IT WAS Australian songwriter John Williamson who claimed that ‘all Australian boys need a shed’ and it couldn't be truer for veteran Lion Nigel Lappin.

In September last year, the 33-year-old and his wife Claire welcomed twin girls into the world, sisters for four-year-old Milla and two-year-old Chloe.

With new additions Ally and Meg adding an even greater female presence to the Lappin household, the key midfielder was faced with the unenviable prospect of four daughters under the age of four.

"I'm concerned now, to be honest," Lappin laughed, when asked if he's worried about his girls' collective future teenage years.

"They do a lot of face-painting and putting make-up on their dad, and it is fun.

“But every now and again you think it would be fun to have a boy to go and have a wrestle with.

"The girls enjoy playing with their dad though, but when they get older, it will be pretty scary.

"I know my dad was very over-protective with my sister, and hopefully I'm not that bad, but you never know."

He admitted that he had thought about the fact he won't have a son to kick a footy around with as his daughters grow up. But, while the Lions will miss out on a future father-son selection, the triple-premiership player wouldn't trade any of it in.

"Everyone says to me: ‘don't you wish you'd had a boy to have a footballer?’" he said.

"But, in some ways, it's good because you see the pressure on kids like Casey Voss.

“If he ever plays footy, he's going to have so much pressure on him to perform.

"For me and my wife, the four kids will be it for us, and I think we're very lucky to have four healthy girls."

So has Lappin considered an escape plan for when his girls enter the terrible teens?

"I said to Claire when we build a house, we'll have to make sure there's a room for boys," he said.

"I'll have to buy a dog for male company. But, it will be really good fun, there'll be some trying times, as I know teenage females can be a handful, but it's something I'm looking forward to."