Resource Australian Sporting Nickname Database

[The Victorian]

As requested here is the Australian Sporting Nickname Database that I have recently compiled

Birds	Animals	Ocean Nicknames	Human Nicknames	Monarchy Names	Sky Nicknames	Mythical Names	Other
Crows Magpies Hawks Swans Eagles Falcons Vultures Woodpeckers Roosters Seagulls Penguins Kookaburras Rosellas Bats Phoenix	Lions Cats Tigers Bulldogs Bears Panthers Zebras Mustangs Cobras Bloodhounds Chargers Rams Buffaloes Gorillas Goannas Wolves Stallions Cougars Bulls Jaguars Snakes Turtles Vipers Broncos Brumbies	Sharks Dockers Ports Dolphins Stingrays Mariners Lakers Lifesavers Sea Eagles	Saints Students Warriors Diggers Pioneers Bushrangers Rebels Gunners Cowboys	Royals Knights Kings	Suns Power Thunder Lightning Magic Stars Thunderbolts Heat Galaxy Rising Force Hurricanes Cyclones Tornadoes Comets Meteors	Giants Demons Devils Dragons Vikings Spartans Pirates Ironmen Vampires Titans Renegades	Bombers Jets Rovers Railways Redlegs Borough Ranges Cannons Hammers Arrows Rockets Crushers Spurs Bridges Bloods Roar Glory Fury Fever
Colours	Insects	Aussie Animals
Blues Maroons Two Blues Tri Colours	Bumblebees Hornets Bullants Scorpions	Wallabies Dingoes Wombats Koalas Kangaroos Crocs

 

[Sammoll]

Missing a few. What about the Reds (Super Rugby) ?

 

[Ogrebait]

Nice work.

Just a couple of points:
- Why are Penguins classified as “Birds” yet Sea Eagles fall under “Ocean Nicknames”?;
- the Phoenix is a mythical creature;
- Vikings, Spartans, Pirates and Ironmen are not;
- Power, Magic, Heat and Force are not specific to the sky and would be better categorised as “Other”;
- Rovers is a “Human Nickname”;
- and Scorpions are not “Insects” (they are arachnids).

 

[Craegus]

- Rovers is a “Human Nickname”

Actually this is correct. A team named "Rovers" traditionally was a team that Roved/Moved around different locations, it fits in the same category as a team named "Wanderers".

 

[rabbitoh21]

Briars, (Woolahra/Sydney) Convicts, Mounties, (Drummoyne/Glebe) Dirty Reds, (Enfield) Federals, (Holy Cross) Rhinos

 

[rabbitoh21]

Also, did you miss the Rabbitohs?

 

[Prison bar Pete]

As requested here is the Australian Sporting Nickname Database that I have recently compiled

Birds	Animals	Ocean Nicknames	Human Nicknames	Monarchy Names	Sky Nicknames	Mythical Names	Other
Crows Magpies Hawks Swans Eagles Falcons Vultures Woodpeckers Roosters Seagulls Penguins Kookaburras Rosellas Bats Phoenix	Lions Cats Tigers Bulldogs Bears Panthers Zebras Mustangs Cobras Bloodhounds Chargers Rams Buffaloes Gorillas Goannas Wolves Stallions Cougars Bulls Jaguars Snakes Turtles Vipers Broncos Brumbies	Sharks Dockers Ports Dolphins Stingrays Mariners Lakers Lifesavers Sea Eagles	Saints Students Warriors Diggers Pioneers Bushrangers Rebels Gunners Cowboys	Royals Knights Kings	Suns Power Thunder Lightning Magic Stars Thunderbolts Heat Galaxy Rising Force Hurricanes Cyclones Tornadoes Comets Meteors	Giants Demons Devils Dragons Vikings Spartans Pirates Ironmen Vampires Titans Renegades	Bombers Jets Rovers Railways Redlegs Borough Ranges Cannons Hammers Arrows Rockets Crushers Spurs Bridges Bloods Roar Glory Fury Fever
Colours	Insects	Aussie Animals
Blues Maroons Two Blues Tri Colours	Bumblebees Hornets Bullants Scorpions	Wallabies Dingoes Wombats Koalas Kangaroos Crocs

Good Idea. I'll trawl through my stuff and suggest some other footy ones. Off the top of my head you can add:
Double Blues (Sturt) - Colours
Owls (Angle Vale) & Galahs (Australia) - Birds
Crabs (Flinders Uni) - Ocean
Wineflies (Reynella) - Insects

 

[troybe]

