Quote Wes Hooligan="Wes Hooligan"Things like this make me wonder whether we should have considered changing the code's name in the past. Only a few of those Americans seem to acknowledge that it's RL being played, and I'm worried that they may confuse it with Union or even 'Australian Rules' as one person said. Obviously it's never going to happen, I just wish we had a more easily distinguishable and marketable name so it is clearer that RL is a sport in its own right rather than a 'variant on traditional Rugby'.'"
I agree. My opinion is that we should always 'officially' be called Rugby Football League, or Rugby League, but it should be marketed and referred to simply as 'League', and presenters/reporters/commentators should make a conscious effort to refer to the sport as this.
If RU want to monopolise the word 'rugby' then let them. We're not as big as RU so it's pointless trying to compete with them for the use of the word.
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