Yabbies, Crocs or Emus? Top contender for Aussie team name

The "Yabbies" has been revealed as the leading contender as Rowing Australia searches for a team name just under four months out from Paris 2024.

Rowing Australia noted a couple of weeks ago the Matildas, Boomers, Dolphins and Diamonds were among the iconic national team names — and called for the public to do some brainstorming for the Olympic and Paralympic rowers.

In a segment that ran on Nine's Wide World of Sports on Sunday morning, rower Georgie Rowe grabbed a microphone and quizzed her teammates on what they thought should become the team name.

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The "Yabbies", the "Crocs", the "Iron Oars" and even the "Emus" were among the suggestions tossed up.

"Out of those ones I like the yabbies. At our training centre [in Penrith] we're all getting around the yabbies," Rowe said in the Nine studio while moving her hands like yabbies.

"I was pretty inspired this morning. I went for a swim and saw some wobbegong sharks and some cuttlefish."

Rower Tara Rigney, who joined Rowe in the studio, threw up a left-field option.

"I really like the orcas," said the single sculler.

"A little play on words.

"I know it's not an Australian animal, but I think orcas are cool animals."

Rowing Australia's women's squad has been based in Penrith since late 2016, when the governing body made a centralisation move following an underwhelming campaign at the Rio Olympics.

The squad trains tirelessly on the Nepean River under the guidance of head coach John Keogh.

The women's squad's best chance of winning an Olympic gold medal in Paris is in the women's pair event, in which Jessica Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre will join forces at Nautical Stadium.

The men's squad's best chance of winning gold is through the eight, which earned Australia's "priority label" for the Paris Games.