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I think the AFL has respected the NRL by not using any of their team names in the AFL expansion clubs. So if this goes ahead all bets are off as far as I'm concerned. **** the NRL - Gold Coast Sharks here we come!
I would want to copy the most supported club in Australia too
It doesn't, but narrowing the possibilities saves timeWhy does it have to start with a 'B'?
A number of places, VFA and VFL history books and various websites. I have a huge passion for the Victorian era history of our football code. There is the very famous old "eat 'em alive Tigers" story from the early 1920's, and the Wasps appears to have been a newspaper invention, as a few other sporting nicknames were back in the day. I've seen a newspaper in a book somewhere referencing a grand final with the headline "Wasp Sting Removed" or words to that affect.Interesting info, can you recall where you read this, I can see we had the yellow and black stripes on our cap from the start although we had a blue jumper then we switched to a yellow and black jumper in the late 1880's but I cant see anywhere when we first started using the Tigers nickname, it seems we were using it by 1919 but I believe some may have used this term earlier than that?
So according to the ridiculous Roy Morgan review they would be called the Brisbane SwansI would want to copy the most supported club in Australia too
Redbacks is a great name, shame its for a crap team.From a selfish point of view, I'd actually like to see an animal nickname for a change, sick of the recent trend towards the buzz word nicknames in sport, and an Australian animal would be great. There are very few teams in any code that have one, Kangaroos and Rabbitohs are the only two I can think of unless you count national teams. I'd actually love to cheer "go Wombats"!
Not sure how anyone could possibly think the Essendon Football club own the name Bombers?
Non issue in every circumstance.
Get on with the footy Essendon, a Rugby league club should be of no concern to you.
Rabbits are as indigenous to Australia as Tigers or Lions.From a selfish point of view, I'd actually like to see an animal nickname for a change, sick of the recent trend towards the buzz word nicknames in sport, and an Australian animal would be great. There are very few teams in any code that have one, Kangaroos and Rabbitohs are the only two I can think of unless you count national teams. I'd actually love to cheer "go Wombats"!
It's more about the term "Rabbitoh" being native to the Aussie (particularly Sydney) lingo. It's a uniquely Australian nickname, though the rabbit is an introduced pest and not a native animal.Rabbits are as indigenous to Australia as Tigers or Lions.
There are most likely zero unique sporting nicknames. If you can find more than one or two nicknames that have been used only once in world sport, apart from the faintly ridiculous old timey ones I'd be shocked.
Borough for Port Melbourne is the only one I can think of still in use that could reasonably be classed as "unique".
Hadn't the Giants folded before GWS was formed?There was an ARL/NRL team called the Gold Coast Giants.
That's strange you would find the name of the thread is Brisbane Bombers not Brisbane MagpiesI would want to copy the most supported club in Australia too
Oh who cares. Seriously who gives a stuff!Tigers, Blues and Magpies aren't really unique names, they're used all over the world, I can't think of another major sporting team that calls themselves the Bombers. It's a blatant copy of Essendon, get something original.
I would want to copy the most supported club in Australia too
The reason they are the Suns are because the Southport Sharks already had that name in that marketI think the AFL has respected the NRL by not using any of their team names in the AFL expansion clubs. So if this goes ahead all bets are off as far as I'm concerned. **** the NRL - Gold Coast Sharks here we come!
Apparently it was the original nickname of the Millwall football club in their early days before they adopted the Lion. A Scottish Division 1 club uses it too.I'd be interested to know if our nickname was used by anyone before us. The only Dockers I can think of are other Aussie rules clubs who've based themselves on our branding.
I thought Greg Normans clothing brand had something to do with it, too.The reason they are the Suns are because the Southport Sharks already had that name in that market