Quote: LS16_Rhino "I can, hand on heart, guarantee that the user account Phil_Daly is indeed owned by one Phil Daly, Leeds Rugby's media and communications manager.'"
Having had cause to exchange some correspondence with Mr Daly last year I would agree that all appeared entirely genuine.
Quote: LS16_Rhino "Thank you everyone who commented on the pink shirt, just to confirm that all proceeds from the players shirts will be split between Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support. In an effort to get the shirts on sale as quickly as possible and indicate that monies from the sale would be going to the good causes, initially it said that a percentage will be going to the charities. However, having got clarification from the board that they are happy for all money to go to the good causes we have now clarified this before any item has been sold. As we were unable to get clarification at the time, I felt that was a better way to go than say all of the money would go to the charities and then say it would be a percentage after people had placed their bids. A big thank you to everyone who has placed a bid so far.'"
Sorry but initially there was no mention of any monies going to the two worthy causes at all.
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Kudos to McField for absolutely making the correct call straight down the line from the word go IMO and to the club for reaching the same conclusion, however and whenever it came about, it did and that's the most important part.
The club either wanted to create a playing kit for these worthy causes and memory of one of Leeds' greatest servants and talents or they didn't. Once they took the decision to produce the shirt they accepted there would be a cost to bear. To then use the player issue kit to raise further funds for me is a no-brainer.
I too hope people will dig deep.
