Great RL (Player Names, Clubs, Teams) Names

[eagles2win]

Not necessarily great

Player Names :
A few from the America teams
Apple Pope - actually the Tomahawks Captain
Taco Pope
Wayne Kerr - ex Irish International

Clubs :
Boston 13's
Parkes Spacemen
Chicago Stockyarders
Landsdowne Blues* - not sure if they exist anymore
They'res one in London primarily made of ex Aussies but I can't think of it at the moment - something to do with the Hills Hoist.
Salford Reds, Red Devils - I like the French name Les Diablos Rouge

Teams :
Scotland Bravehearts
Canada Wolverines

 

[Chip and Chase]

Maitland Pumpkin Pickers

Thirroul Butchers

 

[Under the Sticks]

Always liked the Dapto Canaries and the Warilla Gorillas from the Illawarra

 

[eagles2win]

Trying to think of the Spuddies first name

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A bit historical but always loved Glebe's nickname - The Dirty Reds

Surprised we didn't get that

 

[mickqld]

Warrilla Gorillas, Cessnock Goannas

 

[CAMBO]

North Sydney extinct bears 😀

 

[manlyfan76]

I don't know how mush rl she played but misty hymen was a fav from the Olympics.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Norm Pounder.

 

[Shoe1]

Craig makepeace, Robert muchmore.

 

[COMMANDER]

The Hervey Bay "Fighting Whiting" rugby league club.

I was quite taken with a couple of names from the 1984 Souths team:

Bronko Djura
Ziggy Niszczot

Don't see names like that running around in the NRL anymore

 

[bones]

Jamie Lyons
Brent Stuart

 

[Under the Sticks]

Surely Fui Fui Moi Moi gets a run

 

[Spirit of '78]

Jamaica's national rugby league team-
The Reggae Warriors

 

[southsideeagle]

Pale Ale .. played for 2 clubs .. Storm and Broncos? ... I think his nick name was Coopers

 

[simon64]

Jamaica's national rugby league team-
The Reggae Warriors

The only team that fall over laughing in the in-goal area every time they concede a try.

 

[CAMBO]

Mike Hunt played for the broncos and New South Wales.

But he changed his name by deed poll to Devere.

 

[bones]

Can't remember which team he played for but there was a lower grade player named Peewee Moke.

 

[Chip and Chase]

There was a guy who played for Canberra (I think) whose surname was Lightning. He was a winger too from memory.

There was another bloke in the 90's called someone Daylight.

I remember way back in the MWSE forum days when we signed Glenn Innes. 😉

 

[Chip and Chase]

Trying to think of the Spuddies first name

Robertson. Nathan Hindmarsh's junior club

 

[MadMarcus]

Kevin Longbottom - played for Souths in the late 80s
Dane Gagai - Currently with the Knights, must have been teased at school
Billy Weepu - BIG unit played mainly lower grades with Manly in the 90s
Alan Tongue - I always wanted see Tongue on Beaver
Karmichael Hunt - AFL superstar and a real K Hunt
"The Pleasure Machine" - arguably the best nickname ever