When Collingwood unveiled debutant Liam Puncher in their win over the Gold Coast Suns last weekend, many sat up and took notice of the kid's tough name.
Puncher. Gosh, that's a strong surname. Heaps of fodder for commentators, fans, and teammates alike. Taken in the recent Mid-Season Draft, the South Australian has taken his Puncher's chance, and run with it. Just wait until he becomes a 100-game pillar of Magpies' backlines of the future.
It got us here at ZH HQ mulling over some of the 22-year-old's contemporaries in this space.
Have a go at a dozen of my favourite names in the game!
11. Marcus Bontempelli
Never mind that he's already one of the greatest players of all time, Marcus Bontempelli has one of the strongest names the game has seen, too.
It's so distinctly Italian. It's fun to say. And it's the perfect name for a bloke who shares the midfield of a side who represent a famously migrant-centric part of Melbourne, with a bloke whose surname is Liberatore.
You couldn't write it.
