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Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:06 am
by OomStruisbaai
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
Nick names always have a story. They need further explanation for all the non Afrikaans speakers.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:29 am
by SaintK
Will Carling - Bumchin
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:01 am
by Happyhooker
No "live fast"
Shame on you guys
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:17 am
by SaintK
Happyhooker wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:01 am
No "live fast"
Shame on you guys
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:21 am
by Kiwias
Mathieu Bastareaud -- White Nonu
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:40 am
by S/Lt_Phillips
Brian Redpath - Basil
Chris Paterson - Mossie
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:12 am
by Cartman
boere wors wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:33 am
Bakkie is the Saffer term for a Pickup truck
Could also be the afrikaans slang term for face
That is actually bakkies with an s
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:38 am
by Calculon
Percy Montgomery = Percy Poephol
At least that was what the crowd in the stadium was shouting at him
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:41 am
by Tichtheid
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"
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:03 pm
by Chilli
Tichtheid wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:41 am
Can we do teams too?
WP / Stormers = The Cunts.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:24 pm
by Blake
Cartman wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:12 am
boere wors wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:33 am
Bakkie is the Saffer term for a Pickup truck
Could also be the afrikaans slang term for face
That is actually bakkies with an s
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.
Aphelele Fassi - Weekend Special
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:31 pm
by Kawazaki
Chilli wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:03 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:41 am
Can we do teams too?
WP / Stormers = The Cunts.
Twinned with Harlequins.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:28 pm
by JM2K6
Someone hates winners, I see.
Nick Evans - Snapper
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:39 pm
by notfatcat
James Hook - Dot Cotton (thanks SamShark)
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:23 pm
by TB63
Lobby wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:35 pm
Some welsh friends of mine always referred to Neil Jenkins as dodgy bollocks because of his habit of fiddling with his shorts when lining up a goal kick.
Also known as Wingnut..
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:05 pm
by Slick
Always feel a bit uncomfortable/bit of a dick calling people I don’t know by their nickname
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:28 pm
by Yeeb
Slick wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:05 pm
Always feel a bit uncomfortable/bit of a dick calling people I don’t know by their nickname
I agree , Slick
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:30 pm
by Calculon
OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:06 am
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
Nick names always have a story. They need further explanation for all the non Afrikaans speakers.
Why was Pieter Rossouw called slaptjips?
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 4:06 pm
by OomStruisbaai
Calculon wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:30 pm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:06 am
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
Nick names always have a story. They need further explanation for all the non Afrikaans speakers.
Why was Pieter Rossouw called slaptjips?
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 School
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 5:51 pm
by Niegs
Ian Jones - Kamo
Al Charron - Blade
Gareth Rees - Fat Boy
Was Lancaster ever called 'Bomber' or was that just us? I've seen him in an interview where people from his era called him 'Lanny' (which is the typical sort of nickname someone gets).
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:50 pm
by Kawazaki
Gordon Brown - Broon from Troon. Very funny bloke.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 9:45 pm
by Gumboot
average joe wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:07 amPoes - James Small
My least favourite Springbok ever.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:12 pm
by Sandstorm
average joe wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:07 am
Niknaks man - Zane Kirchner
Sideshow Bob
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:29 am
by Gumboot
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:12 pm
average joe wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:07 am
Niknaks man - Zane Kirchner
Sideshow Bob
Another Bob :
Beauden Barrett = SpongeBob
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:05 am
by Ali Cadoo
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'
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:01 am
by Enzedder
Peter (Pole) Whiting
Richard (Tiny) White
Alex (Grizz) Wyllie
Anton (Hatch) Oliver
Ian (Kamo) Jones
Lately
Brothers Jordie (Udon), Beauden (Beaudy) and Scott (Lloyd) Barrett.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:34 am
by Kawazaki
Ali Cadoo wrote: Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:05 am
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.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:03 am
by notfatcat
Barclay was Testicle, not Bollock.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:08 pm
by ASMO
George Greegan - Schooner
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 3:46 pm
by Begbie
Duncy Weir- Meatball, Puddin.
Alan "Chunk" Jacobsen
George "Doddie" Weir.
Ian "Mighty Mouse" McLauchlan
Iain "the bear" Milne.
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:30 pm
by laurent
Le chameau: Claude Dourthe - Richard Dourthe
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:09 am
by Niegs
Slick wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:05 pm
Always feel a bit uncomfortable/bit of a dick calling people I don’t know by their nickname
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:
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:18 pm
by Kawazaki
Niegs wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:09 am
Slick wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:05 pm
Always feel a bit uncomfortable/bit of a dick calling people I don’t know by their nickname
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:
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!
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:17 pm
by Saint
Oxbow wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:14 pm
Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson - Les and Larry.
With James Grayson now being Larry junior
Tim Rodber - Teapot
Bruce Reihana - Brooooooooooce
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:03 pm
by Lobby
Older posters may remember French lock Olivier Merle, who was also known as Le Massif Central
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:30 pm
by laurent
Lobby wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:03 pm
Older posters may remember French lock Olivier Merle, who was also known as Le Massif Central
L'homme et demi as well
Re: Player nicknames - central depository here
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:56 pm
by And 1 guest
Will Carling - cunt.
Or is that only in my mind