The five weirdest AFL nicknames

The AFL players have unveiled some of the quirkiest nicknames they have for their teammates in a story on AFL Media. There were some fun, weird and flat-out bizarre nicknames tossed in there, but these were our five favourites: Honourable mentions These nicknames gave us a laugh and were a little unlucky not to make the five. -Jasper "Shamrock 17" Pittard (North Melbourne) -Chad "Chooky" Wingard (Hawthorn) -Mitch "Fed Express" Walker (Hawthorn) -Bailey "Bazlenka" Smith (Western Bulldogs) -Kade "Google" Chandler" (Melbourne) [caption id="attachment_25414" align="alignnone" width="1024"] MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 19: Chad Wingard poses during a Hawthorn Hawks AFL media opportunity at Waverley Park on October 19, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)[/caption] Gary "Chucky" Rohan (Geelong) There isn't room for two Gary's at Geelong, so Rohan's teammates moved quickly to attribute the ex-Swan a nickname after seeing a resemblance to a Rugrats character. And he's been stitched up by his own captain with this one. "There's already a Gaz at Geelong so Rohan is named after the red-headed character from the TV show Rugrats," Selwood said. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="612"] GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 07: Gary Rohan of the Cats is congratulated by Tom Hawkins of the Cats after kicking a goal during the 2019 JLT Community Series AFL match between the Geelong Cats and the Essendon Bombers at GMHBA Stadium on March 07, 2019 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)[/caption] Atu "R2" Bosenavulagi (Collingwood) Collingwood skipper Scott Pendlebury revealed this one due to the difficulty of pronouncing the rookie's surname. "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'," Pendlebury said. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="408"] MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 12: Atu Bosenavulagi of the Magpies runs with the ball during a Collingwood Magpies AFLW and AFL team training session at the Holden Centre on December 12, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images)[/caption] Marty "Marty Hore" Hore (Melbourne) Demons star Max Gawn proclaimed that Hore is one of those guys whose name is a "good to say 10 times quickly." "It's beautiful. So he actually gets his full name, which is quite good." The mature-age VFL Magpie was picked up by the Demons with pick No. 57 in last year's draft. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="612"] MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 09: Marty Hore of the Demons handballs during the 2019 JLT Community Series AFL match between the Melbourne Demons and the Brisbane Lions at Casey Fields on March 09, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)[/caption] Luke "Tin Man" Valente (Fremantle) Dockers captain Nat Fyfe put this out there after the rookie's running style reportedly reminded the boys of a famous character from Alice in Wonderland. "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," Fyfe revealed. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="612"] MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 23: Luke Valente of the Dockers poses for a photo during the 2018 NAB AFL Draft at Marvel Stadium on November 23, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)[/caption] Mitch "Brackets" McGovern (Carlton) The former Crow was given the number 11 at his new club. And according to co-captain Patrick Cripps, it was the perfect way to take some flack out of the power forward. "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," Cripps said. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="612"] MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 28: Mitch McGovern of the Blues is congratulated by his teammates after kicking a goal during the 2019 JLT Community Series AFL match between the Carlton Blues and the Essendon Bombers at Ikon Park on February 28, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)[/caption]