WHO'S got the strangest nickname in the AFL?

We spoke to the AFL captains to find out. Who do you think has the best?

PATRICK CRIPPS

Name: Mitch McGovern

Nickname: Brackets

Story: He's got the No.11 and everyone is pulling the piss out of him because of his solid build and the fact his No.11 look more like brackets.

JACK ZIEBELL

Name: Jasper Pittard

Nickname: Shamrock 17

Story: Self-proclaimed. I can't give you any details on that, but that's the nickname.

Name: Bailey Scott

Nickname: Scotty too hotty

Story: Self-explanatory.

BEN STRATTON

Name: Chad Wingard

Nickname: Chooka

Story: I have no idea where it comes from, but everyone calls him 'Chooka'.

Name: Mat Walker

Nickname: Fed Express

Story: He looks like Federer. I'd stick with that if I was him.

Do you think Mat Walker looks like Roger Federer?



PHIL DAVIS

Name: Tommy Sheridan

Nickname: Train

Story: We just traded in Tommy Sheridan, whose nickname was 'Train' but we also had Nick Haynes, whose nickname was 'Train', so Tommy's decided to come in and call Nick Haynes 'Plane' and call himself 'Train', so that's probably one of my favourites. I'm not sure it's gained any traction, but he's trying really hard.

JASON JOHANNISEN

Name: Bailey Smith

Nickname: Bazlenka

Story: It's not really the best – and it's pretty much self-proclaimed – but Bailey Smith has given himself the nickname 'Bazlenka'. I'm not sure where it's come from, but the boys are running with it.

JOEL SELWOOD

Name: Gary Rohan

Nickname: Chucky

Story: There's already a Gaz at Geelong so Rohan is named after the red-headed character from the TV show Rugrats

LUKE PARKER

Name: Durak Tucker

Nickname: Raggy

Story: It started with his name Durak, turned into Du-rag and now it’s gone to Raggy, so I’m sticking with that.

Name: Nick Blakey

Nickname: Lizard

Story: Because he looks like a lizard off Men in Black, one of those aliens.

Nick Blakey looks like an alien, apparently.



DAYNE ZORKO

Name: Tom Joyce

Nickname: TJ

Story: Tom Joyce is called TJ and he hates being called TJ, so naturally everyone calls him TJ.

SCOTT PENDLEBURY

Name: Atu Bosenavulagi

Nickname: R2

Story: He's got a really long last name so no-one really ever goes to try to call him by his last name, so all he really gets called is 'R2'.

MAX GAWN

Name: Kade Chandler

Nickname: Google

Story: He knows everything. You hear these stories about guys who know everything, but he literally knows everything.

Name: Marty Hore

Nickname: Marty Hore

Story: Marty Hore is such a good name to say in full 10 times quickly, it’s beautiful. So he actually gets his full name, which is quite good.

TRENT COTCHIN

Name: Jack Ross

Nickname: Portia or Valentino

Story: Rossy gets Portia (de Rossi) after the actress or Valentino after the MotoGP superstar.

SHANNON HURN

Name: Xavier O'Neill

Nickname: Skinny X

Story: Xavier O'Neill has just come into the club first pick and we had Xavier Ellis from Hawthorn and he was known as 'Fat X', so Xavier is known as 'Skinny X'.

NAT FYFE

Name: Luke Valente

Nickname: Tin Man

Story: I think it's to do with they're adjusting his running style to make him more durable and so he's running very rigid like the Tin Man.

Luke Valente's new running style has resulted in a new nickname.



JARRYN GEARY

Name: Matt Parker

Nickname: MP-400

Story: I'm not really sure why, but he calls himself that. I'm not sure what it means, but that's his Instagram hashtag. He's pretty handy though, so we'll let him have it.

RORY SLOANE

Name: Hugh Greenwood

Nickname: Mick Fanning

Story: Hugh Greenwood is now known as Mick Fanning since he had the shark encounter, so a few boys are calling him Mick. He wasn't a hero like Mick – didn't punch it or fight it off.

Name: Ned McHenry

Nickname: The alpaca

Story: He just loves the animal. He's got a great story. I'm not going tell the story for him, get him to tell it one day.

TOM JONAS

Name: Scott Lycett

Nickname: Ly-chat

Story: We've got Scott Lycett, who is known as Ly-chat. It's just a bit of Port thing, it's a bit of an in-house joke. The thing about nicknames is they come from the most obscure places. And we've got Boyd Woodcock, so he's stiffy.

JARROD WITTS

Ranks (Izak Rankine), Kingy (Ben King), Collo (Sam Collins) … That’s embarrassing, we've got 12 new players and none of them have good nicknames.