28-05-2025
Blues legend Brad Fittler rips into Brian To'o's viral pre-game breakfast: ‘Odd bloke'
New South Wales icon Brad 'Freddy' Fittler has shredded Blues star Brian To'o's wild pre-game breakfast.
The 'ridiculous' breakfast has gone viral after it came to light last year that To'o had two bacon and egg burgers, six cans of Coke, a bowl of hot chips and a caramel latte on the morning of a big game.
Appearing on Nova's show Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie, Fittler said the breakfast was disturbing and could lead to health problems.
While former AFL star and Front Bar regular Ryan Fitzgerald said the pre-game meal was absurd.
'We cannot get over this,' Fitzgerald said. 'Like it's ridiculous. Is he taking the piss? That's got to be wrong, doesn't it?'
Fittler was perplexed.
'He's an odd bloke,' he said.
'I don't remember seeing him gorging into all the Cokes on a morning of a game ... so I wouldn't say he's dishonest but, yeah, it seems strange.
'But anyway, if he keeps eating and drinking like that, there's going to be a problem somewhere in the future.'
Fittler said when he was playing he liked to keep things 'light' ahead of a game.
'(But) I used to drink the night before,' he admitted.
'I'd sit around dinner and have some beers and have a few drinks.
'A few blokes used to smoke darts at half-time. Thank god that's all changed.'
Fittler also admitted that 'in the old days' there would be some long parying after a victory.
'The lock-in was ridiculous,' he said.
'We would just lock in a room and drink. Our go was to go out and just make sure there's the bus to go to the airport the next day.'
To'o also revealed recently that he once drank 600 cans of Coke Zero in one month.
After To'o's revelation about his Coke-heavy breakfast, the soft drink company sent him 24 cases (24 cans per case) of Coke Zero (to help you with the matha, that's a total of 576 cans).
It equates to almost 200 litres of Coke.
'I think Coke sponsored Penrith so they sent me 24 boxes of 24 packs (after the story)', To'o said.
'Put it this way, I got them in October and they were finished by November. My teeth still seem pretty good.
'I'd love to be the face of Coke – it's delicious.'
