Adam Ashley-Cooper and Drew Mitchell’s Hugh Hefner 40th party

Ex-rugby players Adam Ashley-Cooper and Drew Mitchell have celebrated their 40th birthdays in Hugh Hefner style … complete with Playboy bunnies! See the pictures.

Former rugby union players Adam Ashley-Cooper and Drew Mitchell have celebrated their 40th birthdays in Hugh Hefner style.

The ex-Wallaby stars wore matching red robes, aviator sunglasses and Hefner’s trademark sailor’s caps for the big bash.

Their partners Anna Scrimshaw and Body By Berner trainer Charlotte Barge completed the look by dressing as playboy bunnies.

Charlotte Barge (l to r), Drew Mitchell, Adam Ashley Cooper and Anna Scrimshaw at the 40th birthday bash. Picture: Instagram

Guests got into the spirit. Pictures: Instagram

The theme was: What do you want to be when you grow up?

The theme, “what do you want to be when you grow up” was taken very seriously by guests, who included pilates guru Bernadette Fahey (who went as Catwoman) and her new boyfriend Jordan Sukkar; Kurtley Beale and pregnant wife Maddi; celebrity accountant Anthony Bell; and The Bachelor couple Anna and Tim Robards.

Several images shared to social media show the duo and their friends partying well into the night at the Charing Cross Hotel in Waverley.

Basic black has never looked so good. Picture: Instagram

Even the smallest guests had a super time. Picture: Instagram

Post-speeches, the retired sportsmen drank beer from an ice sculpture which had the words “We’re f..king 40” engraved in the middle.

The event also marked the first time Barge and Mitchell had been seen together, after previously breaking up.

“They had broken up for a while and this was their first public appearance together,” one insider said.

“It’s clear the relationship is very much back on.”

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