Over the years, there have been many brilliantly named men (and women) to grace professional rugby. Names like the supervillian sounding Os du Randt, 80s synthpop heartthrob Zinzan Brooke and fashion warehouse Jeremy Paul, are all just a few of the great names to have passed through rugby history.
So, in a totally unrelated celebration of Easter, here’s an XV made up of players with amazing names only. What’s your XV?
Rules:
- Currently playing
- Professional or academy player
- No South Africans (hard mode)
Front Row
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Ox Nché
(aka Retshegofaditswe Nché)
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Bismarck du Plessis
special mention: Ricky Riccitelli
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Shambeckler Vui
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Second Row
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Cadeyrn Neville
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Lood de Jager
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Back Row
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Fulgence Ouedraogo
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Leroy Houston
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Kwagga Smith
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Halves
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Faf de Klerk
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Ihaia West
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Centres
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Burger Odendaal
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Jerónimo de la Fuente
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Outside Backs
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Digby Ioane
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Karmichael Hunt
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Marland Yarde
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COACH – Milton Haig
