Like all walks of like, Rugby League players get tagged with nicknames. Here is a team made up of players who’s nick names are easily remembered and roll off the tongue.
1. Billy “Seeya” Slater
2. John “Chicka” Fergurson
3. Herbert Henry “Dally” Messenger
4. Chris “Choppy” Close
5. Ian “The Chook” Herron
6. Brian “Poppa” Clay
7. Andrew “Joey” Johns
8. Norm “Sticks” Provan
9. Mario “The Falcon” Fenech
10. Paul “Chief” Harrigan
11. Trevor “The Axe” Gillmeister
12. Steve “Beaver” Menzies
13. “Waltzing” Matt Hilder
Yet more famous nicknames thats stick in the minds of great people, like League Freak!
1. Clive “The Little Master” Churchill
2. Martin “Chariots” Offiah
3. Steve “The Zip Zip Man” Ella
4. Steve “The Pearl” Renouf
5. Adam “Mad Dog” McDougall
6. Wally “The King” Lewis
7. Greg “Brandy” Alexander
8. Steve “Blocker” Roach
9. Mark “Piggy” Riddell
10. Harry “Jersey” Flegg
11. Gorden “The Raging Bull” Tallis
12. Rod “The Rockhampton Rocket” Reddy
13. Wayne “Junior” Pearce
You can never have enough good nicknames, so here is even more of them!
1. Charles “Chook” Fraser
2. Larry “The Black Flash” Corowa
3. Reg “Puff The Magic Dragon” Gasnier
4. Andrew “ET” Ettingshausen
5. Arthur “The Port Kembla Flyer” Patton
6. Brad “Freddy” Fittler
7. Craig “Tugger” Coleman
8. Frank “Bumper” Farrell
9. Sid “Sandy” Pearce
10. John “Lurch” O’Neill
11. Rex “The Moose” Mossop
12. Joe “Pogo” Morgan
13. Ray “Mr Perpetual Motion” Price
Hell yeah theres more!
1. Luke “General” Patten
2. Manu “The Beast” Vatuvei
3. Greg “G.I.” Inglis
4. Mark “Sparkles” McGaw
5. Anthony “The Count” Minichello
6. Terry “Baa Baa” Lamb
7. “Slippery” Steve Morris
8. Mark “Spudd” Carroll
9. “Back Door’ Benny Elias
10. Luke “Bull” Bailey
11. David “Cement” Gillespie
12. Paul “Buttocks” Sironen
13. Paul “Fatty” Vautin
Didn’t Roy and HG in their spoof commentary of Origin call Freddy Fittler ‘Adolf; Fittler?
And what about “The Count” Anthony Minichiello?
Yeah I reckon its time to add a few more teams to this list!
Michael “The Crow” Cronin
Peter “Sterlo” Sterling
Eric “The Guru” Grothe
Bob “The Bear” O’Reilly
My favourite double-team:
At Manly, on the hill, we used to call Cliffy Lyons “God”.
So when Steven Menzies came along, setting try-scoring records by running off Cliff Lyons’ right shoulder, we called him “Jesus”, because he’s always at God’s right hand.