AFL coaches take the plunge for MND in Big Freeze 4

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ALL 18 AFL coaches have taken the plunge down the icy slide for Neale Daniher’s Big Freeze 4.

Characters from Blades of Glory, Power Rangers and a horse were among the hilarious outfits as the coaches united to help find a cause for motor neurone disease.

Demons coach Simon Goodwin was first down the slide — having a joke about Dees fans heading to the snow as he took the plunge into the ice dressed as if he was off to Mount Buller.

Swans coach John “Horse” Longmire dressed as a jockey, slamming into the water on a toy horse.

Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson also dressed as a horse — a reference to a good-natured reference to a recent feud he had with Longmire.

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan admitted before hitting the slide that he’d never been in an ice bath before and it showed. Fagan was in such a hurry to get out of the water that he fell off a set of slippery steps immediately after climbing out of the pool.

He told the Herald Sun today he may have suffered tendon damage to his hamstring, but he said it was a minor setback compared to Daniher, who has tackled his disease with true courage.

Bombers coach John Worsfold went down as Daniher himself. Worsfold dressed as Daniher in his playing days — donning a woollen, sleeveless Essendon guernsey.

Don Pyke dressed as a Power Rangers character, while Adam Simpson was Chazz Michael Michaels from Blades of Glory.

Saints coach Alan Richardson’s outfit was also popular — he dressed as Herald Sun chief football writer Mark Robinson.