These are the brilliant 2021 Lions squad nicknames and the reasons they’ve been given them - Page 4 of 5 - Ruck

These are the brilliant 2021 Lions squad nicknames and the reasons they’ve been given them

#10. LOUIS REES-ZAMMIT (REES-LIGHTNING)

A play on his rapid speed and Grease Lightning from the famous American musical.

#11. CONOR MURRAY (BIEBER)

Has spent years trying to shed his nickname that he was lumbered with by the Irish squad on their 2012 tour to New Zealand. Not sure if he likes the pop idol or just shared the boyish good looks.

#12. ALUN WYN JONES (GWYN BOOTS)

The Welsh skipper said: “In one of my first training sessions at the Ospreys – when I was 18 – I wore a pair of borrowed boots, which were bright white. White in Welsh is ‘gwyn’.”

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