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!
5. Massimo D'Ambrosio
Our game takes all comers, and the revelation of D'Ambrosio's Nonno as a cult figure at Hawthorn, and the league in general, has been a heartwarming storyline in recent years.
The Bomber-turned-Hawk enjoyed an emergence as one of the game's premier wingmen soon after his departure from Essendon, and although he's cooled a bit recently, he still boasts one of the best names in the game.
