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World Cup Squad nicknames

ruamar · 2011-09-27 13:35:08

Just heard/read a couple so far, any other good ones: Damien Varley - Suz, Susan Boyle Conor Murray- Bieber, Justin Bieber Usual apologies if this has been done before, I didn't see it other than a bit here

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Just heard/read a couple so far, any other good ones:

Damien Varley - Suz, Susan Boyle
Conor Murray- Bieber, Justin Bieber

Usual apologies if this has been done before, I didn't see it other than a bit here

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#2 27-09-2011 1:37pm

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isaac bossco

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#3 27-09-2011 1:38pm

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Didn't the rest of the squad start calling Paulie, 'The Psyco', a few years back?
I don't think he liked it very much.

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#4 27-09-2011 1:50pm

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DOC = The Hoff

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#5 27-09-2011 1:59pm

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Shane10 wrote: »

isaac bossco

Seriously?

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#6 27-09-2011 2:19pm

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Sean Cronin is Nugget apparently

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#7 27-09-2011 2:50pm

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Tony Buckley = Mush

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#8 27-09-2011 6:43pm

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ruamar wrote: »

Just heard/read a couple so far, any other good ones:

Damien Varley - Suz, Susan Boyle
Conor Murray- Bieber, Justin Bieber

Usual apologies if this has been done before, I didn't see it other than a bit here

surely james o connor ( australia ) is justin bieber

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#9 27-09-2011 7:04pm

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Have you not seen the photos of the Irish lads in The Score?

It may have been a different publication but essentially the lads were at a photoshoot and had to pose in the way they wanted. Mushy posed with his kids, Kearney did graffitti face, BOD and ROG were playing tennis or something, POC with his baby...

The photo of Murray is a close up, just a head shot, and he's the bulb off Bieber in the photo - even down to the hair! I'll try find the pic.

Edit: Pics here: http://thescore.thejournal.ie/in-pictures-irelands-rugby-playes-like-youve-never-seen-them-before-212401-Aug2011/

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#10 27-09-2011 7:25pm

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Murray looked worryingly like Henson

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#11 27-09-2011 7:34pm

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durkadurka wrote: »

Murray looked worryingly like Henson

Mike Phillips no?

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#12 27-09-2011 7:45pm

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Shades of Paddy Doherty.

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#13 27-09-2011 9:05pm

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Isn't Cian Healy Church?

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#14 27-09-2011 9:09pm

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O'Brien is the tank or TT -Tullow tank.

Legend of a man. And he only 24

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I'm sure there is some deep meaning behind it that will make me look/feel like a dìck but, the picture of Cullen is one of the creepiest things I've seen...

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#16 27-09-2011 9:42pm

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During the last Lions tour I heard that ROG had picked up the nickname Speedbump.

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#17 28-09-2011 9:04am

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If Cullen isn't called Miley, well Holy God, I don't know what he'd be called.

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#18 28-09-2011 9:52am

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razorblunt wrote: »

If Cullen isn't called Miley, well Holy God, I don't know what he'd be called.

Yeah he really is the spitting image of him!

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#19 28-09-2011 12:46pm

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Ok, this is what has come up so far

Damien Varley - Suz, Susan Boyle
Conor Murray- Bieber, Justin Bieber
Stephen Ferris - Holywood
Cian Healy - Church
Sean Cronin - Nugget
Tony Buckley - Mushy
Sean O'Brien - TT

isaac bossco
DOC - The Hoff

I won't add in the derogatory ones aimed towards ROG but feel free to add on

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#20 28-09-2011 2:52pm

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I think you'll get some from POC's late late interview a year or two back. Think he says Kearney's nickname is 'Handsome'

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#21 28-09-2011 3:15pm

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Rob and David are collectively known as the kearndashians :P

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#22 28-09-2011 3:45pm

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Does anyone know who 'Taints' is on the squad? Trying to figure out...

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petebricquette wrote: »

Does anyone know who 'Taints' is on the squad? Trying to figure out...

kicking coach. "Tainton"

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#24 28-09-2011 3:57pm

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probably the kicking coach. mark tainton (sp?)

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#25 28-09-2011 3:59pm

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with regards to the insulting nicknames. Do we have an awful lot of them?

Buckley - Buckle
Cullen - Plug (Bash Street Kids)
DOC - Dale Winton
Heaslip - Houdini
ROG - Speedbump/Turnstile

There's gotta be more than that? Any Southern Hemisphere guys on here with more for us? Its always interesting to see how others perceive your players weaknesses*.

*Obviously Sean O'Brien and Stephen Ferris are excluded from this.

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#26 28-09-2011 4:52pm

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Deleted User wrote: »

with regards to the insulting nicknames. Do we have an awful lot of them?

Buckley - Buckle
Cullen - Plug (Bash Street Kids)
DOC - Dale Winton
Heaslip - Houdini
ROG - Speedbump/Turnstile

Why's Heaslip called Houdini?

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#27 28-09-2011 4:54pm

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petebricquette wrote: »

Why's Heaslip called Houdini?

a perceived notion that he goes missing for big games.

It's laughable really. But we hardly come up with the "insulting" nicknames ourselves!

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#28 29-09-2011 2:33am

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Is Ferris not Fez? Darren Cave is Hollywood I taught.

Had Martin Johnson named Geordan Murphy 'pikey' some years ago.

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#29 29-09-2011 6:23am

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Heaslip gets called showpony by haters too.

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#30 29-09-2011 8:56am

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munster_mafia wrote: »

Darren Cave is Hollywood I taught.

Holywood for Ferris came from Tommy Bowe on here.

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#31 29-09-2011 9:07am

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the isaac bossco one was fake but it was good tho...right right(cough)..

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#32 29-09-2011 10:40am

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Lads check this out. Hilarious

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=121797#8086506

Talk about nicknames

Paul O Connell's is now Stabbington Brother.

With regards to Mike Tindall looking like Shrek. LMAO

Graham Henry... Fr Jack. hahahahaa

Wayne Barnes...Tin Tin...hahahaha

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#33 29-09-2011 2:43pm

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Trimble refers to Kearney as Korie on here, anyone know what that's about?

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/world-cup/groomed-for-success-2854442.html

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#34 29-09-2011 6:41pm

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I heard the new name for Sexton is "TomTom"!

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#35 29-09-2011 6:42pm

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SkySter wrote: »

I heard the new name for Sexton is "TomTom"!

Because he knows exactly where the posts are?!

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#36 29-09-2011 6:46pm

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I've heard Kearney referred to as "Robnoxious"

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#37 29-09-2011 6:51pm

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Deleted User wrote: »

a perceived notion that he goes missing for big games.

It's laughable really. But we hardly come up with the "insulting" nicknames ourselves!

Actually we did. Houdini and showpony all originated on a popular Munster supporting forum. Sad but thats the reality. Buckle for Buckley came from Gwlad I believe.

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#38 29-09-2011 7:11pm

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Please do not start any provincial crap here

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#39 29-09-2011 10:02pm

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Best is known as Uncle Fester.

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BrianODriscoll wrote: »

Best is known as Uncle Fester.

Please do not respond to obvious troll

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#41 30-09-2011 6:45pm

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justsomebloke wrote: »

Please do not respond to obvious troll

Especially seeing as that was Woody.

EDIT: the player not the poster-douche.

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