Here’s a team of players with girls’ names as surnames:
Backs: Luke PENNY (StK), Terry GAY (Haw), Jarran JACKY (Adel)
HB: Ross ABBEY (Foots), Jim JESS (Rich), Mil HANNA (Carl)
C: Matt ROSA (WC), Paul KELLY (Syd), Brett MEREDITH (Syd)
HF: Brett ALLISON (NM), Brendan GALE (Rich), Phil CARMAN (Coll)
F: Paul SARAH (Geel), Mick GRACE (Carl), Fred PHILLIS (SANFL)
R: Shane ELLEN (Adel), Con BRITT (Coll), Bob ROSE (Coll)
INT: Tony LYNN (Carl), Colin SYLVIA (Melb), Steve MAY (GCS)
A fair few blokes there I wouldn’t be taking the Michelle out of, about their name or anything else.
Shouldnt any team of sheilas consist entirely of wingmen and half forward flanker recievers?
Clever team, although I doubt if there were any women in Australia named Britt when Con was playing.
Nice one Rick !
Jack Regan at Fullback, Craig Kelly at CHB, Jack Murphy in the Centre, Tony Francis as rover and some bloke called Bernie Shannon on the bench. All Magpies.
Already have a Kelly, Regan yes, Shannon yes, never heard of Murphy as a first name for any real-life female personage, Francis needs a sex-change, but overall thanks for your contribution Phil
And thanks for refraining from nominating Brian or Mick Taylor. Even Regan was borderline but Bill Shakespeare (no less) nudged him/her over the line, just…..
Surely Daniel CHICK gets a universal guernsey. My advancing years mean I call everyone luv or mate. So……
Where’s Robert Shirley? Surely with such an Australian name as that, he gets a game (how many here have a relative named Shirl?)
“Where’s Robert Shirley? Surely with such an Australian name as that, he gets a game (how many here have a relative named Shirl?)”
“surely you can’t be serious? I am, and don’t call me Shirley!” with thanks to Airplane/Flying High.