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Ferocious, cheeky or ‘nightmare fuel’? Meet Rum’un, Tasmania’s new AFL mascot


Rum’un growls like Nosferatu and sports fur made from recycled school polo shirts, track pants and backpacks

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A “cheeky” Tasmanian devil that poos out footballs, growls like Nosferatu and is covered in papier-mache-like recycled fur has been unveiled as the new mascot of the state’s long-awaited AFL team.

Rum’un, which translates to Tasmanian slang for “an odd or eccentric person; a scallywag, or someone cheeky” in the Macquarie Dictionary, made his debut as the Tasmania Devils’ latest recruit at an event on Tuesday evening.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/19/tasmania-devils-afl-mascot-rumun

Author : Caitlin Cassidy

Publish date : 2025-03-19 01:25:00

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