North Albury HOPPERS
Yarrawonga PIGEONS
Gladstone MUDCRABS
Melbourne ACES
Canberra CAVALRY
Brisbane BANDITS
Sydney BLUESOX
Coomera CUTTERS
Ormeau SHEARERS
Robina RAPTORS
Ocean Grove GRUBBERS
Queenscliff BARRACOUTAS
Thornton-Eildon SHINBONERS

 

[Prison bar Pete]

Here's my list! Some might be defunct clubs now (or they've changed nicknames):

Blacks (Adelaide Uni)
Wolverines (Brampton Canada)
Towns (Edwardstown)
Reds (Flinders Park)
Samurais (Japan)
Brookers (Kersbrook)
Ramblers (Seaton)
Elephants (Lao)
Pumas (Moyston Willaura)
Thistles (Old Scotch, Tasmania)
Collegians (Old Scotch, Victoria)
Grammarians (Old Camberwell)
Phantoms (PHOS Camden)
Mountain Lions (Torrens Valley)
Superstars (Tapalinga)
Yabbies (Tyabb)
Raggies (Athelstone)
Raiders (Bridgewater, Houghton Districts, Canberra)
Hounds (Blackfriars, Hectorville)
Crocodiles (Copenhagen)
Crushers (Camelback, Arizona USA)
Emus (Morphett Vale)
Whalers (Eden NSW)
Redbacks (Mosman Park & South Australia)
Crusaders (Far North Queensland)
Icebreakers (Finland)
Tiger Sharks (Frankston Districts)
Stonecats (Frankston YCW)
Storm (Glenorchy)
Hogs (Harman)
Hammers (Hampton)
Mudlarks (Myponga/Sellicks)
Roos (Morphettville Park)
Rippers (Manning)
Gryphons (Monash)
Shoes (Noarlunga)
Norsemen (Norwood Victoria)
Thunder & Lightning (Pumaralli)
Robins (Sheffield Tasmania)
Red Lions (Uni of Queensland)
Revolution (USA)
Freedom (USA Women)
Barras (United Beaches Queensland)
Wildcats (West London)
Lyrebirds (Buln Buln)
Geckos (Bali)
Hoppers (North Albury, Coolamon)
Kangas (Cohuna)
Doves (Doveton)
Piranhas (Innaloo)
Bintangs (Jakarta)
Banshees (Ireland women)
Garudas (Indonesia)
Mounties (Mt Pleasant Tasmania)
Hunters (Newcastle City)
Breakaways (Newtown)
Road Runners (North Sunshine)
Nomads (New England)
Ships (Old Hobartians)
Big Reds (Para Hills)
Cockledivers (Port Noarlunga)
Maulers (Port Malmo)
Bush Pigs (Rivcol)
Razorbacks (Swinburne University of Technology)
Dynamites (Stockholm, Sweden)
Griffins (Skane, Sweden)
Elks (Sweden)
Rampant Lions (Scotch OC SA)
Javelinas (Tucson USA)
Volcanoes (Vanuatu)
Rats (Ararat)
Hooters (Angle Vale women)
Rabbits (Bothwell)
Redtails (Central Australia) - bird
Pinktails (Central Australia women)
Shaheens (Pakistan, means Falcons)
Northwind (Canada)


There's also the old time nicknames such as "Same Olds" (Essendon), Pivotonians (Geelong), Mayblooms (Hawthorn) Magentas (Port Adelaide) & Shinboners (North Melbourne) to add if you like.

Suggestion: put the names in alphabetical order in each category. Cheers.

 

[Cole Dammett]

Shame the Adelaide Bite changed their name to the Giants... would have been a good one for your list

 

[troybe]

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[caloschwaby]

Who tf are the Nunawading Titans? Several photos of them shown playing in the EFL but I cannot recall them ever existing. Did they rebrand into the Nunawading Lions?

 

[troybe]

Must have changed to the Nunawading Lions in the last few years. I went to the Nuna-Ardmore game a couple of years ago. They were the Lions then. There’s no info on when they changed nicknames as far as I can see. Maybe sometime in 2016?


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[caloschwaby]

Must have changed to the Nunawading Lions in the last few years. I went to the Nuna-Ardmore game a couple of years ago. They were the Lions then. There’s no info on when they changed nicknames as far as I can see. Maybe sometime in 2016?


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Yep, last facebook post was around 2016.
No trace at all of them rebranding or anything, absolutely odd. I'm pretty sure I'd remember there being a Titans team in the EFL, and I could've sworn Lions snapped their 4-year losing streak sometime last season, making them older than the Titans.

Very strange...