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.

• SAM WARBURTON (AVATAR) - “It’s something to do with my appearance, apparently,”

• LIAM WILLIAMS (SANJAY) - Based the former market trader from Eastenders!

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• 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