and Jahrome goes up to the bar and asks the lady: 'what bottles of red do you have?
'She looked at him and said: 'this is the Mad Cow....we don't have red.
'Then she laughed in his face....and then so did all his teammates.'
Johns - who was in Townsville visiting other footy players as well as the Storm squad - added that a red-faced Hughes was 'filthy', and then didn't touch a drop of alcohol for the rest of the night.
Meanwhile, Hughes will be a key figure on Saturday afternoon when Newcastle host Melbourne at McDonald Jones Stadium.
The Storm will be without Cameron Munster - who attended his dad's funeral this week - while fellow Queensland Origin hero Harry Grant is likely to be rested.
NSW Blues prop Stefano Utoikamanu will back up for Craig Bellamy's team.
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