LIST | Five rugby players who were given uncomplimentary nicknames
TrendingFriday, 18 September 2020 at 13:48
So flick through the gallery below and to see the uncomplimentary alternative identities of some of rugby's most famous names....
1. Justin Harrison - The Plank
This was the rather unflattering name Austin Healy used to describe lock Harrison after an altercation during the 2001 Lions tour to Australia - and it stuck.
2. Keith Wood - Uncle Fester
He was also nicknamed The Raging Potato because of his bald head, but it was his likeness to the Addams Family character that saw Ireland hooker Keith Wood best known as Uncle Fester.
3. Will Carling - Billy Bumbface
It was his distinctive chiselled chin that saw former England captain Will Carling so dubbed by his team-mates. He’s been called a few other things over the years as well!
4. Martin Johnson - Ferengi
Not the most flattering of nicknames. It was Martin Johnson’s furrowed brow frown that saw the England and Lions skipper likened to the extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe.
5. Alun Wyn Jones - Alun Whinge Jones
Not the kindest of nicknames, given to the Wales skipper my the majority of opposition supporters.
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