KFC SuperCoach: Jonathan Brown recalls his record 283-point score against Hawthorn in 2006

Jonathan Brown’s 283-pont score is record KFC SuperCoach record to this day, but he concedes he had match-ups on his side. One of his opponents gave up a whopping 15 kilos, while a renowned forward even manned up the champ.

There’s a reason why Brisbane champion Jonathan Brown is the face of KFC SuperCoach.

In the founding years of the game we know and love, Brown generated an unbelievable 283-point total that etched his name into the SuperCoach record books in Round 7, 2006 against Hawthorn.

The powerful forward at the peak of his powers clunked 16 marks (four contested), tallied 25 disposals, 15 score involvements and booted eight goals in a dominant display at Carrara Stadium before its redevelopment.

The mammoth score is the highest SuperCoach score ever recorded in the AFL competition. Only SuperCoach superstar Gary Ablett has threatened to go past Brown’s almighty total since, scoring 251 points in Round 7, 2006.

With tongue firmly in cheek, Brown ranked the honour “up there” with his three premierships, three best-and-fairests and Coleman Medal – despite not knowing about the achievement until earlier this year.

“It’s right up there, absolutely … 283, never to be broken.,” Brown joked.

“I’ve got a bit of SuperCoach cred, it’s fair to say.

“It’s a good claim to fame – to be honest it’s something I didn’t know until about a few months back.

“I know there’s been some adjustments to the scoring so it’d be stiff if I got rolled now. Someone would have to kick about 18.”

Jonathan Brown takes one of his 16 marks against the Hawks.

Jokes aside, Brown conceded he wasn’t up against the greatest defensive line-up on that night 12 years ago.

His opponents for the day included small defender Joel Smith, a young Jarryd Roughead and ruckman Robert Campbell.

He took full advantage of the “unfair” mismatch against Smith, with the Hawthorn defender giving up 10cm and at least 15kg to the Lions champion.

What makes the performance even sweeter is that Smith is now Brown’s neighbour.

“My neighbour is Joel Smith, I played on Smithy in the first half and I often remind him about that,” Brown said.

“He’s probably (giving up) about 30 kilos at the time, it was a little bit unfair.

“We spend plenty of time together now and fair to say that story gets regularly brought up.

“He claims I didn’t kick most of the goals on him, but I think he’s got a bit of a revision of history there.”

Then the party really started when a fresh-faced Roughead was tasked with manning the in-form spearhead.

Brown remarked that his score was inflated by some rare running bounces he took while paired against Roughead – two of which came before slotting home a goal from beyond the paint.

“Roughy tried to chase me down and I actually had two or three bounces – which would’ve been the most I had in my career, so I reckon they’ve probably given me bonus points,” he laughed.

“I like to remind Roughy about that.”

Brown was within sight of an incredible SuperCoach triple ton, kicking 8.4 on a characteristically humid night on the Gold Coast.

But he believes the inaccuracy may have been brought on by his own hunger for a massive haul.

“I think it was a humid night, so maybe I can blame the ball, it might have slipped off my boot a couple of times,” Brown said.

“When you know you’re going pretty good service …, you probably think it’s your night and you start having a crack from everywhere. Hence the running goal from outside 50 on Roughy.”

His night out at Carrara Oval might just have landed him the ambassadorial role at SuperCoach HQ over a decade later.

“Definitely the first thing I mentioned on the CV,” he quipped.

“In the end that might’ve got me the job as the ambassador.

“That got me the job dressing as a unicorn and wearing lobster claws in all those (promotional) photos.

“It’d be no good if my highest score was only about 120 … they’d be starting to question my (authority) as an ambassador.”

In terms of his SuperCoach legacy, Brown says he will forever be remembered by the younger generation, even if they never saw him play.

“At least that’s my claim to fame with all the youngsters,” he said.

“They’ll ask down the track, ‘Who the hell was Jonathan Brown?’.”

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Originally published as KFC SuperCoach: Jonathan Brown recalls his record 283-point score against Hawthorn in 2006