REVEALED: Here are the brilliant nicknames of the Lions players

Here are the nicknames of the British & Irish Lions 2017, who are about to do battle with New Zealand in the third Test decider in Auckland.

Read more about how they got their nicknames at Wales Online.

SAM WARBURTON (AVATAR) – “It’s something to do with my appearance, apparently,”
LIAM WILLIAMS (SANJAY) – Based the former market trader from Eastenders!
MAKO VUNIPOLA (SNORLAX) – The big man sleeps a lot and snores. Makes sense

JAMES HASKELL (ALWAYS MORE) – Because of his hunger for more, whether it be food or training

JACK NOWELL (KIKO) – “Gonzalo Camacho was at Exeter when there was a portly Argentine soap actor called Kiko and let’s just say I came back from injury a little lardy.”
TOMMY SEYMOUR (STERN) – “My nickname is Stern because they say I’m always grumpy,”

TADHG FURLONG (RIKISHI) – “It came up in the video review, Joe Schmidt said “Oh, here comes WWF…”
JONATHAN DAVIES (FOX)
ELLIOT DALY (BRIEFCASE) – He turned up at his first Wasps training session in his Whitgift school uniform carrying one! Very Inbetweeners like.

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JONATHAN JOSEPH (ET FINGERS) – Because of his ability to grip the rugby ball one-handed
MARO ITOJE (THE PEARL)
CONOR MURRAY (BIEBER) – Compared often to Justin Biebeer
OWEN FARRELL (LITTLE FAZ) – Because Andy Farrell, his Dad, is never far away
KEN OWENS (SHERIFF) – A nod to his grandfather having been mayor of Carmarthen

JONATHAN SEXTON (THE RAT) – “It’s the Rat as I can be really grumpy.”

IAIN HENDERSON (THE LLAMA) – Donncha O’Callaghan christened him with the name after first clasping eyes on the bearded Ulsterman
SEAN O’BRIEN (THE TULLOW TANK) – He’s from Tullow and he’s a tank. Simple.
DAN COLE (THE VIKING) – Once upon a time he had fair hair and a beard