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Revealed! The stories behind 12 of the strangest rugby player nicknames

10. The Unflushable Turd – James Haskell

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.


11. Briefcase – Elliot Daly

The England star got his nickname after turned up at his first Wasps training session in his Whitgift school uniform and carrying you know what!


12. Ferengi – Martin Johnson

Not the most flattering of nicknames. It was Martin Johnson’s furrowed brow frown that saw the England and Lions skipper likened to the extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe.