Nick names always have a story. They need further explanation for all the non Afrikaans speakers.average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:07 am Hempies du Tiot
Kulu Ferreira
Balie Swart
Hottie Louw
Toks van der Linde
Draadkar de Lange
Baksteen Nel
Bullet Dolten
Niknaks man - Zane Kirchner
Poos - James Small
Player nicknames - central depository here
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Brian Redpath - Basil
Chris Paterson - Mossie
Chris Paterson - Mossie
Left hand down a bit
Could also be the afrikaans slang term for face
That is actually bakkies with an s
Nobody is a brilliant nickname, so is Live Fast.
Rambo - Stuart McInally.
Can we do teams too?
Gala - Pail Merks, because Hawick (big rivals) had indoor toilets first.
Heriot's FP - The Nails, the only explanation for this I ever got was, "There's nothing lower than a toe nail"
Rambo - Stuart McInally.
Can we do teams too?
Gala - Pail Merks, because Hawick (big rivals) had indoor toilets first.
Heriot's FP - The Nails, the only explanation for this I ever got was, "There's nothing lower than a toe nail"
Neither of those have anything to do with the origin of the nickname, which came about because he had knock knees as a youngster (Bak bene)...at least that's my recollection when he was asked about it.
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Why was Pieter Rossouw called slaptjips?OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:06 amNick names always have a story. They need further explanation for all the non Afrikaans speakers.average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:07 am Hempies du Tiot
Kulu Ferreira
Balie Swart
Hottie Louw
Toks van der Linde
Draadkar de Lange
Baksteen Nel
Bullet Dolten
Niknaks man - Zane Kirchner
Poos - James Small
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Balie & Pieter was at Paarl Gim where they give grade 8s sotte names when they start high school. Pieyer look like a slap chip, the one you get with fish. Balie was fat and look like a baal koring from Malmesbury where he was in Primary SchoolCalculon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:30 pmWhy was Pieter Rossouw called slaptjips?OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:06 amNick names always have a story. They need further explanation for all the non Afrikaans speakers.average joe wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:07 am Hempies du Tiot
Kulu Ferreira
Balie Swart
Hottie Louw
Toks van der Linde
Draadkar de Lange
Baksteen Nel
Bullet Dolten
Niknaks man - Zane Kirchner
Poos - James Small
My least favourite Springbok ever.
Sideshow Bob
Derwyn Jones was Rizla - that's as high as he could jump off the floor, ie. just enough to slide a rizla under.
Martyn Williams is nugget
Adam 'Bomb' Jones
Olly Barclay was Bollock
Always amused by Dave Parade, for Newport/Dragons ground.
Martin Bayfield said they called Jeremy Guscott 'Mangrove' on account of his indiscriminate rooting system.
Someone else on a very old incarnation of a rugby chatsite coined the nickname of Rod Timber for a certain English no8 around the time that Jack Rowell said that you needed 'some big timber up front in an international side'
Martyn Williams is nugget
Adam 'Bomb' Jones
Olly Barclay was Bollock
Always amused by Dave Parade, for Newport/Dragons ground.
Martin Bayfield said they called Jeremy Guscott 'Mangrove' on account of his indiscriminate rooting system.
Someone else on a very old incarnation of a rugby chatsite coined the nickname of Rod Timber for a certain English no8 around the time that Jack Rowell said that you needed 'some big timber up front in an international side'
A clever spoonerism nickname.
Rowell did like massive packs, Rodber, Clarke and Dallaglio was his favourite backrow, basically three no.8s.
I joined a rec soccer league once as a solo signing, didn’t know anyone. Got put on a team of really nice Muslim lads from all over. Doing the intros, one wee lad who was nearly as wide as he was tall offered his hand and said “I’m fatty.” “Nice to meet you... mate.” I was a fat lad myself and no way was I calling him that.
Months later we re-upped for the next season, still never referred to him as such. Always just spoke to normally or shouted instructions on the pitch without calling his name. They voted me skipper, which included submitting rosters. I finally saw everyone’s name written down and discovered his name was actually ‘Fadi’.
:facepalm:Niegs wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:09 amI joined a rec soccer league once as a solo signing, didn’t know anyone. Got put on a team of really nice Muslim lads from all over. Doing the intros, one wee lad who was nearly as wide as he was tall offered his hand and said “I’m fatty.” “Nice to meet you... mate.” I was a fat lad myself and no way was I calling him that.
Months later we re-upped for the next season, still never referred to him as such. Always just spoke to normally or shouted instructions on the pitch without calling his name. They voted me skipper, which included submitting rosters. I finally saw everyone’s name written down and discovered his name was actually ‘Fadi’.
I bought something off Facebook marketplace and went around to pick it up. A woman answered the door with a young child on her hip and another one making faces at me through the window, she gave me my goods and making small talk I said to her that she must be busy with two young kids and ''another one on the way" as I looked and nodded at her rather large tummy. "I'm not pregnant" she said as the door slammed shut.
Yep, I made that error!
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Will Carling - cunt.
Or is that only in my mind
Or is that only in my mind