Brown, who kicked three goals in the decider, had previously won five flags with The Rock-Yerong Creek and two with Canberra club Queanbeyan from 11 grand final appearances.

The 37-year-old returned to his junior club last year for the first time since 2002 and was thrilled to end his career on the ultimate high.

“Flags are always sweet but to finally win one at my junior club is extra special,” Brown said.

“The boys were certainly red-hot today and I don’t think we had one passenger.

“It was nice to kick three goals but I’m too old to kick a bag of goals any more.

“Having Ryan Hon back in attack made a huge difference and he just proved how big a freak he is today by kicking five goals after hardly playing for the past 10 weeks.”

Brown said his body was telling him it had had enough and he would now retire.

“That’s it for me,” he said.

“I really started to notice how slow I was getting this year so I will enjoy the celebrations and happily retire.”