#20. Hamish Watson – Pinball
The nickname is in reference to his unique running style which sees him bounce off several players over a short distance whilst carrying the ball.
#19. Antoine Dupont – Le Ministre de L’Interieur (The Minister of the Interior)
#18. James Haskell – The Unflushable Turd
Joe Marler said: “Despite being embroiled in a number of off-the-pitch controversies over the years and falling foul of various regimes, the unflushable turd has repeatedly bounced back.”
#17. Kwagga Smith – Wrong Turn
His nose resembles the character from the horror movie ‘Wrong Turn’. Brutally brilliant.
#16. Marmuka Gorgodze – Gorgodzilla
Yes. Nothing more to say.
#15. Tadhg Furlong – Rikishi
The Irish tight-head says of his nickname: “My belly gets a good flash on national television.
“It came up in the video review, Joe Schmidt said “Oh, here comes WWF…”, not even WWE so, WWF, we’re going back a few years. And of course the lads jumped on the bandwagon and started calling me Rikishi, the big fat wrestler!”
#14. Oriel Ripol – Raspberry
#13. John Eales – Nobody
Because nobody is perfect.
#12. Brodie Retallick – Guzzler
Another with no clear origin or reason as to how he earned the nickname. Probably related to beer though.
#11. Vincent Koch – Mr Incredible
The resemblance is uncanny.
