11 of the best nicknames at the 2019 Rugby World Cup: Girthmister, Rikishi, Sausage, Teletubby...
Rugby NewsTuesday, 08 October 2019 at 16:06
We bring you the beast, ET fingers, sausage and many more hilarious nicknames from rugby players at the Rugby World Cup.
1. David Pocock (Australia) - Teletubby
Earned his nickname from his namesake Po – although he could equally be the Kungfu Panda.
2. Jonathan Joseph (England) - ET Fingers
Got his nickname while playing for the London Irish youth team because of his ability to grip the rugby ball one-handed during the game.
3. Tadhg Furlong (Ireland) - Rikishi
The Irish tighthead says of his nickname: "My belly gets a good flash on national television.
"It came up in the video review, Joe Schmidt said "Oh, here comes WWF...", not even WWE so, WWF, we're going back a few years. And of course the lads jumped on the bandwagon and started calling me Rikishi, the big fat wrestler!"
4.Tendai Mtawarira (South Africa) - Beast
"I was called 'Beast' at primary school, because I was a bit of a bully and the name has stuck ever since,"
5. Ken Owens (Wales) - The Sherrif
In a nod to his grandfather having been mayor of Carmarthen and council chairman, Scarlets hooker Ken Owens is The Sheriff. Also known as Cannonball Ken for his ball carrying.
6. James O'Connor (Australia) - Justin Bieber
No explanation required.
7. Wyn Jones (Wales) - Sausage
Was telling a teammate how he had a friend who hated the very same nickname. Days later it became his own. Bad move. null
8. Jamie George (England) - Girthmister/Stavros
The England star got these nicknames early in his International career due to his size. Seems a bit harsh.
9. Iain Henderson (Ireland) - Llama
Given his nickname by former Ireland lock Donncha O'Callaghan after first clasping eyes on the bearded Ulsterman at a training camp tucking into a bowl of cereal at breakfast.
10. Tommy Seymour (Scotland) - Stern
"My nickname is Stern because they say I'm always grumpy," says the Scotland wing.
11. Liam Williams (Wales) - Sanjay
It was while he was on holiday in Greece as a small boy that another British family reckoned the Saracens-bound star looked like Sanjay Kapoor, the former market trader from Eastenders! The name stuck.
12. Elliot Daly (England) - Briefcase
The England star got his nickname after turned up at his first Wasps training session in his Whitgift school uniform and carrying you know what!
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