Brendan Fevola was showing off his daredevil side on Sunday.
The former AFL player went careening off a platform and landed in the Yarra River with a whopping splash during the Moomba festival’s Birdman Rally in Melbourne.
The 41-year-old was attached to a football-themed inflated glider and took to the skies for a brief flight before dunking into the water.
Wow! Brendan Fevola (pictured) was showing off his daredevil side on Sunday. The former AFL player went careening off a platform and landed in the Yarra River with a whopping splash during the Moomba festival’s Birdman Rally in Melbourne
The athlete made an almighty splash when he landed, and looked to be having a ball.
The Birdman Rally’s website explains that it’s a competition for ‘home-made gliders, hang gliders and human-powered aircraft’.
It was first held in 1976, before having break for six years and returning in 2004.
Off he goes: The 41-year-old was attached to a football-themed inflated glider and took to the skies for a brief flight before dunking into the water
Fun: The athlete made an almighty splash when he landed, and looked to be having a ball
The rally was a welcome reprieve for Brendan, who is mourning the loss of his good friend, Shane Warne.
The one-time Carlton player broke down in tears as he spoke about the tragic death of his best friend during his live radio show on Monday morning.
Brendan, who played poker with the cricket legend just two weeks ago at his Melbourne home, said he was struggling ‘to come to terms’ with the news and was heartbroken for Warne’s young children – Brooke, 24, Jackson, 23, and Summer, 20.
Devastated: The rally was a welcome reprieve for Brendan, who is mourning the loss of his good friend, Shane Warne. Pictured together in 2013
‘I can’t stop thinking about them. Those poor kids have lost their dad,’ he said on his Fifi, Fev and Nick show. ‘They shared their lives with their dad and now they have to grieve with the world about their dad as well.
‘There’s nothing we can do to help, but I just hope they know that their dad was one of the best people anyone would ever meet. He was a great man, a good man.’
Warne died at age 52 on Friday from a suspected heart attack while holidaying in Koh Samui, Thailand with friends.
Loss: Brendan, who played poker with the cricket legend just two weeks ago at his Melbourne home, said he was struggling ‘to come to terms’ with the news and was heartbroken for Warne’s children – Brooke, 24, Jackson, 23, and Summer, 20. Pictured: Warne with his children
